Fundamentals of Chemistry

Topics Covered:

1. Introduction to Units and Measurement


2. Atoms and its Components


3. Atoms Combine to Form Molecules & Ions


4. Nomenclature of Compounds


5. Section 1: Exercises and Solutions

1. Introduction to Stoichiometry


2. Balancing a Chemical Equation


3. Formula Weight and % Composition from Formula


4. The Mole & the Molar Mass


5. Empirical Formula from Analysis


6. Combustion Analysis


7. Quantitative Information from Balanced Equations


8. Limiting Reactant


9. Theoretical Yield


10. Section 2: Exercises and Solutions

1. Introduction to Acid-Base Reactions


2. Neutralization Reactions & Salts


3. Oxidation-Reduction Reactions


4. Oxidation and Reduction Occuring Simultaneously


5. Section 3: Exercises and Solutions

1. Effective Nuclear Charge


2. Size of Atoms and Ions


3. The Isoelectronic Series


4. Ionization Energy (IE)


5. Electron Affinity


6. Section 4: Exercises and Solutions

1. Chemical Bonds, Lewis Symbols and the Octet Rule


2. Ionic Bonding


3. Covalent Bonding


4. Bond Polarity and Electronegativity


5. Drawing Lewis Structures


6. Resonance Structures


7. Exceptions to the Octet Rule


8. Section 5: Exercises and Solutions

1. Molecular Shapes


2. The VSEPR Model


3. Molecular Shape and Molecular Polarity


4. Covalent Bonding and orbital Overlap


5. Section 6: Exercises and Solutions

1. Characteristics of gases


2. Gas Laws


3. Kinetic Molecular Theory


4. Graham's Law of Effusion, Gases Diffusion and Mean Free Path Average


5. Section 7: Exercises and Solutions