Chemistry for Engineers (chem1230)
King Saud University/Almuzahimiyah Branch
Faculty of Engineering
General Chemistry for Engineers (AGE1230)
Khalid Aref, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
College of Engineering/ Al-Muzahmiyah
Office Hours
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TEXTBOOK: Chemistry, by R. Chang.
McGraw-Hill International Edition, 10th Edition, 2010.
GRADING SYSTEM:
First Major Midterm 20%
Second Midterm 20%
Lab 20%
Final Exam: 40%
Total 100%
Exams’ dates and locations will be announced later
COURSE CONTENT
1. Introduction (4 lectures)
The Scientific Method
Classification of Matter
Physical and Chemical Properties of Matter
Measurement; Handling Numbers
Dimensional Analysis in Solving Problems.
2. Atoms. Molecules, and Ions (3 lectures)
Atomic Number, Mass Number, and Isotopes
Naming Compounds.
3. Stoichiometry (5 lectures)
Atomic Mass
Avogadro’s Number and the Molar Mass of an Element
Molecular Mass
Percent Composition of Compounds
Experimental Determination of Empirical Formulas
Chemical Reactions and Chemical Equations
Amount of Reactants and Products; Limiting Reagents; Reaction Yield.
4. Reactions in Aqueous Solutions (4 lectures)
General Properties of Aqueous Solutions
Acid-Base Reactions
Oxidation-Reduction Reaction
Concentration of Solutions
Solution Stoichiometry
5. Gases (6 lectures)
Substances that Exist at Gases
Pressure of a Gas
The Gas Laws
The Ideal Gas Equation
Dalton’s Law of Partial Pressures
The Kinetic Molecular Theory of Gases
Deviation from Ideal Behavior.
6. Energy Relationships in Chemical Reactions (4 lectures)
The Nature of Energy and Types of Energy
Energy Changes in Chemical Reactions
Introduction to Thermodynamics
Enthalpy of Chemical Reactions
Calorimetry
Standard Enthalpy of Formation of Reaction.
14. Chemical Kinetics (5 lectures)
The rate of a reaction
The rate laws
Relation between reactant concentrations and time
Activation energy and temperature dependence of rate constants Reaction Mechanisms and catalys
15. Chemical Equilibrium (5 lectures)
The concept of equilibrium
Ways of expressing equilibrium constants
What does the equilibrium constant tell us?
Factors that affect chemical equilibrium.
16. Acids and Bases (6 lectures)
Bronsted acids and bases
The acid-base properties of water
pH-A measure for acidity
Strength of acids and bases
Weak acids and acid ionization constants
Weak bases and base ionization constants
The relationship between conjugate acid-base ionization constants
Molecular structure and the strength of acids
Acid-base properties of salts
Acidic, basic, and amphoteric oxides
Lewis acids and bases.
18. Thermodynamics (4 lectures)
The three laws of thermodynamics
Spontaneous processes, entropy
The second law of thermodynamics
Gibbs free energy
Free energy and chemical equilibrium