Prerequisites: CHEM 103 and CHEM 113 or CHEM 151 and CHEM 161
Corequisite or Prerequisite: CHEM 114
For non-science majors only.
The concluding semester of a course designed for students who do not expct to take any other course in chemistry. Among the topics to be covered will be the relationship of chemistry to ecology, to the human body, to energy production, and to product manufacturing. Emphasis will be placed on making the student a more informed consumer as he chooses and uses everyday products.
Lecture: three hours.
Text: Chemistry: A Science for Today, H. Stephen Stoker
| Lecture | Topic | Text Pages |
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| Chapter 11: Water: An Abundant and Vital Compound | ||
| 1 | Properties | 327-338 |
| 2 | Purification | 338-352 |
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| Chapter 12: Some Important Industrial Compounds | ||
| 3 | Sulfuric Acid, nitrogen, ammonia, oxygen, lime | 354-372 |
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| Chapter 15: Nuclear Chemistry | ||
| 4 | Radioactivity, emissions, equations, nuclear decay | 440-458 |
| 5 | Decay rates, dating, fission, fusion | 458-473 |
| Chapter 16: Introduction to Organic Chemistry -- Hydrocarbons | ||
| 6 | Definition, alkanes, isomerization, nomenclature | 488-504 |
| 7 | Cycloalkanes, alkenes, alkynes | 505-513 |
| 8 | Aromatic Hydrocarbons, properties of hydrocarbons | 513-522 |
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| Chapter 17: Hydrocarbon Derivatives | ||
| 9 | Organic Halides, alcohols, ethers | 526-540 |
| 10 | Thioalcohols, thioethers, aldehydes, ketones | 541-545 |
| 11 | Carboxylic Acids, esters, amines, amides | 545-553 |
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| Chapter 18: Pollymers -- Macromolecules | ||
| 12 | Characteristics, polyethylene and derivatives, elastomers | 558-571 |
| 13 | Polyesters, polyamides, network polymers, polyurethane, paints | 571-587 |
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| Chapter 19: Fossil Fuels | ||
| 14 | Petroleum: composition, refining, gasoline, oil shale, coal | 590-615 |
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| Chapter 20: Air Pollution | ||
| 15 | Atmosphere, carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, volatiles, hotochemicals | 622-644 |
| 16 | Sulfur oxides, acid rain, particulates, temperature inversions, greenhouse effect | 644-661 |
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| Chapter 21: Water Pollution | ||
| 17 | Types of Pollutants, wastewater treatment | 664-688 |
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| Chapter 22: Chemistry and Medicine: Drugs | ||
| 18 | Pain relievers, gastrointestinal drugs | 691-704 |
| 19 | Cardiovascular and antibacterial drugs, central nervous system stimulants and depressants | 705-726 |
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| Chapter 24: Biochemistry: Carbohydrates and Lipids | ||
| 20 | Monosaccharides, disaccharides, artificial sweetners, polysaccharides | 757-774 |
| 21 | Fatty acids, fats and oils, waxes, steroids | 774-803 |
| Chapter 25: Biochemistry: Proteins and Nucleic Acids | ||
| 22 | Proteins: amino acids, peptide formation | 807-816 |
| 23 | Proteins: primary, secondard, tertiary structures | 816-831 |
| 24 | Nucleic acids: nucleotides, structure types, functions | 831-853 |
Update: 12 Jan 96