Chemistry for Engineers
Topical Coverage
Introduction to Chemistry
- Observations, Models and Systems
- Numbers and Measurements in Chemisitry
- Units
- Significant Figures
- Scientific Notation
- Problem Solving in Chemistry
- Unit Analysis/Using Ratios
- Chemistry and Engineering Application Problems
Atoms and Molecules
- Atomic Structure and Mass
- Subatomic Particles and Properties
- Atomic Number and Mass Number
- Isotopes and Mass Weighted Averages
- Ions and Properties
- Compounds and Bonds
- Molecular Formulas/Compound Formulas
- Introduction to Ionic, Covalent and Metallic Bonding
- Introduction and use of the Periodic Table
- Groups and Periods
- Metals, Transition Metals, Metalloids and Non-Metals
- Chemical Nomenclature
- Binary Systems
- Naming Covalent Systems
- Naming Ionic Systems
Molecules, Moles and Chemical Equations
- Writing and Balancing Chemical Equations
- Solutions
- Solvents and Solutes
- Aqueous Reactions
- Precipitation
- Acid-Base reactions
- Solution Preparation, Molarity and Dilution
- Mole Concept
- Calculations using Moles and Molar Masses
Stoichiometry
- Obtaining Quantities from Balanced Equations
- Limiting Reactants
- Theoretical Yield
- Solution Stoichiometry
Gases
- Units of Gas Laws, Temperature and Pressure
- Ideal Gas Law
- Partial Pressure
- Stoichiometry of Reactions involving Gases
- Kinetic Theory and Real Gases
- Kinetic Model and Assumptions
- Introduction to Non-Ideal Gases – Van der Waals Equation of State
Periodic Table and Atomic Structure
- Radiation – The Electromagnetic Spectrum
- The wave and particle Nature of Light
- Atomic Spectra and the Bohr Model of the Atom
- The Quantum Mechanical Description of the Atom
- Orbital Energies and Electron Configuration
- Pauli Exclusion Principle, Hund’s Rules and the Aufbau Principal
- Electron Configuration and the Periodic Table
- Periodic Trends- Atomic Size, Ionization Energy and Electron Affinity
Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure
- Ionic Bonding and Ionic Formulas
- Covalent Bonding and Lewis Dot Structures
- Polarity and Electronegatvitiy
- Resonance Structures
- Molecular Shapes
Molecules and Materials
- Condensed Phases
- Units Cells and Packing Efficiency
- Metallic Bonding
- Electron Sea Model vs. Molecular Orbital Theory
- Interparticle Forces
- Dispersion Forces
- Dipole-Dipole Forces and Hydrogen Bonding
- Properties of Liquids
- Vapor Pressure
- Boiling Point
- Surface Tension
Energy and Chemistry
- Defining Energy and Energy Transfer
- Heat and Work
- First Law of Thermodynamics
- Heat Capacity and Calorimetry
- Enthalpy
- Phase Changes
- Heat of Reaction
- Heat of Formation
- Hess’s Law
- Applications to Chemistry and Engineering
Entropy and the Second Law
- Statistical Probability and Spontaneity
- Thermodynamic Definition of Entropy
- The Second Law of Thermodynamics
- The Third Law of Thermodynamics
- Gibb Free Energy
- Relationship to Enthalpy and Entropy
- Criteria for Thermodynamic Spontaneity
- Free Energy and Chemical Reactions
Chemical Equilibrium
- Free Energy and the Equilibrium Constant
- Equilibrium Constant
- Significance, Definition and Relative Magnitudes as applied to Reactions
- Equilibrium Constant Expression for Chemical Reactions
- Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Equilibrium
- Relationship of the Equilibrium Constant Expression and Value for
- Reverse Reactions
- Multiple Reactions
- Reaction Series
- Computing Equilibrium Concentrations
- LeChatelier’s Principle – Effect of Equilibrium by
- Pressure
- Temperature
- Concentrations
- Catalysts
- Solubility Equilibrium
- Acid-Base Equilibrium
- Buffer Systems for Controlling pH.
Electrochemistry – Batteries, Corrosion and Fuel Cells
- Oxidation Numbers
- Balancing Redox Reactions
- Cell Potentials
- Standard Reduction Potentials and the Standard Hydrogen Electrode
- Gibbs Free Energy and the Nernst Equation
- Cell Potentials under Non-Standard Conditions
- Batteries
- Fuel Cells
- Cathodic Protection
- Current and Charge
- Calculations involving Mass
