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Web-Works are due Wed.Oct.18

Plan for Quiz 4 to be Thurs.Oct.19

Plan for Exam 2 to be Tue.Oct.24 Thrs.Oct.26

Quiz 3 was Thur.Oct.05 Tue.Oct.10 . . . here is my grading key as jpg


Unit 2 Snippet Calendar (draft 3 !)

week of Tuesday Thursday
Sep.26 atomic theory: Democritus, Davy, Dalton
pattern-finding: Dobereiner, Newlands, Mendeleev
nucleus inside, electrons outside: Rutherford, Bohr, Pauli
proton repulsion => small nuclei "padded" with N ~ Z neutrons
isotope notation: mass#charge#Name(ion)
electric PE long-range => "many Z" nuclei need neutron excess (see isotope chart )
nuclear reactions for alpha ( 42α ) decay , beta ( 0−1β ) decay , positron ( 0+1e+ ) decay
neutron stack => β decay routinely followed by gamma decay
fake "half-life" for pennies , or pretend "half-life" for dice
137Cs cow → 137Ba* , milked for gamma decay
      :       extract half-life from data
radioactive dating examples
reactions for nuclear Energy (fission/fusion) ; activation conditions
Oct.03 numbered electron clouds => electron energy levels (shells)
. . . fill from bottom up => periodic table rows
orbital subshells [blocks] fill "lower angular momentum" first
. . . (see drawing for Na) => column groups (see table)
periodic trends ( see table ) => electronegativity trends (see table )
electrons excited into higher-energy shells => light spectra from atoms
isotope fraction => non-integer element (atomic) masses
mass for a mole of sample atoms ... 2-isotope examples
sorting pennies by weight (activity)
=> average penny-mass in sample
+ ions attract − ions => neutral molecule
Dalton's integers => how many atoms to satisfy a molecule
Oct.10 Quiz 3
molecular mass (formula mass) for An Bm
Δen  < 1.5   => co-valent bonds share valence electrons
Lewis Dot diagrams for covalent hydrides
Lewis dot diagrams for "octet" atoms
"non-polar" bonds
mass/mole for complicated molecules
Lewis dot diagrams for "compound ions"
atoms with multiple valence options
"oxidation" (raising) and "reduction" (lowering) of valence
old-fashioned name endings
oxidizers (-ing agents) & reducers (-ing agents)
Oct.17 sugar & sand mixture, % by volume (activity)
  :   concentration % by mass computation
  :   concentration % by moles calculation
solute dissolves in solvent ... until satutared
ionic solute dissolves in polar solvent
=> electric current conduction w/ table salt (NaCl) (activity)
Quiz 4
"solubility rules" table (polar solute dissolves in polar solvent)
saturating a solution (activity)
calculating grams solute per Liter solution
molarity: g/L ÷ grams/mole => mole/Liter
=> boiling-point elevation attempt (activity)
Oct.24 dilutions using molarity
non-polar solute insoluble in polar solvent
hydrocarbon dissolves hydrocarbon
... "water-insoluble" glue (activity)
soap and detergent ... polar head, hydrocarbon tail
precipitates forming crystals
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Unit 2 Exam
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Oct.31   :
begin Unit 3
  :
Chemical Reactions
  :
reaction types
  :
reaction balancing
  :
reaction energy

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