Chemistry 185

Instructor: Mrs. Helen Maughan

Office:
Chemistry 231
Phone:
714-432-5688
Email: hmaughan@occ.cccd.edu

Course Syllabus

Spring 2016

Lecture:
Lab:

T Th
MW
MW
T Th

12:45 - 02:10 pm in Chem 207

11:10 am - 2:20 pm in Chem 118 (Maughan)
4:00 - 7:10 pm in Chem 118 (Frechen)
2:30 - 5:40 pm in Chem 118 (Maughan)

Office Hrs:

M W 2:20 - 3:20 pm in Chem 118

T Th 5:40 6:10 pm in Chem 118

Course Description:
Chem 185 is the second semester of General Chemistry. It is intended for students planning to go into
medicine, engineering, chemistry or other sciences. Student must have taken Chem 180 or its equivalent
with a grade of C or better in order to enroll in this class.
Required Material
General Chemistry, Principle & Modern Application any Edition
by Petrucci, Harwood and Herring
General Chemistry Notes, Chem 180 185, OCC (Bundled with new text book)
MasteringChemistry online homework access code.
Non-programmable scientific calculator
Safety goggles
Five ParSCORE TEST FORM scantrons(blue). Please turn the scantrons to the course assistant between
week 2 and week 5. Do not put your name on the scantrons.
Grading:
Homework
Lab
Quizzes
Exams
TOTAL
Attendance Extra Credit

(Points Assigned.)
152
228
120
500
1000
20

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900 and up
790 - 899
600 - 789
500 599
499 and below

A
B
C
D
F

Attendance:
Class attendance is mandatory. Attendance will be taken regularly in accordance with school
policy. Twenty points will be awarded for perfect attendance (10 points will be deducted from
the attendance bonus for each absence, 5 points deduction for each late arrival, early departure).
Attendance will also be considered in assigning grades for borderline cases.

Homework:
There will be a homework assignment after each lecture. Each homework assignment consists of
an online component and a written component. The online component is checked by
MasteringChemistry (the online homework system). The written component is collected and
graded by the instructor or teaching assistants.
Online assignments:
Online assignments are usually due on Wednesdays and Sundays at 11:59 pm. The exact due
date will be posted on MasteringChemisry when a homework is assigned. Each online
assignment is worth 4 points. Late online homework is accepted with a penalty of 10% per day
but not to exceed 30% of the total points.
Written assignments:
There is also a weekly written homework which is due on the following week at the start of the
first lab meeting. In the written homework, you are to show setups for a number of problems
selected from the online homework. Each written assignment is worth 4 points. Late written
homework is accepted only on the next lab meeting with 1 point penalty.
Laboratory Work:
Lab work is an important part of the course. You should read the experiment procedures
carefully, as a small oversight might cause you to repeat the entire experiment. Chem 185
experiments can be very challenging, therefore, it is imperative that you thoroughly understand
the pre-lab material and complete any written assignment before the lab. You will be expected to
carry out the experiment independently. Another challenge in Chem 185 lab is time. Efficient
time management is required of you in order to complete all experiments in a timely manner. If
you have extra time, you may perform additional experiments to maximize your total point in
lab. Please note that the maximum points you can earn in lab is 228 points including any
additional labs. You must attend the lab section you signed up for. You are only allowed to
switch lab sections with the permission of the instructors. Labs are graded on your performance
in the lab, the lab results, the quality of your observations, calculations, safety, completeness,
overall neatness, and timeliness.
Lab attendance is mandatory. Each absence, late arrival or early departure will result in a
penalty of from 1-5 points. You must earn a minimum of 70% on lab work in order to pass
the class with a C or better.
Quizzes:
There are two lecture quizzes each is worth 60 points. There is also a lab quiz which is worth 30
points. The quizzes will be given in the lab, see lab schedule for the exact quiz dates. Quizzes
are given at the start of the labs. Each quiz is 60 minutes in length and no extra time will be
given to students who are late for the quiz. Students are strongly discouraged to miss the
quizzes. Only under extreme circumstances, a quiz may be made up. The makeup quiz must be
taken within the same week of the quiz date.
Exams:
There will be four exams each is worth 125 points. You are strongly discouraged to miss any
exams. Only under extreme circumstances will a makeup exam be given and it will be on the last
week of the semester. You must earn a minimum of 250 exam points in order to pass the
class with a C or better.
Extra Credit
Extra credit points can be earned by a combination of:
1.) Perfect lecture attendance.
2.) Additional homework problems.

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY.
1.

Academic Dishonesty is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. In certain cases it may result in the student receiving an
F in the course. If student has already taken the course and is violating academic honesty code listed below, he/she may
be subject to a grade change to an F for the course.

2.

Taking pictures of your lab work or using another students work via an electronic device is considered cheating!

3.

If it is found that you have another students reports, notes, or material of any kind on an electronic device your
instructor will report the incident to the Dean of Math and Sciences and the Vice President of Instruction and you
will receive an F in the course and be subject to further disciplinary punishment by the college.

If it is found that you are taking pictures of your reports, notes, or material of any kind on an
electronic device your instructor will report the incident to the Dean of Math and Sciences and the Vice President of
Instruction and you will receive an F in the course and be subject to further disciplinary punishment by the
college.

Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to:

4.

Starting an experiment without completing your prelab assignment.

Giving assistance or information to another student during an exam.
Receiving assistance or information from another student during an exam.
Use of notes, books, or other aids during an exam.
Copying exams, lab notebooks, or other assignments from another student.
Providing exams, quizzes, lab notebooks, or other assignments TO other students at any time during the semester OR
at any time after the semester.
Falsifying laboratory data, procedures, or results.
Stealing exams, lab notebooks, notes or assignments from another student or the instructor
Using another persons work on exams, lab notebooks, or assignments.
Disrupting or sabotaging the work of another student.
Plagiarism: This is considered cheating.
Plagiarism is defined as to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (a created production)
without crediting the source: to commit literary theft: present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing
source.
FROM: Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary 9th ed, (Springfield, Ma: Merriam 1981, p. 870).

Plagiarism is considered a violation of academic honesty. Lab reports that contain any part that has been plagiarized will receive
(at least) a failing report grade for the first incident. Subsequent instances of plagiarism may result in a failing grade for the class
and a referral to the Dean of Students.

Students most often have issues of plagiarism in their Introduction and Conclusions.

5.

Any student found perpetrating academic dishonesty on an exam or assignment (lab write-ups included also) will receive 0
points for that exam or assignment. Depending on the severity of the incident, the instructor may pursue additional measures,
including expulsion from the course and/or awarding an F for the students final grade in the course.

6.

See the Orange Coast College Honesty Policy. These outline my responsibilities and yours too.

http://www.orangecoastcollege.edu/about_occ/Staff+Development/faculty_staff_handbook/academic_practices/Acade
mic+Honesty+Policy.htm

Chem 185

Tentative LECTURE Schedule (Revised)

Week #
/ Date
Week 1

Pre-Lecture
Reading**
(Text)

12.1-12.2

Ch. 12 - Intermolecular Forces and

Physical States; Properties of
Liquid

Th

12.2-12.3

12.4-12.6

Ch.12 - Phase Diagram; Types of

Solids; Crystal Structure

Th

13.1

13.3-13.5

Solution Process; Solubilities

Th

13.6-13.7

Ch. 13 - Vapor Pressures of Solutions;

13.7-13.9

Ch. 13 - Colligative Properties

Th

14.1-14.3

Ch. 14 - Rates and Conc.

14.4-14.8

Ch. 14 - Order of a Reaction;

Kinetic Model

Th

14.9-14.10

Ch. 14 - Temp. and Reaction Rates;

Mechanism
Ch. 15 - Equilibrium and Eq. Constants
(Will be done in lab)

(02/08-02/14)

Week 3

Lecture Agenda

(02/01-02/7)

Week 2

Pre-Lecture
Reading**
(Text)

Lecture Agenda

Spring 2016

Ch. 12 -Vapor Pressure; Properties of

Solid

Ch. 13 - Solution Concentrations;

(02/15-02/21)

Week 4
(02/22-02/28)

Week 5
(02/29-03/06)

15.1-15.4

Week 6

15.5-15.7

(03/07-03//13)

Week 7

(03/14-03/20)

Week 8

16.7-16.9

17.3-17.4

(03/21-03/27)

Week 9

Ch. 15 - Equilibrium Quotient; Le

Chateliers Principle;
Equilibrium Calculations

Th

16.1-16.3

Ch. 16 A/B Concepts and pH

Exam 1
Chapter 12,13,14

Th

16.4-16.6

Ch. 16 - A/B Strength, Polyprotic Acid

Ch. 16 - Ions as A/B; Structure and

A/B Behavior, Lewis A/B
SPRING BREAK
Ch. 17 - Indicators; Titrations

Th

17.1-17.2

Ch. 17 - Common Ion Effect, Buffer

Solutions

Th

17.5-17.6

Ch. 17 - A/B Eq. Calculations

Ch. 18 Ksp; ppt

Th

18.6-18.7

Exam 2
Chapters 15,16,17

Th

25.1
18.8

Complex ions
Complex Ion equilibria, Kformation

Ch. 19 - Spontaneity; Entropy; 2nd Law

of Thermodynamics

Th

19.5-19.6

Ch. 19 - Go;G and Equilibrium

Ch. 19 - G and K as a function of

Temp.

Th

20.1-20.2

Ch. 20 - Electrode Potential; Cell

Diagrams; Std. Potential

Ch. 20 - Ecell, G,

Th

-20.4

Th

20.5-20.6

(04/04-04/10)

Week 10

18.1-18.5

Ch. 18 - Solubility and pH

(04/11-04/17)

Week 11

(04/18-04/24)

Week 12

19.1-19.4

19.6-19.7

20.3

(04/25-05/01)

Week 13
(05/02-05/08)

Week 14
(05/09-05/15)

Week 15

(05/16-05/22)

Week 16

Exam 3
Chapters 12-17
Wrap-up and Review

Th

(05/23-05/29)

** Pre-lecture reading assignments refer to section numbers from your text book 10th edition.

Keq, and Nernst Equation

Batteries; Corrosion

Exam 4
Chapters 18, 19, 20

Chem 185

Tentative LAB Schedule (Revised)

Week #
/ Date
Week 1

Pre-Lab Reading
&Assignment*(GCN)
M/
T

(02/01-02/7)

Week 2

M/
T

(02/08-02/14)

Week 3

Spectrophotometry
(140-145)
Use of Buret (7-9)
Density (22-23)

M/
T

(02/15-02/21)

Week 4

Lab Agenda

Pre-Lab Reading
&Assignment*(GCN)
Bring Scantron

Spring 2016
Lab Agenda

Syllabus
Check-in
Safety Rules, Lab Operations
Review Worksheets (I)

W/
Th

Lec: Spectrophotometry
Exp. 2 - Density of Water

W/
Th

Spectrophotometry
(140-145)

Exp.3- Intro. To Spec. & [Fe2+]

Monday: Holiday
Tuesday: Open lab for all
lab sections to catch up.

W/
Th

Anal. Techniques (5-6)

Use of Buret (7-9)
Std. KMnO4 (112-113)
Redox Bal.(119-124)

Exp. 4 - Std. of KMnO4

Solution

Safety Rules (127-130)

Complete Worksheets (II)

Using a Pipet (103)

Calibration (10)

Safety Quiz,
Worksheets (II) due
Exp. 1 - Calibration of
Thermometer & Pipet

M/
T

(see prior reading

assign.)

Exp. 4 - Std. of KMnO4

Solution (Cont.)

W/
Th

Titration of Oxalate
Unk. (95)

Exp. 5 - Titration of Oxalate

Ion in Unk.

M/
T

(see prior reading

assign.)

Exp. 5 - Titration of Oxalate

Ion in Unk. (Cont.)

W/
Th

Graphing (50-52)
Kinetics (60-63)

Exp. 6 Kinetics (part I, IIA)

Thurs: Ch. 15 Equlibrium

M/
T

(see prior reading

assign.)

Lecture Quiz 1
Exp. 6 - Kinetics (Cont.)
Mon: Ch. 15 Equlibrium

W/
Th

(see prior reading

assign.)

Lect: Kinetics Calculations

Exp. 6 - Kinetics (Cont.)

M/
T

Syn. of Cpd. (151152)

Lect: Complex ions

Exp. 8 - Syn. of a
Coordination Cpd.
(Part IA)

W/
Th

(see prior reading

assign.)

Exp. 8 - Syn. of a
Coordination cpd.
(Part IB)

W/
Th

pH Meter (99-102)

Lab quiz 1 (move to week 10)

Exp. 9 - Calibration. of pH
Meter & pH Unk.

(02/22-02/28)

Week 5
(02/29-03/06)

Week 6
(03/07-03//13)

Week 7
(03/14-03/20)

Completion of Lab Book I

(postpone till week 9)

Week 8
(03/21-03/27)

M/
T

(see prior reading

assign.)

Exp. 8 - Syn. of a
Coordination Cpd.
(Part II)
SPRING BREAK

SPRING BREAK
Week 9

M/
T

Det. of Ka (90-91, skip

#5,6 on page 91)

Exp. 10 - Det. of Kac and Kat

W/
Th

(see prior reading

assign.)

Exp. 10 - Det. of Kac and Kat

(Cont.)
Completion of Lab Book 1

M/
T

(see prior reading

assign.)

Lecture Quiz 2
Exp. 10 - Det. of Kac and Kat
(Cont.)

W/
Th

Equilibria & Activities

(30-35)
Det. Ksp (139)
Spectrophotometry
(140-144)

Lab Quiz
Exp. 11 - Det. of Ksp

M/
T

Det. of Ka (90-91, also

complete #5,6 on page
91 if extra credit
experiment is
anticipated)

Exp. 11 - Det. of Ksp (Cont.)

Exp. 10 - Det. of Kac and Kat
Part V (Extra
Credit)

W/
Th

Qual. Obs. (114-115)

Predominant Species
in soln (110-111)
Complex Ions (13-20)
Equilibrium (36)

Exp. 12 - Equilibrium Rtns

M/
T

(see prior reading

assign.)

Exp. 12 - Equilibrium Rtns

(Cont.)

W/
Th

(see prior reading

assign.)
H of Fusion (29)

Exp. 12 - Equilibrium Rtns

(Cont.)
Exp. 13 - H of Fusion

M/
T

(see prior reading

assign.)

Exp. 13 - H of Fusion
(Cont.)
Completion of Lab Book II

W/
Th

Spontaneity (146-147)

Exp. 13 - H of Fusion (Cont.)

Exp. 14 - Spontaneity of a
Process

M/
T

(see prior reading

assign.)

Exp. 14 - Spontaneity of a
Process (Cont. )

W/
Th

(see prior reading

assign.)

Exp. 14 - Spontaneity of a
Process (Cont. )

M/
T

Galvanic Cell (43)

Exp. 15 - Galvanic Cells

W/
Th

(see prior reading

assign.)

Exp. 15 - Galvanic Cells(Cont.)

Completion of Lab Book III

Wrap-up

W/
Th

(04/04-04/10)

Week 10
(04/11-04/17)

Week 11
(04/18-04/24)

Week 12
(04/25-05/01)

Week 13
(05/02-05/08)

Week 14
(05/09-05/15)

Week 15
(05/16-05/22)

Week 16

M/
T

Clean-up and Check Out

(05/23-05/29)

* Pre-lab reading and assignment refer to pages from General Chemistry Notes by OCC Chemistry Department 2008 Revision.
Indicates written pre-lab assignment will be checked/collected in lab.

Chem 185 Student Progress Chart.

Exp.

Safety
Quiz

#3
Spec.

#5
Oxalate
Unk.

#6
Kinetics

#7
Ea

Book 1
Write-up &
Perform.

1st
Lab
Attn.

Book
1
Total

Calc. &
Unknown

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40

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Exp.

#8
Syn .

#9
pH Meter

#10
Ka

#11
Ksp

#12
Eq. Rtns

#10
Ka Part V
(add. Lab)

Book 2
Write-up &
Perform.

2nd
Lab
Attn.

Book 2
Total

Calc. &
Unknown

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Exp.

#13
fusion

#14
Spon.

#15
G.Cell

#16
Ice Calor.
(add. lab)

Book 3
Write-up &
Perform.

3rd Lab
Attn. and
Checkout

Book 3
Total

Calc. &
Unknown

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and
Exams

Lecture
Quiz 1

Lecture
Quiz 2

Lab
Quiz

Exam 1

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Exam 3

Exam 4

Quiz and
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Est. Of
Course Grade

Attendance
Extra Credit

Subtotal Before
Exam 4

Course Total

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