Topics
(alphabetically)


Chemical Equilibrium

• concentration dependence (2.5)
• in gases (2.7)
• heterogeneous (2.9)
• acid-base (3.3)
• dissolution-precipitation (3.5)
• temperature dependence (5.3)

Condensed Phases (2.9)

• intermolecular forces
• phase diagrams
• vapor pressure
• solubility
• colligative properties
• extraction
• distillation

Gases (2.7)

• pressure
• Kinetic Theory
• molecular velocities
• applications of the Ideal Gas Law

Kinetics (5.5)

• mass action and elementary reactions
• transition state and activation energy
• temperature dependence of rate constants
• multistep reactions
• rate Laws

Measures (1.1)

• scientific notation
• significant figures
• units

Molecular Structure (pre-quantum - see also wave theory) (2.3)

• periodic properties and the Octet Rule
• types of bonding
• Lewis structures
• VSEPR

Nuclear Chemistry (2.1)

• fundamental particles
• isotopes
• nuclear reactions
• nuclear binding energies
• radio decay kinetics

Stoichiometry (2.5)

• composition
• balanced equations
• limiting reagent
• yield
• extent of reaction

Thermodyamics

• First Law (1.3)
• enthalpy (5.1)
• thermochemistry (5.1)
• heats of formation (5.1)
• bond enthalpies (5.1)
• entropy (1.3, 5.3)
• Second Law (1.3, 5.3)
• Gibbs free energy (1.3, 5.3)

Wave theory of matter

• Wave-particle duality (4.1)
• Atomic orbitals and Aufbau principle (4.3)
• Molecular orbitals and covalent bonding (4.5)
• Molecular orbitals and coordination complexes (4.7)

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