Contents

Topics

Mastering Topics 1 - 13 before Semester 1 lectures begin should be a minimum suitable preparation for most tertiary Chemistry courses in Australia, but depending on the State, Institution and course undertaken, more may be desirable. The other Topics in the book are all relevant to most first Semester courses  in Chemistry and the gentler treatment of the material here will be of considerable help when used in conjunction with your text book.

Beside most Topics, there is a link to  Adrian's lecture presentation of it.  These videos are made available with the kind permission of the School of Chemistry, the University of Sydney.

STUDY GUIDE.  As a guide, reading the notes for each Topic will take about an hour, working through the tutorial questions and answers needs about 2 hours and completing each wrap up quiz takes about 10 minutes. Viewing the lecture video takes from 30 to 50 minutes.

Note the answers to the wrap up quizzes are in Appendix 4.

CONTENTS                                                                                                                                                   LECTURE VIDEO

TOPIC 1 ELEMENTS, COMPOUNDS AND MIXTURES                                         Elements, compounds and mixtures 

TOPIC 2 THE STRUCTURE OF ATOMS                                                                                   The structure of atoms 

TOPIC 3 IONIC COMPOUNDS: Formation, formulas and naming.                        Ionic compounds            

TOPIC 4 COVALENT COMPOUNDS: Bonding, naming, polyatomic ions.         Covalent compounds 

TOPIC 5 FORMULAS AND EQUATIONS                                                                              Formulas and equations 

TOPIC 6 CHEMICAL REACTIONS AND IONIC EQUATIONS                                  Chemical reactions and ionic equations 

TOPIC 7 CHEMICAL CALCULATIONS I: Atomic and formula weights.              Atomic and formula weights 

TOPIC 8 CHEMICAL CALCULATIONS II: % composition, empirical formulas.  %composition, empirical formulas 

MILESTONE 1 - REVISION QUESTIONS

TOPIC 9 CHEMICAL CALCULATIONS III: Stoichiometry.                                          Stoichiometry 

TOPIC 10 CHEMICAL CALCULATIONS IV: Solution stoichiometry.                       Solution stoichiometry 

TOPIC 11 OXIDATION AND REDUCTION REACTIONS                                               Oxidation and reduction 

TOPIC 12 THE  PERIODIC TABLE - the elements                                                                The Periodic Table 

                                                                                                                                                                               Elements organised 

TOPIC 13 ACIDS AND BASES: pH calculations.                                                                    Acids and bases 

MILESTONE 2  - REVISION QUESTIONS

TOPIC 14 STATES OF MATTER.                                                                                                    States of matter 

TOPIC 15 MORE ABOUT GASES.                                                                                                 More about gases 

TOPIC 16 ENERGY AND CHEMICAL REACTIONS.                                                         Energy and chemical reactions 

TOPIC 17 INTERMOLECULAR FORCES.

TOPIC 18 GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM.

TOPIC 19 IONIC EQUILIBRIUM.

TOPIC 20 INTRODUCTION TO ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

APPENDIX 1  EXPONENTIAL NOTATION AND LOGS

APPENDIX 2  SUB-SHELL ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF ATOMS

APPENDIX 3  SUMMARY OF THE CHEMISTRY OF SELECTED  ELEMENTS

APPENDIX 4 ANSWERS TO WRAP UP QUIZZES.

INDEX

TEAR-OUT DATA SHEET:  Periodic table, names and symbols of common ions, names and molecular formulas of some common acids, Avogadro constant.