Program Overview

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Comprehensive General Chemistry 3

Course Description

This is the third in a three-course sequence that is a comprehensive survey of modern descriptive, inorganic, and physical chemistry for students with a good secondary school exposure to general chemistry. We will cover atomic and molecular theories, chemical periodicity, chemical reactivity and bonding, chemical equilibria, acid-base equilibria, solubility equilibria, phase equilibria, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, kinetics, quantum mechanics, and nuclear chemistry. Examples will be drawn from chemical, biological, and materials systems. The laboratory portion includes an introduction to quantitative measurements, investigation of the properties of the important elements and their compounds, and experiments associated with the common ions and their separation and identification.

Course Criteria

• Prerequisites: CHEM 11100 and CHEM 11200 or equivalent.
• Strong mathematics background, preferably experience with single variable calculus.
• UChicago students planning to take Organic Chemistry must participate in the in-person labs.
• Attendance at discussion (remote, on Thursdays, from 1 to 3pm) and laboratory sessions (remote lab, on Mon Wed Fri, 1:30-5:30 pm OR in-person lab, on Mon Wed Fri, 2-6 pm) is required.

Instructor(s)

Meishan Zhao

Session

• Session 3

Course Dates

• July 27th - August 14th

Class Days

• Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri

Class Time

• 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Lab Days

• Mon, Wed, Fri

Lab Time

• 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Modality

• Hybrid

Other Courses to Consider

• Comprehensive General Chemistry 1: This is the first in a three-course sequence that is a comprehensive survey of modern descriptive, inorganic, and physical chemistry for students with a good secondary school exposure to general chemistry.
  • We will cover atomic and molecular theories, chemical periodicity, chemical reactivity and bonding, chemical equilibria, acid-base equilibria, solubility equilibria, phase equilibria, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, kinetics, quantum mechanics, and nuclear chemistry.
  • Examples will be drawn from chemical, biological, and materials systems.
  • The laboratory portion includes an introduction to quantitative measurements, investigation of the properties of the important elements and their compounds, and experiments associated with the common ions and their separation and identification.
  • Attendance at discussion (remote, on Thursdays, from 1 to 3pm) and laboratory sessions (remote lab, on Mon Wed Fri, 1:30-5:30 pm OR in-person lab, on Mon Wed Fri, 2-6 pm) is required.
  • Hybrid
• Comprehensive General Chemistry 2: This is the second in a three-course sequence that is a comprehensive survey of modern descriptive, inorganic, and physical chemistry for students with a good secondary school exposure to general chemistry.
  • We will cover atomic and molecular theories, chemical periodicity, chemical reactivity and bonding, chemical equilibria, acid-base equilibria, solubility equilibria, phase equilibria, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, kinetics, quantum mechanics, and nuclear chemistry.
  • Examples will be drawn from chemical, biological, and materials systems.
  • The laboratory portion includes an introduction to quantitative measurements, investigation of the properties of the important elements and their compounds, and experiments associated with the common ions and their separation and identification.
  • Attendance at discussion (remote, on Thursdays, from 1 to 3pm) and laboratory sessions (remote lab, on Mon Wed Fri, 1:30-5:30 pm OR in-person lab, on Mon Wed Fri, 2-6 pm) is required.
  • Hybrid