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SEPTEMBER

September 9: Lecture 1. Vision Statement, Administrative Details. Introduction. Taxonomy of chemical species. Origins of modern chemistry. Reading : Averill Ch. 1.

September 11: Lecture 2. Classification schemes for the elements. Mendeleyev and the Periodic Table. Atomic structure. Reading : Averill 1.7, p. 302 (Ch. 7), 1.6, 3.0-3.4.
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September 14: Lecture 3. Rutherford model of the atom, Bohr model of hydrogen. Reading : Averill 1.5, 6.2-6.3.
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September 16: Lecture 4. Atomic spectra of hydrogen, matter/energy interactions involving atomic hydrogen. Reading : Averill 6.4, Cecilia Payne .
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September 18: Lecture 5. The Shell Model (Bohr- Sommerfeld Model) and multi-electron atoms. Quantum numbers: n, l, m, s. Reading: Averill 6.5.  
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September 21: Lecture 6. De Broglie , Heisenberg, and Schrödinger. The Aufbau Principle, Pauli Exclusion Principle, and Hund's Rules. Photoelectron Spectroscopy. Average Valence Electron Energy. Reading : Averill 6.4. 
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September 23: Lecture 7. Octet stability by electron transfer: ionic bonding. Properties of ionic compounds: crystal lattice energy. Reading: Averill 8.1-8.2, 12.5, 8.3.
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September 25: Lecture 8. Born- Haber cycle. Octet stability by electron sharing: covalent bonding. Lewis structures. Hybridization. Reading : Averill 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.8, 8.6, 9.2.
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September 28: Lecture 9. Electronegativity , partial charge, polar bonds and polar molecules. Ionic character of covalent bonds, Pauling's calculation of heteronuclear bond energies. Reading : Averill 7.3 (320), 8.9..  
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September 30: Lecture 10. LCAO MO, Energy Level Diagrams for H 2 , He 2 , Li 2 . Hybridization, double bonds and triple bonds, paramagnetism and diamagetism . Reading : Averill 9.3, 9.2, 9.4.


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OCTOBER

October 2 : Lecture 11. The Shapes of Molecules, Valence-Shell Electron-Pair-Repulsion (VSEPR) Model or Electron Domain Method, Secondary Bonding. Searching for and Assessing the Quality of Scientific Information. Reading : Averill 9.1, 11.2; Shackelford 2-5

October 5: Lecture 12. Metallic Bonding, Band Theory of Solids ( Heitler and London ), Band Gaps in Metals, Semiconductors, and Insulators, Absorption Edge of a Semiconductor. Reading : Averill 12.5, 12.6; Shackelford 2-5, 2-4, 15-1, 15-2, 15-5, Archive Lecture Notes 3.
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October 7: Test #1 . REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR PERIODIC TABLES, TABLES OF CONSTANTS, AND CALCULATORS (be sure there is charge on the battery!). USE OF AID SHEET ALLOWED -- one page, 8 1/2 x 11, write on it (both sides) anything you deem to be useful. USE OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES STRICTLY FORBIDDEN.

October 9: Lecture 13. Intrinsic and Extrinsic Semiconductors, Doping, Compound Semiconductors, Molten Semiconductors. Reading : Averill 12.6, .Archive Lecture Notes 3..
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October 13: Lecture 14. Introduction to the Solid State , the 7 Crystal Systems, the 14 Bravais Lattices. Reading : Averill 12.1, 12.2; Shackelford 3-1.
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October 14: Lecture 15. Properties of Cubic Crystals : simple cubic, face-centered cubic, body-centered cubic, diamond cubic. Crystal coordinate systems, Miller indices. Reading : Averill 12.1, 12.2; Shackelford 3-2, 3-6.   
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October 16: Lecture 16. Characterization of atomic structure: the generation of x-rays and Moseley's Law. Reading : Averill pp. 305, 535, 536; Cullity pp. 1E-11E, 19E-22E.   
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October 19: Lecture 17. X-ray spectra, Bragg's Law. Reading : Shackelford 3-7.  
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October 21: Lecture 18. X-ray diffraction of crystals: diffractometry , Debye-Scherrer , Laue . Crystal symmetry. Reading : Averill 12.3; Shackelford 3-7.  

October 23: Lecture 19. Defects in crystals: point defects, line defects, interfacial defects, voids. Reading : Averill 12.4; Shackelford 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 5-1.  

October 26: Lecture 20. Amorphous solids, glass formation, inorganic glasses: silicates. Reading : Shackelford 4-5, 12  
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October 28: Test #2. REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR PERIODIC TABLES, TABLES OF CONSTANTS, AND CALCULATORS (be sure there is charge on the battery!). USE OF AID SHEET ALLOWED -- one page, 8 1/2 x 11, write on it (both sides) anything you deem to be useful. USE OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES STRICTLY FORBIDDEN.

October 30: Lecture 21. Engineered glasses: network formers, network modifiers, intermediates. Properties of silicate glasses. Metallic glass. Reading : Schackelford 12.
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NOVEMBER

November 2: Lecture 22. Chemical kinetics: the rate equation, order of reaction, rate laws for zeroth , first, and second order reactions. Temperature dependence of rate of reaction. Reading :Averill 14.1-14.5. 
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November 4: Lecture 23. Diffusion: Fick's First Law and steady-state diffusion, dependence of the diffusion coefficient on temperature and on atomic arrangement. Reading : Averill 10.7; Shackelford 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5. Supplemental Readings

November 6: Lecture 24. Fick's Second Law ( FSL ) and transient-state diffusion; error function solutions to FSL . Reading : Shackelford 5-3.
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November 9: Lecture 25. Organic chemistry: basic concepts, alkanes , alkenes, alkynes, aromatics, functional groups, alcohols and ethers, aldehydes and ketones , esters, amines. Reading : Averill 24.1-24.2.

November 13: Lecture 26. Solutions: solute, solvent, solution, solubility rules, solubility product. Reading : Averill 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 17.1, 17.4.

November 16: Lecture 27. Acids and Bases: Arrhenius , Brønsted -Lowry, and Lewis definitions, acid strength and pH. Reading : Averill 4.6, 8.7, 16.1-16.4.
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November 18: Lecture 28. Polymers: synthesis by addition polymerization and by condensation polymerization. Reading : Averill 12.8; Bruice 1232-1261.
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November 20: Lecture 29. Structure-property relationships in polymers, crystalline polymers. Reading : Shackelford 13-1, 13-5.
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November 23: Test #3. REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR PERIODIC TABLES, TABLES OF CONSTANTS, AND CALCULATORS (be sure there is charge on the battery!). USE OF AID SHEET ALLOWED -- one page, 8 1/2 x 11, write on it (both sides) anything you deem to be useful. USE OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES STRICTLY FORBIDDEN. 

November 25: Lecture 30. Biochemistry: the amino acids, peptides, and proteins. Reading : Averill 12.8, 24.6; Bruice 17-1, 17-2, 17-3, 17-4; Horton 3-1 - 3-5.
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November 30 : Lecture 31. Protein structure: primary, secondary, tertiary; denaturing of proteins. Reading : Bruice 17-6, 17-7, 17-8, 17-9, 17-10, 17-11, 17-12. 

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DECEMBER

December 2: Lecture 32. Lipids: self assembly into bilayers . Nucleic acids, DNA, encoding information for protein synthesis. Electrochemistry of batteries and fuel cells. Reading :Averill 24.6, 19.5; Bruice 20-1, 20-2, 20-3, 20-4, 20-5, 21-2, 21-5, 21-8.
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December 4: Lecture 33. Phase diagrams -   basic definitions: phase, component, equilibrium; one-component phase diagrams.  Reading : Averill 11.2, 11.6, 11.7.
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December 7: Lecture 34. Two-component phase diagrams: complete solid solubility. Reading : Shackelford 9-1, 9-2 (pp 309-313).

December 9: Lecture 35. Two-component phase diagrams: limited solid solubility. Lever Rule. Wrap-up: closing remarks.
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FINAL EXAM, December 15, 9:00 AM to 12:00 noon, Johnson Athletic Center. Do not plan to leave town until after your last final exam

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