"CHEM 170A Stoichiometry Kehr Fall 2024" by Andy Kehr
 

Document Type

Syllabus

Publication Date

Fall 2024

Course Description

Chem 170 provides a review of the basic stoichiometric calculations of importance to chemists. Among the topics you will cover are significant figures and dimensional analysis, the mole and molar mass, empirical formulas, balancing chemical reactions, gram-to-mole conversions, limiting reagents, theoretical yields and working with gaseous and aqueous species. This material is equivalent to approximately two to three weeks of a traditional first-semester introductory course in general chemistry offered at other colleges and universities. At DePauw, Chem 170 is a pre-requisite for Chem 260 (Thermodynamics, Equilibria, and Kinetics) and for most advanced courses in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.

Student Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course you should be able to: Make appropriate use of significant figures and use dimensional analysis to convert between different units. Express the amount of a substance in grams and moles. Determine a molecule's empirical formula. Write balanced chemical reactions. Use stoichiometry within a chemical reaction. Determine a reaction's limiting reagent and its theoretical yield. Work with aqueous species using molar and other concentration units. Work with gasses using the ideal gas law

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