Document Type
Syllabus
Publication Date
Fall 2024
Course Description
Chemistry 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 2-3 weeks of a traditional first-semester introductory course in general chemistry as offered at other colleges and universities. Chemistry 170 is a pre-requisite for Chemistry 260 (Thermodynamics, Equilibria, and Kinetics) and for Chemistry 240 (Structure and Function of Biomolecules).
Recommended Citation
Martoglio, Rich, "CHEM 170B Stoichiometric Calculations Martoglio Fall 2024" (2024). All Course Syllabi. 879, Scholarly and Creative Work from DePauw University.
https://scholarship.depauw.edu/records_syllabi/879
Student Outcomes
In completing Chemistry 170, students will 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.