PLO’s: (Prescribed Learning Outcomes) These are Learning outcomes as set out by the BC and Yukon Education Curriculum, i,e., these are the learning objectives that are assessed and become your "Grade" for this course.
Reaction Kinetics
Dynamic Equilibrium
Solubility Equilibria
Nature of Acid and Bases
Oxidation-Reduction
Reaction Kinetics
- demonstrate awareness that reactions occur at differing rates
- experimentally determine rate of a reaction
- demonstrate knowledge of collision theory
- describe the energies associated with reactants becoming products
- apply collision theory to explain how reaction rates can be changed
- analyse the reaction mechanism for a reacting system
- represent graphically the energy changes associated with catalyzed and uncatalyzed reactions
- describe the uses of specific catalysts in a variety of situations
Dynamic Equilibrium
- explain the concept of chemical equilibrium with reference to reacting systems
- predict, with reference to entropy and enthalpy, whether reacting systems will reach equilibrium
- apply Le Ch‚telierís principle to the shifting of equilibrium
- apply the concept of equilibrium to a commercial or industrial process
- draw conclusions from the equilibrium constant expression
- perform calculations to evaluate the changes in the value of Keq and in concentrations of substances within an equilibrium system
Solubility Equilibria
- determine the solubility of a compound in aqueous solution
- describe a saturated solution as an equilibrium system
- determine the concentration of ions in a solution
- determine the relative solubility of a substance, given solubility tables
- apply solubility rules to analyse the composition of solutions
- formulate equilibrium constant expressions for various saturated solutions
- perform calculations involving solubility equilibrium concepts
Nature of Acid and Bases
- identify acids and bases through experimentation
- identify various models for representing acids and bases
- analyse balanced equations representing the reaction of acids or bases with water
- classify an acid or base in solution as either weak or strong, with reference to its electrical conductivity
- analyse the equilibria that exist in weak acid or weak base systems
- identify chemical species that are amphiprotic
- analyse the equilibrium that exists in water
- perform calculations relating pH, pOH, [H3O+], and [OH-]
- explain the significance of the Ka and Kb equilibrium expressions
- perform calculations involving Ka and Kb
- demonstrate an ability to design, perform, and analyse a titration experiment involving the following: **** primary standards **** standardized solutions **** titration curves **** appropriate indicators
- describe an indicator as an equilibrium system
- perform and interpret calculations involving the pH in a solution and Ka for an indicator
- describe the hydrolysis of ions in salt solutions
- analyse the extent of hydrolysis in salt solutions
- describe buffers as equilibrium systems
- describe the preparation of buffer systems
- predict what will happen when oxides dissolve in rain water
Oxidation-Reduction
- describe oxidation and reduction processes
- analyse the relative strengths of reducing and oxidizing agents
- balance equations for redox reactions
- determine the concentration of a species by performing a redox titration
- analyse an electrochemical cell in terms of its components and their functions
- describe how electrochemical concepts can be used in various practical applications
- analyse the process of metal corrosion in electrochemical terms
- analyse an electrolytic cell in terms of its components and their functions
- describe how electrolytic concepts can be used in various practical applications