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AP Chemistry Syllabus 2011-2012
Introductory/Review concepts (Chapters 1-3) 2 weeks
Classroom
Laboratory
A. The Scientific Method
A. Safety in the Laboratory
B. Measurement
B. Determination of the Empirical Formula of
C. Atomic Theory
Silver Oxide
D. Nomenclature
C. Analysis of Silver Alloy
E. Stoichiometry
a. Mole
b. Determining chemical formula
c. Limiting reactants
* Challenge problems that incorporate
d. Amount of reactant and products
appropriate units, significant figures,
e. Solutions
limiting reactants and dimensional analysis
Types of Chemical Reactions of Solution Stoichiometry (Chapter 4) 3 Weeks
Classroom
Laboratory
A. Nature of aqueous solutions – strong and weak
A. Synthesis of Alum
electrolytes
B. Identification of Alum
B. Composition of solutions
C. Finding the Ratio of Moles of
C. Types of chemical reactions
Reactants in a Chemical Reaction
a. Acid-Base
D. Determination of Solutions using
i. Arrhenius
Solubility Rules
ii. Lowry-Brønsted
iii. Lewis
b. Precipitation
c. Oxidation-Reduction
D. Reactions in Solution
E. Balancing oxidation-reduction reactions
* Test on chapters 1-4
Gases (Chapter 5) 1 Week
Classroom
A. Define Pressure
B. Gas Laws
a. Boyle
b. Charles
c. Avogadro
d. Dalton
C. Gas Stoichiometry
D. Kinetic Molecular theory of gases
E. Effusion and diffusion
F. Real Gases
Laboratory
A. Molecular Mass of a Volatile Liquid
B. Determining the Molar volume of a Gas
C. Value of a Gas Constant
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Thermochemistry (Chapter 6) 2 Weeks
Classroom
A. Nature of energy
B. Enthalpy and calorimetry
C. Hess’s Law
D. Standard enthalpies of formation
E. Energy sources
a. Present
b. New sources
Laboratory
A. Thermochemistry and Hess’s Law
B. Vapor pressure and Enthalpy of
Vaporization of Water
Atomic Structure, Periodicity, Nuclear Structure (Chapter 7, 18) 3 Weeks
Classroom
Laboratory
A. Atomic Structure
A. An Activity Series
a. Electromagnetic Radiation
B. Using flame tests to identify metallic ions
b. Development of atomic theory
C. Gas discharge tubes and the spectroscope
c. The quantum mechanical model of
the atom
d. Quantum numbers, atomic spectra,
orbitals
B. Periodicity
a. History of the periodic Table
b. Periodic Trends in atomic
properties
C. Nuclear Structure
a. Nuclear stability and radioactivity
b. Kinetics of radioactive decay
c. Fission and fusion
d. Effects of radiation
Chemical Bonding (Chapters 8 and 9) 3 Weeks
Classroom
A. Types of bonds
a. Ionic
b. Covalent
c. Metallic
B. Electronegativity and polarity of bonds
C. Covalent Bond Energies and chemical
Reactions
D. The Localized Electron bonding Model
a. Lewis Structures
b. VSEPR
c. Atomic Orbitals – hybridization,
resonance, sigma and pi bonds
E. Relationship of molecular structure to
physical properties
Laboratory
A. Gravimetric Analysis of a Metal Carbonate
B. Permanganate Determination of an Iron
Sample
C. Laws of Definite and Multiple Proportions
* Development of molecular orbital energy
level diagrams for all first and second
period homonuclear diatomic molecules to
predict their stability, bond order, bond
length, and magnetic properties.
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Liquids, Solids and Solutions (Chapters 10 and 11) 3 Weeks
Classroom
Laboratory
A. Intermolecular forces
A. Molar Mass by Freezing Point
B. Structural models
Depression
a. Liquids
B. Liquid Chromatography
b. Solids
i. Metals
ii. Network Atomic solids
iii. Molecular
iv. Ionic
C. Vapor Pressure and Changes of State
D. Phase Diagrams
E. Solution Composition
F. Energies of Solution Formation
G. Factors affecting solubility
a. Structure
b. Pressure
c. Temperature
H. Vapor Pressures of Solution
* Marathon Problem p. 552
I. Osmotic Pressure
* Application of solubility rules to predict
J. Colligative Properties
chemical reactions
K. Colloids
Chemical Kinetics (Chapter 12) 2 Weeks
Classroom
A. Reaction Rates
B. Rate Laws
C. Determining the form of the Rate Law
D. The Integrated Rate Law
E. Reaction Mechanisms
Laboratory
A. Kinetics of a Reaction
B. Flow Rate of a Buret
* Marathon Problem pp. 605-606
Chemical Equilibrium (Chapter 13) 3 Weeks
Classroom
A. Characteristics of Chemical Equilibrium
B. Equilibrium Constants
C. Applications
D. LeChatelier’s Principle
Laboratory
A. Equilibrium and LeChatelier’s Principle
B. Determination of the Equilibrium Constant
for the Formation of FeSCN-2
* Challenge Problems p.650 #76, 78, 80, 82
Acids and Bases (Chapter 14) 3 Weeks
Classroom
A. The Nature of Acids and Bases
B. pH Scale
C. Calculating the pH
a. Strong acid solutions
b. Weak acid solutions
D. Polyprotic acids
E. Bases
F. Acid-Base Properties of Salts
Laboratory
A. Acid-Base Titrations
* Challenge Problems p.709: #140, 146, 148,
150
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Applications of Aqueous Equilibria (Chapter 15) 2 Weeks
Classroom
Laboratory
A. Weak Acids and Bases
A. Buffered Ssolutions
a. pH
B. Determination of Ka of Weak Acids
b. pOH
C. Solubility Product
c. Buffers
D. Determination Of The Equivalent Mass
B. Solubility Product
and pKa of an Unkknown Acid
Spontaneity, Entropy, and Free Energy (Chapter 16) 1 Week
Classroom
Laboratory
A. State Functions
A. The Thermodynamic Constants for a Redox
Reaction
B. Laws of Thermodynamics
C. Free energy
a. Chemical Reactions
b. Pressure
c. Equilibrium
d. Work
Electrochemistry (Chapter 17) 2 Weeks
Classroom
A. Galvanic Cells
B. Standard Reduction Potentials
C. Electrolytic Cells
D. Electrolysis
E. Oxidation-reduction Reactions
Laboratory
A. Electrochemical Cells
B. Charge of an Electron
Transition Metals and Coordination Chemistry (Chapter 21) 1 Week
Classroom
Laboratory
A. Transition Metals
A. Preparation and Analysis of
B. Coordination Compounds
Tetraamminecopper(II) Sulfate
C. Isomerism
Monohydrate
D. Bonding
E. Applications
Organic Chemistry (Chapter 22) 2 Weeks
Classroom
A. Saturated Hydrocarbons
a. Nomenclature
b. Reactions
B. Alkenes and Alkynes
C. Aromatic Hydrocarbons
D. Hydrocarbon Derivations
E. Polymers
Laboratory
A. Synthesis, Isolation, and Purification of an
Ester
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