GENERAL CHEMISTRY I

Undergraduate

This course emphasizes the fundamentals of chemistry. Topics include: atoms, molecules and ions; stoichiometry; mass relations; gases and their behaviour; electronic structure and the periodic table; covalent bonding and molecular geometry; and thermochemistry. The laboratory associated with this course stresses stoichiometry, qualitative analysis, atomic spectroscopy and thermochemistry. PREREQUISITE: Grade XII Chemistry, Chemistry 1000, or the permission of the Chair in special cases Three lecture hours a week; one three-hour laboratory period or tutorial a week