CCBC, Summer Session I 2015

CHEM 123: General Chemistry II

Course Description and Prerequisites1:

School of Mathematics and Science

Physical Science Department
Catonsville Campus
SectionC65

General Chemistry II serves as a continuation of CHEM 121; includes the study of liquids & solids,
reactions & properties of solutions; discusses equilibrium, chemical kinetics, acid-base theory,
thermodynamics, oxidation-reduction & electrochemistry.
3 lecture hours & 1 recitation hour per week. Concurrent enrollment in CHEM 124 is highly
recommended.
Prerequisites: Minimum grades of C in CHEM 121 and CHEM 122
I. Basic Course Information
A. Instructor: Jonathan Onuegbu, Ph.D.
B. Office: CLLB 016E, Catonsville Campus
Contact Information:
Phone: 443-840-4560
Email: jonuegbu@ccbcmd.edu (preferred method of contact)
(Be sure to include CHEM 123 and your section number in the Subject Line, or your
message may be deleted as Junk Mail.)
C. Office Hours:
Mon 4:250 PM 5:25 PM
Thurs 4:25 PM 5:25 PM

*If you are unable to make any of these office hours, an appointment can be arranged via
email with at least 24 hours notice.
D. Department/School Phone Number: Catonsville Phys. Sci. Department, 443-840-4560
E. Class Times, Days, and Locations: Mon., Wed., & Thurs 5:30 pm 7:45pm in CLLB 123
Thurs 7:50pm 10:10 pm in CLLB 123
F. Statement of Student Out-of-Class Work Expectations: This is a 3 credit hour course. For
each credit hour, the student is expected to complete at least [credits x 4] hours of work
per week outside of the class, including reading, class preparation, homework, studying,
etc. . Students: please note that these are minimal requirements for any course, and that
many students require more time than this for science courses.
G. Required Materials:
1. Textbook: Jespersen, N.D. & Hyslop, A., Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter,
7th edition; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: USA, 2015. And Software:
Blackboard/WileyPLUS registration code for electronic homework assignment.
Note: access codes are good for two semesters; so, if you took CHEM 121 in
Fall 2014 or Spring 2015, your access code is still validdo not purchase another one!
If you took CHEM 121 before Fall 2014, your access code is for a different
edition of the software and will not work in 123; however, you can obtain a replacement
code by contacting WileyPLUS tech support. In order for tech support to locate you in
the system, you will need to give them the following: the e-mail address you used to
register for WileyPLUS originally, your WileyPLUS user name, that you paid for

WileyPLUS when you took CHEM 121 at the Community College of Baltimore County,
who your CHEM 121 instructor was, and the semester in which you took CHEM 121.
You will also need to explain that your CHEM 121 course was using WP, but that your
CHEM 123 course is now using WP/Bb, so you need a replacement access code.
Contact me if you not receive assistance from tech support within a reasonable amount
of time, as you need access to the homework immediately.
2. A non-programmable scientific calculator is required, such as but not limited to the
Casio fx260 or Casio fx300 MSplus (both available at the CCBC bookstores). TI34 is not recommended, as it does not have the log/ln functions. Each student must bring
his/her own calculator to all class meetings. It cannot be shared. You are not allowed to
use a cell phone in class at any time, for any purpose. Programmable calculators
(including graphics calculators) are not allowed on quizzes and exams, even if you
delete the memory before an exam.
H. Student Accommodation: In accordance with the American with Disabilities Act, CCBC is
committed to providing an environment that is conducive to learning for all students. Any
student who is disabled and requires special accommodation should contact Beth Hunsinger
in the Office of Disability Support Services at 443-840-1741.

II. Course Goals Overall

A. Course Objectives1:
Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:
1. describe the models for the solid, liquid, and gas phases using kinetic molecular
theory;
2. interpret phase diagrams;
3. demonstrate mastery of the concepts of molality and mole-fraction;
4. demonstrate ability to interconvert concentration units;
5. describe colligative properties and work problems associated with gases, liquids
and solids;
6. give a general expression for the chemical equilibrium of gases, of ions in
solution, weak acids and weak bases and solve problems associated with Le
Chatelier's Principle;
7. determine the rate expression of a chemical reaction given kinetic data and other
experimental results;
8. determine the activation energy of a chemical reaction given temperature and
kinetic data;
9. balance oxidation /reduction equations via the method of half reactions or
oxidation number;
10. determine the equilibrium constant from thermodynamic data;
11. determine the free energy of a chemical reaction from thermodynamic data.
(enthalpies and entropies of reaction);
12. determine the standard voltage of a given electrochemical reaction given a table
of reduction potentials;
13. work equilibrium problems using the Nernst equation; and
14. calculate nonstandard voltages using the Nernst equation.

B. Major Topics1:
I. Gases, Liquids, Solids and Changes in State
II. Phase Diagrams
III. Colligative Properties
IV. Chemical equilibrium of Gas Liquids, and Solids
V. Chemical Kinetics
VI. Redox Reactions
VII. Thermodynamics (Gibbs' Free Energy, Entropy, Enthalpy and Equilibrium)
VIII. Electrochemistry
C. Rationale:
CHEM 123 (along with its laboratory component, CHEM 124) is a second semester course
in a two-semester sequence for students who intend to major in chemistry or a field of study
that requires a minimum of one year of chemistry. It is designed to provide students with the
background and understanding necessary to pursue higher-level chemistry courses that are
required for careers in fields such as chemistry, physics, engineering, medicine, and biology.
D. Other Goals: This course has a lab (CHEM 124) associated with it. The lecture portion
however, is not aligned with the lab but should still provide much of the background to help
you gain a better understanding of the lab work. A separate registration is required for the
lab.

III. Evaluation
A. Requirements1:
Grading/exams: Grading procedures will be determined by the individual faculty member but
will include a mix of evaluation instruments (homework, quizzes, exams, or written
assignments). A significant portion of the grade will determined by proctored evaluation.
Writing: The individual faculty member will determine specific writing assignments.
You are expected to remember all the material covered in the first semester of General
Chemistry (CHEM 121) at CCBC. This includes all material within Chapters 0 through 10 of
the required textbook listed above.

B. Instructor's grading policy:

Students work will be graded for content knowledge, clarity of explanations, conventional
chemical representations, spelling, grammar, units, significant digits, etc. . . Students
overall scores and letter grades will be determined as follows:
3 Exams
Lec Quiz/Homework**
Final Exam
Total Percent Score*

60 % of the course grade

20 % of the course grade (Average of Quiz & HW grades in %)
20 % of the course grade
100 %

*Total Percent Score = (Average Exam grade x 0.60) + (Average HW & Quiz x 0.20) +
(Final Exam x 0.20)
**The three lowest quiz/homework grades are dropped at the end of the semester.
HW grades are computed from grades from both WileyPlus electronic HW and paper HW
collected in class.
Total Percent Score Course Grade
90 - 100%
A
80 - 89%
B
70 - 79%
C
60 - 69%
D
Below 60%
F

I do NOT curve.

C. Instructor's attendance policy: You are expected to attend every lecture on time.
Attendance will be taken at every class meeting. If you miss any lectures, you are
responsible for finding out what you missed (preferably before the next lecture!), especially
topics discussed that are not in the textbook, and whether any quizzes or homework have
been announced for the following class meeting. Excessive absences (more than two) and
tardiness will more than likely affect your performance on the exams. Your attendance will
also affect your grade directly if you are on the borderline.
Cell phones must be turned off or put on vibrate during class time. Students who
attempt to use their cell phones or any other electronic gadget (for playing games,
texting, etc. . .) during class time, will be asked to take their activities outside of the
classroom.
D. Instructors audit policy: Important notes: (1) you can no longer wait until mid-semester to
decide that auditing a course is appropriate: the final date to change to an audit now
coincides with the final date for withdrawing with a 50% refund, and (2) failure to
participate in the class as follows will result in a grade of W instead of AU. The last
day to change to an audit this semester is: June 9th, 2015.
If you enroll as an audit student, you are not required to turn in assignments or take quizzes
and exams; however, you are expected to attend all classes. Failure to do so will result in
your grade of AU being replaced with W. Attendance will be taken in some shape or form.
Legitimacy of any absences must be established by documented proof that the absence is due
to dire emergency. When we do any group work, you may participate only if you can be
paired with another student who is auditing. It would not be fair to have you pair up with
someone who is registered for a grade.
As an audit student you are not allowed to take the Final Exam. However you may take any
quiz or exam during the semester for practice. Such papers will be corrected but no grades
will be recorded.
IV. Course Procedures
A. Course-related policies and procedures (including course-specific links):
1. Course Website: via Blackboard

You must familiarize yourself with our course website and check it daily. It contains
course announcements; assignments; lecture slides; the full course syllabus; links to
useful tutorials and review; most of the answers to your homework, quizzes and exams;
practice exams; as well as useful links to other websites related to introductory and
general chemistry.
2. We will cover Chapters 1119 and part of Chapter 20 of the required text, and the
lectures will follow the text topics closely. Other topics may also be presented for
which you are responsible. Objectives and homework assignments will be announced at
the time each topic is discussed in the lectures.
3. Exams: Exams will be 1 hour in length and may consist of a mix of numerical
problems, questions requiring short answers, multiple-choice, T/F, fill-in-the-blank, and
definition questions requiring complete sentences. The exact topics covered on each
exam will come from homework, quizzes, and lectures. Lecture will be held for the
second hour after exams, and you are expected to remain in attendance.
I will replace your lowest exam grade with your final exam grade (in percent),
should that be to your advantage. If you miss an exam, your final exam grade will be
scaled to replace the missing grade. There will be no make-up exams, except for
absence due to religious holiday observances. In such a case you would know ahead
of time, and we can arrange for you to take the exam early.
You will receive zeroes for any additional missed exams. There will be no
make-ups.
*Students will NOT be allowed to go to the restroom while taking exams or
quizzes. Therefore, students should go to the restroom before an assessment begins or
wait until the assessment is completed and handed into the instructor.*
4. Final Exam: The Final Exam is written by the American Chemical Society (ACS) and
has 70 multiple-choice questions, with no partial credit, to be completed in 1 hr 50 min.
The exam is comprehensive with questions similar to those found on the quizzes and
exams given throughout the semester.
You are required to take the Final Exam regardless of how you did on the other
exams. There will be NO make-up exam unless the college is officially closed, in which
case a makeup date will be announced. If you are unable to make it to the Final Exam
due to dire emergency, contact me by e-mail (preferred) or phone, within 24 hours of the
exam time, or you will receive a grade of F for the Final Exam and your course grade
will be computed accordingly.
There is a study guide published by the ACS. There are two copies on reserve at
each of the CCBC libraries. In the past, some students have found this study guide to be
very useful. On the other hand, some students find reviewing exams taken during the
semester is sufficient preparation for the Final Exam. Usefulness of the ACS study
guide is highly dependent on the individual. It can also be purchased directly from the
ACS Exam Institute for $21 plus a shipping fee of $7 (less for multiple copies):
http://www3.uwm.edu/dept/chemexams/guides/index.cfm If you are contemplating
purchase of this study guide, it would be wise if you take time first to examine one of
the copies on reserve at the CCBC libraries. This is a study guide that may help you
prepare for the exams throughout the semester, not just the final exam.
Note: This is the same study guide that students may have purchased for CHEM 121.

Exam Dates:
Exam I
Exam II
Exam III
Final Exam

Jun 10, 2015 (Wednesday)

Jun 22, 2015 (Monday)
July 02, 2015 (Thurssday)
July 09, 2015 (Thursday) (5:30PM 7:30pm)

4. Homework: You are expected to read the textbook chapters as they are covered in
lecture. Most homework will be assigned through the WileyPLUS online homework
website (access code provided with the textbook when purchased from our bookstore).
The on-line homework system has been found to be of tremendous help for students
because it gives instant feedback and tips. You are required to have access to this
WileyPLUS homework system immediately. The assignments are set up with due
dates. At the specified due date and time, the assignment will close and answers will no
longer be accepted. Therefore, no late submissions are allowed.
Although you do not show your work online, you are required to keep a
notebook where the work is shown for all numerical problems. It is a record of how you
arrived at the answers in your Wiley homework and is essential for two reasons: 1) It
makes it easier for you to review for your exams and final exam, and 2) if you disagree
with the answers given online you would be able to show me what you had done and we
can figure out together where the error occurred.
There may also be Paper HW for which you are required to work out problems
on paper and hand them in at the beginning of the lecture. In addition, there will be
other suggested problems that are not collected but you are expected to do for practice.
You are strongly urged to do the assignments before the next class meeting in order for
you to understand the ongoing discussions in the lectures. Keeping up with assigned
homework is of utmost importance in this class. Any Paper HW turned in after the
lecture has begun is considered late. 10% of the assignment grade is deducted per day
late. No homework will be accepted after answers have been posted, or more than one
week late, whichever comes first. (Most of the time answers will be posted within the
day, so it is best not to be late.)
You are strongly urged to start working on your homework early so that you have
time to get help from me or from a tutor when necessary. Being absent on the day the
assignment is made does not excuse you from turning in the homework on time. You
should check the course website for announcements of homework and quizzes. See
below, under Lecture Quizzes, for dropped homework/quiz grades. It would be wise to
obtain the phone numbers of a few of your fellow classmates.
5. Lecture Quizzes: There will be frequent short quizzes dealing with lecture material.
The purpose of these quizzes is to encourage you to constantly keep up with the lectures.
There will be absolutely no make-ups. Come on time!! I will automatically drop three
of your lowest grades in the homework/quiz category. Should you miss a lecture, you
should check the course website for assignments and announcements.
6. How to Study: STUDY the assigned pages in the text! You are held responsible for all
material within the assigned pages, even if I do not go over it in the lecture. It is also
important to read it before coming to lecture; otherwise you may find the lecture to be
going too fast for you. Attend ALL lectures. Take notes in class. Utilize the lecture
PowerPoint slides, which are accessible on the Blackboard site. As soon as possible,

review your lecture notes and re-read the appropriate pages in the text. Studies have
shown that the sooner you review your notes the better you will retain the material.
Do NOT wait until the last minute to do assigned HW problems. Go over
examples and end-of-chapter problems in the book on your own to see whether you can
do them without help. Just reading over problems and their solutions are of little value
if you do not practice doing them yourself. The more problems you do, the better
prepared you will be for your quizzes and exams. Use WileyPLUS for review of topics.
After each exam has been graded and returned to you, immediately go over it
and get help if necessary. Do NOT wait until the end of the semester. Come to my
office or make use of email to ask me questions. You will generally get an answer from
me within the same day.
7. Classroom Behavior: The goal of classroom activities is to provide the greatest
educational benefit to all students. Class participants should expect and provide mutual
respect and consideration in words and actions. Student behavior in class should not
interfere with the rights of others or with the educational process. An instructor has the
right to dismiss a student from class for behavior that he/she judges to be disruptive to
the teaching and learning process. Examples of proper behavior:
Students should arrive on time for class and remain in class for the entire session.
Students should not engage in non-instructionally related conversations with other
students during class. Students discussing class topics with another student during
class should speak in a low volume, so that other students and the instructor are not
distracted. You should realize whenever you are talking while I am lecturing, you
and the person to whom you are talking are missing out on what I am saying.
Students MUST silence phones and turn off other music devices during class. Use
of earbuds or headphones is not permitted at any time. You may not be texting or
using your personal devices (such as iPhone, iPad and laptop) to access your email or
Facebook during class.
Students should refrain from bringing food and drinks into the lecture hall. Only
plain water is allowed.
Students should refrain from making loud noises (such as yawning loudly). This is
extremely rude and also disruptive!
If the course is held in a lab room, you must abide by the safety rules posted on the
door of the lab room. For example, it may require you to wear closed-toe shoes.
B. College wide syllabus policies: For college wide syllabus policies such as the Code of
Conduct related to Academic Integrity and Classroom Behavior or the Audit/ Withdrawal
policy, please go to the MySyllabiPolicies Tab on the MyCCBC page. Please pay
particular attention to the following sections of MySyllabiPolicies:

Attendance Policy

Code of Conduct (As presented in the college catalog; be sure to read the sections
dealing with academic integrity, including the definition of cheating.)

Grades AU (The last day to change to an audit this semester is: June 9th,
2015.)

Grades -W (The last day to withdraw this semester is: June 26th, 2015.)
C. Contact information for course-related concerns: See endnote2.
D. Additional Procedures: No food or drink is allowed in any science lab at any time. Feet
should be covered with closed-toed shoes to provide protection from broken glass, spilled

chemicals, and other laboratory hazards. Eye, hand, skin and clothing protection may be
required when chemical or biological hazards are present. Failure to abide by laboratory
safety policies will result in removal of students from the class.
Policy on Cheating: Any student observed to be cheating on an exam or quiz (such as
obtaining aid from or providing aid to another student, possessing a cheat sheet, operating a
programmable calculator in the program mode, etc. . .) will receive a grade of zero for that
exam or quiz. Any student committing plagiarism will receive a grade of zero for the
assignment. Academic dishonesty will be reported to the Judicial Affairs Committee. If
there is a previous record of academic dishonesty, the committee may impose a more severe
penalty such as expulsion from the college.
There will be no further warnings. Any student observed cheating a second time will
automatically receive a failing grade for the course. When taking an exam or quiz, it is your
responsibility to keep your exam answers from any wandering eyes of your neighbors.
Allowing your neighbors to see your answers constitutes cheating.
Be careful when researching information from sources such as your lab manual, textbook,
and online websites. Never copy verbatim. Be careful when you work with a classmate;
your work cannot be identical. It is your responsibility that others do not try to copy your
answers and reports. If plagiarism is noted, a zero will be given for the assignment. If
plagiarism continues, an F will be given for the course. If multiple students are involved,
all parties will be equally penalized.
E. Course calendar/schedule: See the printed schedule appended to this document.
This syllabus may be changed with notification to the class.
1

Note that the content in these sections is dictated by the Common Course Outline for this course, as approved at the
college-wide level: [http://www.ccbcmd.edu/cco/home.html]
2
Students should first attempt to take concerns to the faculty member. If students are unable to resolve course-related
concerns with the instructor, they should contact Dr. Erica DiCara, the Catonsville Physical Science Coordinator, at
edicara@ccbcmd.edu or 443-840-4119.

Lecture Date

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

Week of Jun 01

Introduction & Review, Chap 11

Chap. 11 Intermolecular Attractions & Prop of Liquids & Solids

Week of Jun 08

Chap. 12 Mixtures at the Molecular Level: Prop. of Solutions

Chap. 12 + 13 Chemical Kinetics
Exam I (Wed Jun 10 )

Week of Jun 15

Chap. 13 + 14 Chemical Equilibrium

Chap. 14 (continued)

Week of Jun 22

Chap. 15 Acids & Bases: A Molecular Look

Chap. 16 Acid-Base Equilibria in Aqueous Solution
Chap. 16 + 17 Solubility & Simultaneous Equilibria
Exam II (Mon Jun 22))

**********Last Day to withdraw with W (June 26 before 7 PM)***********

Week of Jun 29

Chap. 18 Thermodynamics
Exam III (Thur Jul 02 )
Chap. 19 Electrochemistry

Week of Jul 06

Chap. 19 + 20 Nuclear Reactions

(For those taking the lab, Chem 124, Lab Final is Jul 08, 2015)
************Final Exam (Thur Jul 09, 2015 at 5.30 PM

7:30 PM) *****************