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LECTURE TOPICS	MANDATORY*	SUPPLEMENTARY


Lecture 1: Vision Statement, Administrative Details. Introduction. Taxonomy of Chemical Species. Origins of Modern Chemistry.	Ch. 1


Lecture 2: Classification Schemes for the Elements. Mendeleyev and the Periodic Table. Atomic Structure.	Ch. 1, Ch. 2, Appendix A, Elemental Bibliography


Lecture 3: Rutherford Model of the Atom, Bohr Model of Hydrogen.	Ch. 3.1, 3.5-3.8 (text)	LN 1, pp. 2-5 (PDF)


Lecture 4: Atomic Spectra of Hydrogen, Matter/Energy Interactions Involving Atomic Hydrogen.	Ch. 3.3, 3.4, 3.9, 3.10 (text)	LN 1, pp. 5-16 (PDF)


Lecture 5: The Shell Model (Bohr-Sommerfeld Model) and Multi-Electron Atoms. Quantum Numbers: n, l, m, s.	Ch. 3.2, 3.10-3.12, 3.15-3.18 (text)	LN 1 (PDF)


Lecture 6: De Broglie, Heisenberg, and Schrödinger. The Aufbau Principle, Pauli Exclusion Principle, and Hund's Rules. Photoelectron Spectroscopy. Average Valence Electron Energy.	Ch. 3.24, 3.25, 5.1-5.7, 5.10 (text)	LN 2 (PDF)


Lecture 7: Octet stability by Electron Transfer: Ionic Bonding. Properties of Ionic Compounds: Crystal Lattice Energy.	Ch. 5.1-5.7, 5.10 (text)	LN 2, pp. 1-12 (PDF)


Lecture 8: Born-Haber Cycle. Octet Stability by Electron Sharing: Covalent Bonding. Lewis Structures. Hybridization.	Ch. 4.1-4.7, 4.10-4.12, 4.17 (text)


Lecture 9: Electronegativity, Partial Charge, Polar Bonds and Polar Molecules. Ionic Character of Covalent Bonds, Pauling's Calculation of Heteronuclear Bond Energies.	Ch. 5.7, 5.10, 4A.1, 4A.3 (text)


Lecture 10: LCAO MO, Energy Level Diagrams for H2, He2, Li2. Hybridization, Double Bonds and Triple Bonds, Paramagnetism and Diamagetism.	Ch. 4A.1-4A.4, 14-4-14.6, 8.2, 8.9 (text)	LN 2, pp.12- end (PDF)


Lecture 11: The Shapes of Molecules, Electron Domain Theory, Secondary Bonding.	Ch. 4.14, 4.15 (text)


Lecture 12: Metallic Bonding, Band Theory of Solids (Heitler and London), Band Gaps in Metals, Semiconductors, and Insulators, Absorption Edge of a Semiconductor.	Ch. 5.9-5.11, 9.4 (text); M.12 (modules	LN 2, pp. 25-26 (PDF), LN 3 (PDF)


Lecture 13: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Semiconductors, Doping, Compound Semiconductors, Molten Semiconductors.	M.12 (modules)	LN 3 (PDF)


Lecture 14: Introduction to the Solid State, the 7 Crystal Systems, the 14 Bravais Lattices.	9.6-9.12 (text), M.1-M.4, M.8 (modules); pp. 3-11 (supplement)	LN 4 (PDF)


Lecture 15: Properties of Cubic Crystals: Simple Cubic, Face-centered Cubic, Body-centered Cubic, Diamond Cubic. Crystal Coordinate Systems, Miller Indices.	9.6-9.12 (text); M.1-M.6 (modules); pp. 3-23; 150-155; 167-174 (supplement)	LN 4 (PDF)


Lecture 16: Characterization of Atomic Structure: The Generation of X-rays and Moseley's Law.	pp. 139-141; 144-149; 175-181(supplement)	LN 5, pp. 1-9 (PDF)


Lecture 17: X-ray Spectra, Bragg's Law.	pp. 26-31; 186-191 (supplement)	LN 5 (PDF)


Lecture 18: X-ray Diffraction of Crystals: Diffractometry, Debye-Scherrer, Laue. Crystal Symmetry.	pp. 26-31 (supplement)	LN 5 (PDF)


Lecture 19: Defects in Crystals: Point Defects, Line Defects, Interfacial Defects, Voids.	M.11 (modules); pp. 39-43, 47-53 (supplement)	LN 6 (PDF)


Lecture 20: Amorphous Solids, Glass Formation, Inorganic Glasses: Silicates.	9.1, 9.2 (text); M.15 (modules); pp. 31-32 (supplement)	LN 7, pp. 1-3, 5-9 (PDF)


Lecture 21: Engineered Glasses: Network Formers, Network Modifiers, Intermediates. Properties of Silicate Glasses. Metallic Glass.	9.1, 9.2 (text); M.15 (modules); pp. 31-32 (supplement)	LN 7, pp. 1-3, 5-9 (PDF)


Lecture 22: Chemical Kinetics: The Rate Equation, Order of Reaction, Rate Laws for Zeroth, First, and Second Order Reactions. Temperature Dependence of Rate of Reaction.	10.1-10.4, 14.1-14.8, 14.10, 14.11 (text)	LN 8 (PDF)


Lecture 23: Diffusion: Fick's First Law and Steady-State Diffusion, Dependence of the Diffusion Coefficient on Temperature and on Atomic Arrangement.	pp. 63-68; 85-95 (supplement)	LN 9, pp. 1-6 (PDF)


Lecture 24: Fick's Second Law (FSL) and Transient-State Diffusion; Error Function Solutions to FSL.	pp. 68-78, 95-101 (supplement)	LN 9, all (PDF)


Lecture 25: Solutions: Solute, Solvent, Solution, Solubility Rules, Solubility Product.	8.10-8.13, 8.15 (text); SOL.1-SOL.10(modules)


Lecture 26: Acids and Bases: Arrhenius, Brønsted-Lowry, and Lewis Definitions, Acid Strength and pH.	Ch. 11 (text)


Lecture 27: Organic Chemistry: Basic Concepts, Alkanes, Alkenes, Alkynes, Aromatics, Functional Groups, Alcohols and Ethers, Aldehydes and Ketones, Esters, Amines.	01.1-01.7, 01.10-01.11, 01.13, 01.14, 02.1, 02.3, 02.4 (modules)


Lecture 28: Organic Glasses--Polymers: Synthesis by Addition Polymerization and by Condensation Polymerization.	P.1-P.3, P.7-P.9 (modules)


Lecture 29: Structure-Property Relationships in Polymers, Crystalline Polymers.	P.1-P.3, P.7-P.9 (modules)


Lecture 30: Biochemistry: The Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins.	BIO.1 - BIO.3; BIO.5


Lecture 31: Protein Structure: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary; Denaturing of Proteins.	BIO.6, BIO.9


Lecture 32: Lipids: Self Assembly into Bilayers. Nucleic Acids, DNA, Encoding Information for Protein Synthesis. Electrochemistry of Batteries and Fuel Cells.	BIO.6, BIO.9


Lecture 33: Phase Diagrams--Basic Definitions: Phase, Component, Equilibrium; One-component Phase Diagrams.	pp. 103-107 (16.1) (supplement)	LN 10 Part A 1-3 (PDF)


Lecture 34: Two-component Phase Diagrams: Complete Solid Solubility. Lever Rule.	pp. 107-113 (16.2-16.3) (supplement)	LN 10 Part B 1-9 (PDF)


Lecture 35: Two-component Phase Diagrams: Limited Solid Solubility. Lever Rule.	pp. 113-119 (16.4) (supplement)	LN 10 Part B 1-9 (PDF)


Lecture 36: Wrap-up: Closing Remarks About 3.091. Student Course Evaluations.

*Spencer, J. N., G. M. Bodner, and L. H. Rickard. Chemistry: Structure and Dynamics. 2nd ed. 3 vols. New York: Wiley, 2003.

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