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Chem 105 Fundamentals of Inorganic Chemistry by Bal Barot and William Rudman, Spring 2001.

Important dates to remember:

Chemistry during Spring semester is team taught. Part I is taught by Dr Bal Barot and Part II is covered by Prof. William Rudman.

Part I is from May 14 to June 6 and it will be taught by Dr. Bal Barot. He is going to give two objective examinations: first will cover chapter 1 to 3 and it will be on Monday May 21, 01. Second test will be on first Wednesday of June (June6) and it will cover chapter 4 to 6. Both be will be worth 200 points each. Before each exam, a review session will be conducted from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. and rest of time will be used for the test. Each exam will be a multiple choice questions and to do well you must attend each class and participate in class discussion.

You will be expected to do some work in the class. For example, after learning how to write correct chemical formula from a given name, you may be asked to try out writing some formula on the board. To reinforce learning, we will visit web-sites and watch selected video and video clips. If you do not understand any concept, you must ask. It may be on the test!

For part-II, which covers from June 11 to 29, Mr. Rudman will cover chapter 7 to 10 and will give nine quizzes. Two lowest scores will be dropped. Each quiz is worth 100 points.For more information, contact Mr. Rudman at 269-927-8100 ext. 5071 (phone/work) or send e-mail at rudmanw.lmc.cc.mi.us.

For chemistry laboratory, we meet every Thursday in room C-309. There will be a safety video to watch on first Thursday and it will be followed by a quiz of 100 points. You must pass this safety quiz in order to continue the lab activities.

A syllabus will be distributed during the first class meeting and it will have specific information about each and every chapter. You must invest in the text book of this course. It is "Chemistry for Today" by Seager/Slabaugh 4th Ed 2000. You are expected to bring a laboratory manual. It is by Karen Timberlake 7th ed, 1999. You must have a notebook for laboratry report. The lab report notebook will be collected twice, first on June 4 by Dr Barot and later on June 28 by Mr Rudman. A guideline about how to write up lab report will be provided during the first lab meeting on the first Thursday (May 17) of the term in the lab. You are expected to have a scientific calculator.

This course covers properties and structure of matter, measurements, concept and electronic structure of atom, nomenclature of chemical compounds and chemical reactions during the first part taught by Dr. Barot. In the second half, Prof. Rudman will teach stoichiometry of solution preparations, rates of reactions, chemistry of acid and bases as well as new advances in nuclear chemistry with the fundamental facts.

The laboratory for this class covers the simple techniques with emphasis on safety. You will be taught how to handle chemicals safely, how to measure precise and accurate amount of chemicals to milliliters and microgram quantities. You will learn how to measure various properties of matters, like density, specific gravity, detection by flame spectroscopy, calcualtion of mole quantity by gravimetric analysis and other techniques like titration. If you have any question, contact Dr. Bal Barot at 269-927-8100 ext. 5072 or send e-mail at barot@lmc.cc.mi.us.