New Textbook: Chemistry 121: Integrated Resource Package
Atomic Structure and Periodic Properties
Atomic Structure
Atomic Weight
Periodic Table of the Elements
Valence Electrons
Periodic Properties
Ionic Compounds: Representative Chemistry of the s-Block Elements
Chemical Bonding
The Alkali Metals
Alkaline Earth Metals
Rationalizing the Observed Structure and Reactivity of s-Block Elements
Covalent Bonding & Chemical Structure Representation
Covalent vs. Ionic Bonding
Polar Covalent Bonding
Lewis Structures of Polyatomic Species
How to Draw Lewis Structures
Resonance Structures
Exceptions to the Octet Rule
Molecular Shape and Properties of Substances
Molecular Shape
How to Determine Molecular Shape Using the VSEPR Model
Physical Properties
Applications of Lewis and VSEPR: Representative Chemistry of the p-Block Elements
Chemistry of the p-Block Elements
Quantum Mechanics and Orbitals
Overview
Interaction of Light with Matter
Wavelike Properties of Subatomic Particles
Particle-in-a-box
The Electron in the Hydrogen Atom
Graphical Representations of Atomic Orbitals
Spectroscopy of One-Electron Species
Energies of Hydrogen Wavefunctions (Orbitals)
Interaction of Light with Matter
Arrangement of Electrons in Atoms
Arrangement of Electrons in Multielectron Species
Magnetic Properties
Valence Bond Theory
Why Valence Bond Theory (VBT) is Needed: Limitations of Lewis and VSEPR Theories
Valence Bond Theory
Hybridization
Valence Bond Theory and Complex Chemical Systems
Molecular Orbital Theory
Molecular Orbital Theory – An Introduction
Molecular Orbitals of Second Row Homonuclear Diatomic Species
Applications of Chemistry in Materials Science & Microelectronics
Bonding in Metals
Band Theory and Conductivity
Applications of Semiconductors in Microelectronics