Download Chem 162C Final Exam Preparation: Topics and Study Guidance and more Study notes Chemistry in PDF only on Docsity! Things to Study for Chem 162C Final Exam The final exam will be comprehensive, last 2 hours, and will cover Lecture 1 through Lecture 21. The material covered since the last exam will be emphasized slightly more than the rest of the material. The exam will consist of multiple choice, and short answer questions. Calculations may be required to determine your answer. Key formulas will be provided. You will need a scientific calculator. Topics Covered Include: Hybridization (Chapter 14) Molecular orbital diagrams (Chapter 14) Bond order & Sigma vs. pi-bonding (Chapter 14) Paramagnetic vs Diamagnetic Molecules (Chapter 14) Rate laws (Chapter 15) Graphical determination of rate constants (Chapter 15) Half–Lives (Chapter 15) Multi-step reaction mechanisms (Chapter 15) Steady–State approximation (Chapter 15) Intermolecular Forces (Chapter 16) Solid State Packing and Lattice Structures (Chapter 16) Semiconductors, doped Semiconductors, Conductors, and p-n Junctions (Chapter 16) Ionic Solids (tetrahedral, vs, octahedral, vs cubic holes) (Chapter 16) Vapor Pressure & ΔHvap of pure liquids (Chapter 16) Obtaining ΔHvap from Pvap vs Temp data (Chapter 16) Changes of State & Phase Diagrams (Chapter 16) Thermodynamics of Solution Formation (Chapter 17) Predicting Relative Solubilities of Substances (Chapter 17) Molality vs Molarity vs mole fraction (Chapter 17) Effect of Temperature on Solubility (Chapter 17) Vapor Pressure Lowering & Raoult’s Law (Chapter 17) Using Raoult’s Law to determine MW of nonvolatiles solute (Chapter 17) Boiling Point Elevation, ΔTb (Chapter 17) Freezing Point Depression, ΔTf (Chapter 17) Osmotic Pressure (Chapter 17) Determining MW from Osmotic Pressure, ΔTb, or ΔTf (Chapter 17) Colligative Properties of Ionic and Non-Ideal Solutions (Chapter 17) Periodic Trends in Atomic Size, Ionization Energies, Electronegativities (Chapter 18) Location of Metals vs Nonmetals in the Periodic Table (Chapter 18) Location of Reductants vs Oxidizing Agents in the Periodic Table (Chapter 18) The Chemistry of Hydrogen, the Alkali Metals, and Alkaline Earth Metals (Chapter 18) The Chemistry of the Group 3A, 5A, 6A, and 7A elements (Chapters 18 & 19) The Chemistry of the Transition-Metals, their ions, and complexes (Chapter 20) Ligands, d-orbitals, and crystal field theory of bonding (Chapter 20) Ligand-Field strength and the crystal field splitting parameter (ΔO) (Chapter 20) Magnetic properties and color of transition-metal complexes. (Chapter 20) Isomers of transition-metal complexes and their chirality (Chapter 20) Metal ions in biology and Bioinorganic Chemistry (Chapter 20)
