AP Chemistry
AP Chemistry
Quantity
Teacher Info
Class Info
High School
13-18
6-10 students per class
60 mins
The major topics that will be discussed in this course include chemical nomenclature, atomic structure, and the periodic table, chemical reactions, bonding basics, structure and properties, stoichiometry, acids and bases, aqueous equilibria, thermochemistry, equilibrium, kinetics, electrochemistry, and spectrometry.
1: Atomic Structure and Properties - This class discusses the materials related to Moles and Molar Mass, Atomic Structure and Electron Configuration, Mass Spectroscopy, Valence Electrons, and Ionic Compounds.
2: Molecular and Ionic Structures and Properties - Types of Chemical Bonds, Intramolecular Force and Potential Energy, Structure of Ionic Solids, Structure of Metals and Alloys, Lewis Diagrams, Resonance, and Formal Charge, VSEPR.
3: Intermolecular Forces and Properties - Intermolecular Forces, Ideal Gas Law, Kinetic Molecular
Theory, Solutions and Mixtures, Separation of Solutions and Mixtures, Solubility.
4: Chemical Reactions - Net Ionic Equations, Physical and Chemical Changes, Stoichiometry, Types of Chemical Reactions, Introduction to Acid-Base Reaction, Oxidation-reduction reactions.
5: Kinetics - Reaction Rates, Introduction to Reaction Mechanism and Rate Law, Concentration Changes Over Time, Collision Model, Reaction Energy Profile, Catalysis.
6: Thermodynamics - Endothermic and Exothermic Processes, Heat Transfer and Thermal Equilibrium, Introduction to Enthalpy of Reaction, Enthalpy of Formation, Hess’s Law.
7: Equilibrium - Introduction to Equilibrium, Direction of Reversible Reactions, Calculating the Equilibrium Constant, Magnitude and Properties of the Equilibrium Constant, Calculating Equilibrium Concentrations, Le Châtelier’s Principle, Solubility Equilibria, and Solubility.
8: Acids and Bases - Introduction to Acids and Bases, pH and pOH of Strong Acids and Bases, Weak Acid and Base Equilibria, Properties of Buffers, Henderson-Hasselbalch Equation.
9: Organic Chemistry - Define organic chemistry, and identify organic molecules as alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, alcohols, or carboxylic acids; isomers, different organic reactions, and analytical methods to characterize them.
10: Redox Reactions and Electrochemical Cells, Voltaic Cells, Using Spontaneous Reactions to Generate Electrical Energy, Cell Potential, Free Energy, and Electrical Work, Electrochemical Processes in Batteries.