CH 223 Chapter Guides

Chapter Guide Six: Overview | Resources | Practice

  Overview of Chapter Guide Six

This module has two portions. The first portion (Chapter 18) offers a brief review of the chemistry inherent to the main group elements. The second portion (Chapter 19) examines briefly the fascinating chemistry of the transition metals.

Chapter 18 introduces us to the chemistry of the main group elements (alkali metals, alkaline earths, Group IIIA, Group IVA, pnictogens, chalcogens, halogens and nobel gases, primarily). These chemicals are used extensively in industrial processes, and most of the intellectual material in this section should be a review of previous chapters.

For a complete list of important concepts in Chapter 18, see the Chapter 18 Study Guide.

Chapter 19 is an introduction to inorganic chemistry, especially the chemistry of the transition metals. The chapter extends the work of previous chapters to encompass the bigger metals with d-orbitals, and we learn about the behavior associated with inorganic compounds.

For a complete list of important concepts in Chapter 19, see the Chapter 19 Study Guide.

  Resources for Chapter Guide Six

For this module, you should read Chapter 18 and Chapter 19 in your textbook.

The following screencasts might prove useful to you as you study this chapter.

The Chapter Eighteen lecture notes and Chapter Nineteen lecture notes which accompany this section will be helpful to you when going through the material. These are Web versions of the lecture notes I use in my "normal" CH 223 class and should let you see what is important to me in this section. You can also view the Lecture Notes in presentation software for Chapter 18 (Keynote, PowerPoint) and Chapter 19 (Keynote, PowerPoint).

Check out this self quiz on coordination complexes. Also, a handout is available from Chapter Nineteen. Feel free to explore it for greater clarity.

Finally, test yourself (and get extra-credit in the bargain!) on the following chemistry concepts. If you get 9 out of 10 correct (or some multiple thereof), submit the information to me to receive extra credit.

  1. Crytal Field Treatment of Octahedral Compounds

  Practice the Concepts of Chapter Guide Six

Please complete problem set #6 to further explore the main group metal and transition metal concepts. Problem set #6 covers several questions from Chapter 18 and Chapter 19, and it can be found here. We will discuss problems like these during recitation, so come prepared to ask and answer questions.

For additional practice, try completing practice problem set #6 (with answers included at the end) and/or the non-assigned problems in Chapter 18 and Chapter 19. Answers to many of those problems are listed in the back of your textbook.

If you need assistance on these problems, you have several options. You can visit the AVID / Learning Success Center located above the MHCC library on the Mt. Hood Community College campus; they have tutors available to help you with your chemistry homework. You can also contact me if you have any questions.

Test your mastery of the subject matter by trying the self quiz for Chapter 18 and the self quiz for Chapter 19. These are ungraded tests that you can use to gauge your comfort level with these concepts. This sample Quiz #6 (answers) (which was given during a previous year's CH 223 class) will help you understand the kind of questions that will be asked on the quiz.

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