AP Chemistry: Thermodynamics and Electrochemistry

Thermodynamics and Electrochemistry

Zumdahl Chapters 16 & 17

AP Learning Objectives: The following AP topics will be covered in the textbook reading, class discussions and lab activities. Students' understanding and articulation of these topics will be tested by past AP questions on quizzes and unit test.

III. Reactions (35-40% of AP Exam)
        A. Thermodynamics
                1. State Functions
                2. First Law: change in enthalpy; heat of formation; heat of reaction; Hess's Law; heats of vaporization
                     and fusion; calorimetry
                3. Second Law: entropy; free energy of formation; free energy of reaction ; dependence of change in free
                     energy on enthalpy and entropy changes
                4. Relationship of change in free energy to equilibrium constants and electrode potentials
        B. Oxidation-reduction reactions (for Chapter 17)
                1. Oxidation number
                2. The role of the electron in oxidation-reduction
                3. Electrochemistry: electrolytic and galvanic cells; Faraday's Laws; standard half-cell potentials; Nernst
                     equation; prediction of the direction of redox reactions

Assignments:

4/4/05-5/10/05

Labs Activities:

"Making a Battery Lab"

“Coffee Cup Calorimetry Lab”

“Determination of DH_vap of Water,” Exp. 9

“Anion Oxidation Lab”

“Electrolysis of a Nickel”

Review Materials:

Intro to DG Problems