Department of Chemistry
Oregon State University



OSU

Final Exam Objectives

In addition to the objectives associated with Exams 1 and 2, the final exam will address these:

1 The student will be able to discuss energy and the units associated with potential energy, kinetic energy, force, distance, "PV" work, pressure, change in internal energy, work, and heat.
2 The student will be able to discuss and define systems and surroundings.
3 The student will be able to discuss exothermic and endothermic processes.
4 The student will be able to discuss work being done on/by the system and heat transferred to/from the system.
5 The student will be able to discuss and use specific heat capacities.
6 The student will be able discuss and use the standard enthalpy of formation and reaction.
7 The student will be able to calculate and discuss frequencies, wavelengths, and energies of electromagnetic radiation.
8 The student will be able to discuss and use Planck's hypothesis.
9 The student will be able to discuss and use De Broglie's theory of electron waves.
10 The student will be able to discuss wavefunctions and energy levels.
11 The student will be able to determine and discuss quantum numbers and the shape of s, p and d orbitals.
12 The student will be able to discuss electron spin and the Pauli Principle.
13 The student will be able to predict the electron configurations of the elements that obey the normal Aufbau (building-up) rules up to the element Kr.
14 The student will be able to discuss the variation of atomic properties in the Periodic Table.