Our Team:

Course Instructor: Dr. Amanda Abiad - (you can refer to me as Amanda or Dr Abiad)

I was born and raised in southern California. I started my career at community college and transferred to complete my B.S. in Biochemistry from California State University, Fullerton. I ther came to UCl where I got my Ph.D. in Biophysical Chemistry working in Rachel Martin's lab anddoing Chem Ed research on the side. I have always enjoyed teaching and mentoring students since I started my chemistry career at community college.

Course Topics
Reaction Rates (Tro Chapter 14)

• Reaction rate
• Dependence of Reaction rates on concentrations
• Rate constants
• Dependence of concentration on time - integrated rate law
• Reaction mechanism
• Factors that affect reaction rates
• Rate and equilibrium
• Catalysis

Equilibrium and Chemical Reactivity(Tro Chapter 15)

• Equilibrium State
• Equilibrium constant and reaction quotient
• Expressing equilibrium constants in pressure terms
• Solving equilibrium problems
• Energetics at Equilibrium
• Le Chatalier's principle

Aqueous Acid-Base Equilibria(Tro Chapter 16)

• Acids and bases in water
• Arrhenius description of acids and bases
• Water
• The pH scale
• Strong acids and Strong bases
• Weak acids and Weak bases
• A logarithmic scale for relative acid strengths (pKa)
• Relating Ka's for an acid with Kb's of its conjugate base
• Solving acid-base equilibrium problems
• Introduction to Polyprotic acids

Grade Scale: Below is the straight scale I will be using.
99+ A+
95+ A
90+ A-
87.5+B+
83.5+ B
80+ B-
77.5+ C+
73.5+ C
70+ C-
60-70 D
<60 F