Submitted by Chantal Stieber / Cal Poly Pomona on Sat, 06/03/2017 - 10:57
Additional Authors
Brandon Quillian / Georgia Southern University
Chip Nataro / Lafayette College
Gary Guillet / Furman University
Maria Carroll / Providence College
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Categories
Prerequisites
No Prerequisites
Corequisites
General Chemistry
Course Level
First year
Second year
Topics Covered
Bonding models: Discrete molecules
Chemical literature
Diffraction
Molecular structure
Physical methods / analytical techniques
Subdiscipline
Introductory Chemistry
Main Group Chemistry
Molecular Structure and Bonding
Spectroscopy and Structural Methods
Description

This module offers students an introductory chemistry or foundational inorganic course exposure to recent literature work. Students will apply their knowledge of VSEPR and basic bonding to predict geometries of complex SiO2-containing structures. Students will gain a basic understanding of how crystallography is used to determine molecular structures and compare experimental crystallographic data to their predictions.

Attachment Size
LO3-SiO2-crystallography_F_rev.docx 27.07 KB
LO3-SiO2-crystallography_F_rev.pdf 83.96 KB
Learning Goals

Students will be able to:

  1. Describe the bonding in SiO2 and related compounds
  2. Apply bonding models to compare and contrast bond types
  3. Apply VSEPR to predict bond angles
  4. Utilize crystallographic data to evaluate structures
Implementation Notes

Students should have access to the paper and read the first and fourth paragraphs on the first page and the third paragraph on the second page. Students should also reference scheme 1 and figure 1.

 

This module could be either used as a homework assignment or in-class activity.

 
Evaluation
Evaluation Methods

This was created during the IONiC VIPEr workshop 2017 and has not yet been implemented.

 
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