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AHS 1015 – Basic Inorganic Chemistry
Course Description Introduces chemical concept principles, laws, and techniques applicable to the medical laboratory. Topics include: laboratory safety; fundamental principles of chemistry; weight and measures; solutions; and basic laws of chemistry.
Competency Areas	Hours
Laboratory Safety	Class	3
Fundamental Principles of Chemistry	D. Lab	2
Weight and Measures	P. Lab	0
Solutions	Credit	4
Basic Laws of Chemistry

Prerequisite:	MAT 1012
Corequisite:

Course Guide

Competency	After completing this section, the student will be able to:	Hours
		Class	D.Lab	P.Lab/ O.B.I.
Laboratory Safety		6	0	0
Facilities and equipment safety	Identify lab safety equipment.
Glassware	Identify the types and uses of glassware.
Chemicals	Identify chemical hazards.
	List safety precautions.
Fundamental Principles of Chemistry		6	0	0
Properties and laws	Compare solids, liquids, and gases.
	Discuss the laws of conservation of energy and mass.
Radioactivity	Interpret the periodic table of the elements.
Atoms and atomic structure	Draw a Bohr model of an atom and label its parts.
Light	Discuss emission properties and uses of excited atoms.
Weight and Measures		6	10	0
English, Metric, S.I.	Convert among English, Metric, and S.I. units of measurement.
Temperature	Measure temperature and convert readings between Fahrenheit, Celcius and Kelvin scales.
Density and specific gravity	Calculate density and specific gravity from appropriate mass and volume data.
	Record measurements with the correct number of significant figures.
	Apply significant figures conventions to calculated values.
SOLUTIONS		6	10	0
Percent composition	Calculate percent composition from chemical formulas.
Molecular weight	Determine molecular weight of a compound from its formula.
Avogadro's number and moles	Calculate concentration (including use of per cent (%), molarity and normality) or volume in dilution and titration problems.
BASIC LAWS OF CHEMISTRY		6	0	0
Ionic and covalent bonds	Differentiate between ionic and covalent bonds.
Molecular formulas	Construct ionic compound formulas from ions.
Balancing equations	Balance chemical equations.
Types of reactions	Identify reactions as single displacement, double displacement, combination or decomposition reactions.
Factors which influence reactions	List factors which affect reactions.
Kinetic molecular theories	Discuss key points of kinetic molecular theory.
Barometric pressure	Explain the measurement of barometric pressure.
Partial pressure	Use Hess’s Law to calculate partial pressure of a gas in a mixture or total pressure of a mixture of gases.
(O2 and CO2)	Apply gas laws to problems involving the respiratory gases oxygen and carbon dioxide.
Types and properties of acids, bases, and salts	Identify and write formulas for common acids, bases, and salts.
Chemical formulas of acids, bases and salts	Calculate pH from [H^+] or [H3O^+].
Reactions between acids and bases	Describe chemical reactions between acids and bases.

Suggested Resources

Media (print/audio/ visual/www/ other)	Author	Year	Title: Subtitle	Edition	Location	Publisher/ Publication	pp.
Print	Baker, F. J. & Silverton, R. E.	1998	Introduction to medical laboratory technology	7^th ed.		A. Hodder Arnold	448
	Bennington, J. L.	1984	Saunders’ dictionary and encyclopedia of laboratory medicine & technology	1^st ed.	Philadelphia	Saunders	1700
	Bettelheim, B., et.al.	2006	Introduction to general, organic, and biochemistry.	8^th ed.	Belmont, CA	Brooks/Cole	928
	Bishop, M. L., et. al.	2004	Clinical chemistry: Principles, procedures, correlations.	2^nd ed.	Philadelphia	Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins	704
	Block, T. & McKelvy, G.	2005	Lab experiments for general chemistry.	5^th ed.	Belmont, CA	Brooks/Cole	400
	Campbell, J. M. & Campbell, J. B.	1997	Laboratory mathematics: Medical & biological applications.	5^th ed.	Philadelphia	Elsevier: Mosby	496
	Estridge, Barbara	2002	Basic medical laboratory techniques.	4^th ed.	Philadelphia	Prentice Hall	640
	Lide, David	2007	CRC handbook of chemistry and physics.	88^th ed.	Boca Raton	CRC Press	2640
	Sackheim, G. & Lehman, D.	1997	Chemistry for the health science	8^th ed.	Philadelphia	Prentice Hall	643
	Walters, N.J, et al.	1999	Basic medical laboratory techniques.	4^th ed.	Clifton Park, NY	Centage Delmar	412

Posted: 09/24/08