Arkansas State University Department of Chemistry and Physics

Students should know the following:

a) Periodic Table - groups and families, periods; classification of elements - metals/nonmetals/metalloids; Representative/Noble Gases/Transtition metals/Inner Transition metals

b) Atoms - protons, neutrons and electrons; isotopes

c) Molecules and compounds; allotropes; ionic and covalent compounds, alloys

d) Nomenclature - covalent and ionic compounds, acids and their salts

e) Electrolytes - strong, weak and non-electrolytes in aqueous solution; reversible reactions