CHEM 6114-001 Spring 2009

Chemical Kinetics

M: 9:00 – 9:50 AM, Room: FOSC 231A

Instructor: W. Horsthemke, FS 313

Last updated April 29, 2009

Class Info | Announcements | Handouts and Lecture Notes | Web Sites and Literature

CHEM 6114-001 Class Info

Office Hours

Wednesday & Friday 2:00 – 3:00 PM, or by appointment

Text

Recommended text: P. Atkins and J. de Paula: Physical Chemistry, 8th ed. (W. H. Freeman and Company, New York, 2006). The 5th, 6th, or 7th editions are also acceptable.

Calculator

You need a simple "scientific" calculator for this class. Palm-size, laptop or other portable computing devices are not permitted during exams. If the screen of your device is larger than 6 square inches or if the device has a (mini-) typewriter keyboard, the calculator will not be allowed.

Announcements

Final: Saturday, May 9, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM in FOSC 152.
Office Hours during Finals week: Wednesday, May 6, 10:30 – 11:30 AM and 2:00 – 3:00 PM; Friday, May 8, 10:30 – 11:30 AM and 2:00 – 3:00 PM; or by appointment.

Handouts and Lecture Notes

Handouts and lecture notes are available in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF).

First Day: First-Day Handout (Syllabus):   chemkinhndout2009.pdf

Lecture Notes:

Set 1: Introduction   Kinetics1.pdf

Set 2: Experimental Techniques   Kinetics2.pdf

Set 3: Collision Theory   Kinetics3.pdf

Set 4: Transition State Theory   Kinetics4.pdf

Set 5: Reactions in Solutions   Kinetics5.pdf

Set 6: Surface Reactions   Kinetics6.pdf

Set 7: Complex Reactions: I. Chain Reactions   Kinetics7.pdf

Set 8: Complex Reactions: II. Enzyme Kinetics   Kinetics8.pdf

Web Sites and Literature

Web site for Atkins and de Paula: Physical Chemistry, 8th ed., with Living Graphs and links to Physical Chemistry on the Web. The site also has links to Errata to the Student Solutions Manual and to Text Errata.

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