CHEM 5381-001 Fall 2008

Physical Chemistry

MWF 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM, FOSC 157

Instructor: W. Horsthemke, FOSC 313

Last updated December 3, 2008

This course is a one-semester Physical Chemistry course designed for B.A. majors. It does not count towards a B.S. degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry or Environmental Chemistry.




Class Info | Announcements | Handouts and Lecture Notes | Homework | Formulae Sheets | Web Sites, Literature, Etc.



CHEM 5381-001 Class Info

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

Text
P. Atkins and J. de Paula: Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences, (W. H. Freeman and Company, New York, 2006) and the Solutions Manual are required.

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.

For complete information about this class, please consult the First-Day Handout in the Handouts section below.




Announcements

Final: Wednesday, Dec. 10, 3 – 4 PM; covers Chapters 6, 7, and 8.
Office Hours during Finals week: Monday, Dec. 8, 2:00 – 3:00 PM; Wednesday, Dec. 10, 10:30 – 11:30 AM.




Handouts and Lecture Notes

Handouts and Lecture Notes are available in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF).


First Day: First-Day Handout (Syllabus):   pcbahndout2008.pdf


Lecture Notes (The notes do not include problems worked in class.):

Set 0: Introduction and Fundamentals:   PCBAAtkins0.pdf

Set 1: The First Law   PCBAAtkins1.pdf

Set 2: The Second Law   PCBAAtkins2.pdf

Set 3: Phase Equilibria   PCBAAtkins3.pdf

Set 4: Chemical Equilibrium   PCBAAtkins4.pdf

Set 5: Thermodynamics of Ion and Electron Transport   PCBAAtkins5.pdf

Set 6: Chemical Kinetics   PCBAAtkins6.pdf

Set 7: Chap. 8, Sections 1 – 3, Transport Phenomena   PCBAAtkins8a.pdf

Set 8: Chap. 7, Sections 1 – 7 and Chap. 8, Sections 6 – 9, Reaction Mechanisms and Complex Reactions   PCBAAtkins7.pdf




Homework

Fundamentals: F.5, F.6, F.7, F.8, F.9, F.10, F.12, F.14, F.18, F.19, F.20, F.21, F.22, F.23, F.24, F.25, F.26, F.27, F.28, F.29, F.31, F.32.

Chapter 1: 1.9, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12 (a), 1.14, 1.15, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19(b), 1.20, 1.21, 1.22, 1,24, 1.25, 1.27, 1.30, 1.31, 1.34, 1.36, 1.37.

Chapter 2: 2.8 (b) and (c), 2.9, 2.10, 2.11, 2.12, 2.13, 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 2.17, 2.18 (b), 2.19, 2.20, 2.21, 2.22, 2.23.

Chapter 3: 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.11, 3.13, 3.18, 3.19, 3.20, 3.21, 3.22, 3.23, 3.24, 3.26, 3.27, 3.28, 3.29, 3.30, 3.32, 3.33.

Chapter 4: 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15, 4.16, 4.17, 4.20, 4.21, 4.24, 4.25, 4.26, 4.27, 4.29, 4.31, 4.33, 4.34, 4.35, 4.36, 4.37, 4.38, 4.41, 4.42, 4.44, 4.48.

Chapter 5: 5.8, 5.9, 5.12, 5.17, 5.18, 5.19, 5.21, 5.22, 5.23, 5.24, 5.25, 5.26, 5.28, 5.29, 5.30, 5.31, 5.32, 5.33, 5.34, 5.36, 5.40, 5.41, 5.44, 5.45.

Chapter 6: 6.6, 6.10, 6.11, 6.12, 6.15, 6.16, 6.17, 6.18, 6.19, 6.20, 6.21, 6.22, 6.27, 6.28, 6.29, 6.30, 6.31, 6.35, 6.36, 6.37, 6.38, 6.40, 6.41.

Chapter 8, Sections 1 – 3: 8.10, 8.11, 8.12, 8.13, 8.14, 8.15, 8.16, 8.19, 8.21.

Chapter 7 and Chapter 8, Sections 6 – 9: 7.8, 7.10, 7.11, 7.12, 7.14, 7.15, 7.17, 7.18, 7.19, 7.21, 7.22, 7.24, 7.25, 7.27, 8.22, 8.24, 8.25, 8.26, 8.35, 8.37.




Formulae Sheets for Tests

Formulae sheets will be updated about one week before each test.

Test1 2008

Test2 2008

Test3 2008

Final 2008




Web Sites, Literature, Etc.

Web site for Atkins and de Paula: Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences with Living Graphs and Web Links. The site also has a link to Errata to the Student Solutions Manual.

Fundamental Physical Constants and International System of Units   National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology ("Gold Book")




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