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.
For complete information about this class, please consult the First-Day Handout in the Handouts section below.
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 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
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 will be updated about one week before each test.
Test1 2008Web 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)