Chemistry 111     Fall 2005

Please fill out the course evaluation form.  Thank you for your feedback!

Announcements: (12/15/05) Check out the final preview sheet and final sample questions.  Remember that you can prepare a one-page cheat sheet for use on the final.

See the bottom of the page for old announcements.

Syllabus (.html or .pdf formats) 

Homework and Tests:

      Problem Set 1 (due 9/14/05):   Assignment   Key

      Problem Set 2 (due 9/21/05):   Assignment   Key

      Test 1 (9/23/05):     Key     Grade Distribution

      Problem Set 3 (due 10/3/05):   Assignment   Key

      Problem Set 4 (due 10/10/05):   Assignment   Key

      Test 2 (10/12/05):     Key     Score Distribution    Midterm Grades

      Problem Set 5 (due 10/19/05):   Assignment   Key

      Problem Set 6 (due 10/31/05):   Assignment   Key

      Problem Set 7 (due 11/7/05):   Assignment   Key

      Test 3 (11/9/05):     Key     Score Distribution    Estimated Grades after 3 Tests

      Problem Set 8 (due 11/21/05):   Assignment   Key

      Problem Set 9 (due 12/2/05):   Assignment   Key

      Test 4 (12/7/05):     Key     Score Distribution    Estimated Grades after 4 Tests

      Problem Set 10 (due 12/14/05):   Assignment   Key

Lecture Handouts and Transparencies:

                STM Image of Nickel (9/7/05)             

                Rules for Significant Figures (9/7/05) 

                Lecture Notes on 9/12/05                 

      Chapter 3:

                Example Problems (9/14/05)           

                Solutions (9/19/05)  

      Chapter 7:

                Example Problems--revised (9/26/05)

                Link to the Photoelectric Effect Simulator (9/26/05)

                Notes on the Bohr Model (9/26/05)

                Bohr Orbits (9/28/05)

                Notes on the de Broglie Model and Quantum Mechanics (9/28/05)

                de Broglie Standing Waves (9/30/05)

      Chapter 8:

                Periodic Trends Notes (10/7/05)

Laboratory Handouts:

Old Announcements:

Chemistry Tutoring in Olin-Rice 341 (the Chemistry Department Computer Lab)

A chemistry major is available every day of the week (except Friday and Saturday) to answer your general chemistry questions. Here is the schedule:

Sunday: noon - 9:00 p.m.

Monday - Thursday: 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.

I highly encourage you to benefit from the expertise and helpfulness of your fellow Mac students!

(12/2/05) (1) We have another guest lecturer on Monday, who will be speaking on the relationship between acid strength and structure (Section 18.6).  Please come and fill out an evaluation form of our second faculty candidate! (2) Test 4 is on Wednesday.  Here is a preview sheet.

(11/4/05): Test 4 has been postponed to Wednesday, December 7.  Test 3, however, is still scheduled for this coming Wednesday.  Here is a preview sheet.

(10/26/05) Remember that there will be no tutoring on Sunday, October 30.  Enjoy your Fall Break!

(10/19/05) Chemistry tutoring on Thursday, October 20, will be postponed one hour, running from 8-11 p.m.  Thanks to Grace Arnold for updating us about her availability.  Also remember that if you have Amy Rice for lab, your ASA is due on October 20.

(10/7/05): Test 2 is on Wednesday. Here is a preview sheet.  I will have extra office hours from 6:30 to 8:30 the night before the exam.

(9/20/05) Test 1 is this Friday.  Here is a preview sheet.  Note that I will be available from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. the night before the exam.

(9/14/05) Note that the first test (on Friday 9/23) will not cover Chapter 4.

(9/9/05): (1) Remember that lab starts this coming week. Go to the Chemistry Department computer lab in Olin-Rice 341.  (2) The pre-health professional advising meeting is on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in Olin-Rice 250.  Have a good weekend!

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Last modified 26 September 2006