Chemistry 311 Fall 2007
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Announcements: (12/13/07): Here is the Final Preview Sheet. The final is Wednesday, December 19, from 7:30 to 10:00 a.m.
See the bottom of the page for old announcements.
Syllabus: .html and .pdf formats Revised Course Schedule (10/31/07)
Homework and Tests:
Problem Set 1 (due 9/19/07): Assignment Key
Problem Set 2 (due 10/3/07): Assignment Key
Test 1 (10/8/07): Key Scores Grades
Problem Set 3 (due 10/19/07): Assignment-includes revised deadlines Key
Problem Set 4 (due 10/31/07): Assignment Key
Test 2 (11/5/07): Key Scores Grades After 1st Two Tests
Problem Set 5 (due 11/14/07): Assignment Key
Problem Set 6 (due 11/30/07): Assignment Key
Test 3 (12/4/07): Key Scores Grades After Three Tests
Problem Set 7 (due 12/14/07): Assignment Key
Lecture Handouts and Transparencies:
Chapter 1:
Haber Process Example (9/12/07) and Calculations (9/17/07)
Compression Factor Plots for N2 (9/19/07): At 150 K At 150 K-Linear Fit At 150 K-Linear Fit over Smaller p Range At 150 K-Quadratic Fit At 150 K-Cubic Fit At Several Temps
Chapter 2:
Notes on How Temperature Affects Different Forms of Internal Energy (9/24/07)
Isothermal Expansion Calculations (9/26/07)
Link to Heat and Work Applet (scroll down to the "First Law of Thermodynamics" section--note they use the opposite sign convention for work!) (9/26/07)
Link to Adiabatic Expansion Applet (scroll down to the "Work applet") (9/28/07)
Chapter 3:
Link to Carnot Cycle Applet (10/3/07)
A Statistical View of Entropy (10/5/07)
Adibatic Process Example (10/12/07)
Entropy and Utrans (10/12/07)
Link to Boltzmann Distribution Program (10/12/07)
Chapter 4:
Link to Phase Diagram Applet (10/24/07)
Chapter 5:
Link to Mixing of Perfect Gases Applet (11/7/07)
Notes on Imperfect Gas Mixtures (11/9/07)
Vapor Pressure Lowering Example Problem (11/12/07)
Notes on Freezing Point Depression (corrected--thanks to Franz!) (11/16/07)
Link to (Non-)Ideal Solutions Applet (11/21/07)
Polar Stratospheric Clouds and Ozone Depletion Chemistry (11/21/07)
Chapter 6:
Non-Ideal Liquid-Vapor Phase Diagrams (including EtOH-H2O) (11/30/07)
Chapters 7 and 21:
van't Hoff Plots Example (12/7/07)
Kinetics Data for Atmospheric Oxidation (12/14/07)
Notes on Kinetics and Energetics (12/14/07)
Old Announcements:
(11/16/07): Test 3 will be on Tuesday, December 4, from 7:00 to 9:30 p.m in Olin-Rice 250 (please note change). Here is the Preview Sheet. Please contact me if you have a scheduling conflict.
(11/1/07): Test 2 will be on Monday, November 5, starting at 7:30 a.m. (Come early for breakfast food, again generously provided by Rob!). Here is the Preview Sheet.
(10/3/07): Here is the preview sheet for Test 1. We will start at 7:30 a.m. on Monday, October 8!
(9/19/07): Test 1 is postponed to Monday, October 8. Also, you may want to skim through Chapter 3 of Introduction to Molecular Thermodynamics for a review of energy levels in atoms and molecules. Click here to see if the library's reserve copy is available.
Last modified 12/14/2007
