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Syllabus: .html and .pdf formats
Homework and Tests:
Problem Set 1 (due 9/14/11): Assignment Key
Problem Set 2 (due 9/21/11): Assignment Key
Problem Set 3 (due 9/28/11): Assignment Key
Problem Set 4 (due 10/5/11): Assignment Key
Test 1 (10/11/11): Preview Key Scores Grades
Problem Set 5 (now due 10/17/11): Assignment Key
Problem Set 6 (now due 10/26/11): Assignment Key
Problem Set 7 (due 11/2/11): Assignment Key
Test 2 (11/8/11): Preview Key Scores Grades
Problem Set 8 (due 11/14/11): Assignment Key
Problem Set 9 (due 11/21/11): Assignment Key
Problem Set 10 (due 12/2/11): Assignment Key
Test 3 (12/6/11): Preview Key Scores Grades
Problem Set 11 (not turned in ): Assignment Key
Lecture Handouts and Transparencies:
Chapter 1:
Link to Perfect Gas Simulator (9/7/11)
Link to Gas Mixing Simulator (9/7/11)
David Oxtoby's Erroneous Barometer Figure (9/12/11)
Pressure and Temperature Variation in the Atmosphere (9/12/11)
Haber Process Example and Some Written Answers (9/14/11)
Representative van der Waals Parameters (9/14/11)
Compression Factor as a Function of Reciprocal Molar Volume (9/16/11)
Computing Molar Volumes and the Answer to Part (b) (9/19/11)
The Boyle Temperature of a van der Waals Gas (9/21/11)
Chapter 2:
Ways to Store Energy in Matter (9/21/11)
A Simple Work Example (9/23/11)
Link to Heat and Work Simulator (9/23/11)
Isothermal Expansion of a Perfect Gas (9/26/11)
Comments on a Reversible Chemical Reaction (9/26/11)
Link to Adiabatic Processes Simulator (9/26/11)
Example of an Enthalpy Change for a Perfect Gas (9/30/11)
Chapter 3:
Link to Carnot Cycle Simulator (10/5/11)
A Statistical View of Entropy (10/7/11)
An Irreversible Expansion (10/7/11)
Adiabatic Processes and the 2nd Law (10/10/11)
Accurate Calculation of Molar Enthalpies and Entropies (10/17/11)
Chapter 4:
Boiling a Liquid (simulation) (10/31/11)
Link to Gas Mixing Simulator (11/4/11)
Chapter 5:
Freezing Point Depression (11/9/11)
Simulation of Freezing Point Depression (11/9/11)
Atkins and de Paula Figure 5.30 (marked up) (11/11/11)
Non-Ideal Solution Simulator (11/11/11)
Ethanol-Water: A Non-Ideal Solution (11/18/11)
Chapter 6: Taught by Professor Varberg
Chapter 21:
Old Announcements:
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