Chemistry 140A: Physical Chemistry I Lecture

Fall 2009

Mon, Wed, Fri 8:00 – 8:50 AM

Sequoia Hall 452 

Benjamin Gherman

Office Hours: Thursdays, 9:00 – 10:30 AM

(and by appointment, made 24 hrs ahead)

E-mail: ghermanb@csus.edu

Office: Sequoia Hall 416-C

Announcements

Ø 7/28/09: Course textbooks for the fall:

1. Required: “Thermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics, and Kinetics,” 2^nd edition, by Engel and Reid (ISBN: 0-321-61503-4)

2. Recommended: Student Solutions Manual, 2^nd edition (ISBN: 0-32-161621-9)

Ø 8/12/09: Tentative course syllabus posted.

Ø 9/23/09: Topics for exam #1 and practice exam #1 are now posted.

Ø 10/19/09: Topics for exam #2 and practice exam #2 are now posted. 

Ø 11/13/09: Topics for exam #3 and practice exam #3 are now posted. 

Course Information

Ø Syllabus (click here for PDF version)

Ø Lecture Schedule

Ø Powerpoint content from lectures, listed by day.

Handouts

Ø 9/18/09 – U & H dependences

Ø 10/23/09 – Real gases summary

Ø 11/16/09 – Ionic quantities summary

Homework Assignments

Ø Homework 1 (assignment – PDF) due Wednesday, 9/9/09

(solutions – PDF)

Ø Homework 2 (assignment – PDF) due Wednesday 9/16/09

(solutions – PDF)

Ø Homework 3 (assignment – PDF) due Wednesday 9/23/09

(solutions – PDF)

Ø Homework 4 (assignment – PDF) due Wednesday 9/30/09

(solutions – PDF)

Ø Homework 5 (assignment – PDF) due Monday 10/12/09

(solutions – PDF)

Ø Homework 6 (assignment – PDF) due Wednesday 10/21/09

(solutions – PDF)

Ø Homework 7 (assignment – PDF) due Wednesday 10/28/09

(solutions – PDF)

Ø Homework 8 (assignment – PDF) due Friday 11/6/09

(solutions – PDF)

Ø Homework 9 (assignment – PDF) due Friday 11/13/09

(solutions – PDF)

Ø Homework 10 (assignment – PDF) due Friday 11/20/09

(solutions – PDF)

Ø Homework 11 (assignment – PDF) due Friday 12/4/09

(solutions – PDF)

Ø Homework 12 (assignment – PDF) due Friday 12/11/09

(solutions – PDF)

Quizzes

Ø Quiz 1 – Friday 9/11/09 (quiz – PDF, solutions – PDF)

Ø Quiz 2 – Friday 9/18/09 (quiz – PDF, solutions – PDF)

Ø Quiz 3 – Friday 9/25/09 (quiz – PDF, solutions – PDF)

Ø Quiz 4 – Wednesday 10/14/09 (quiz – PDF, solutions – PDF)

Ø Quiz 5 – Friday 10/23/09 (quiz – PDF, solutions – PDF)

Ø Quiz 6 – Monday 11/9/09 (quiz – PDF, solutions – PDF)

Ø Quiz 7 – Monday 11/16/09 (quiz – PDF, solutions – PDF)

Ø Quiz 8 – Monday 11/23/09 (quiz – PDF, solutions – PDF)

Ø Quiz 9 – Friday 12/4/09 (quiz – PDF, solutions – PDF)

Ø Quiz 10 – Friday 12/11/09 (quiz – PDF, solutions – PDF)

Exams

Ø Exam 1 – Friday, 10/2/09 (exam – PDF, solutions – PDF)

o topic checklist

o practice exam and practice exam answers

Ø Exam 2 – Friday 10/30/09 (exam – PDF, solutions – PDF)

o topic checklist

o practice exam and practice exam answers

Ø Exam 3 – Monday 11/30/09 (exam – PDF, solutions – PDF)

o topic checklist

o practice exam and practice exam answers

Ø Final Exam – Wednesday 12/16/09, 8:00am-10:00am

o topic checklist (kinetics)