Chemistry 140A: Physical Chemistry I Lecture

 

Lecture Schedule

Note:  This schedule is tentative and subject to change.  However, the dates of the exams will remain fixed.

 

 

topic

reading

homeworks & quizzes

M 8/27

intro to thermodynamics

Chapter 1

 

W 8/29

The First Law

Chapter 2

 

F 8/31

 

M 9/3  *NO CLASS*

(Labor Day)

 

W 9/5

homework #1 due

F 9/7

Internal Energy and Enthalpy

Chapter 3

quiz #1

M 9/10

 

W 9/12

homework #2 due

F 9/14

Thermochemistry

Chapter 4

quiz #2

M 9/17

 

W 9/19

homework #3 due

F 9/21

The Second and Third Laws

 

Chapter 5

quiz #3

M 9/24

 

W 9/26

homework #4 due

F 9/28

 

M 10/1

EXAM #1

 

 

W 10/3

Equilibrium

Chapter 6

 

F 10/5

 

M 10/8

homework #5 due

W 10/10

quiz #4

F 10/12 

 

M 10/15

Properties of Gases

Chapter 7

homework #6 due

W 10/17

quiz #5

F 10/19

 

M 10/22

Phase Equilibria

Chapter 8

homework #7 due

W 10/24

quiz #6

F 10/26

 

M 10/29

EXAM #2

 

 


 

 

topic

reading

homeworks & quizzes

W 10/31

Solutions

Chapter 9

 

F 11/2

 

M 11/5

homework #8 due

W 11/7

Electrolyte Solutions

Chapter 10

quiz #7

F 11/9

 

M 11/12  *NO CLASS*

(Veteran’s Day)

 

W 11/14 

homework #9 due

F 11/16

Electrochemistry

Chapter 11

quiz #8

M 11/19

 

W 11/21

Kinetics

Chapter 18

homework #10 due

F 11/23  *NO CLASS*

(Thanksgiving)

 

 

 

M 11/26

EXAM #3

 

 

W 11/28

Kinetics (cont.)

Chapter 18 (cont.)

 

F 11/30

homework #11 due

quiz #9

M 12/3

Reaction Mechanisms

Chapter 19

 

W 12/5

 

F 12/7

homework #12 due

quiz #10

M 12/10

(10:15am-12:15p.m.)

FINAL EXAM