Chemistry 140A: Physical Chemistry I Lecture

Fall 2012

Mon, Wed, Fri 10:00 – 10:50 AM

Sequoia Hall 450

Benjamin Gherman

Office Hours: Wednesdays, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

(and by appointment, made 24 hrs ahead)

E-mail: ghermanb@csus.edu

Office: Sequoia Hall 416-C

Announcements

Ø 5/23/12: Course textbooks for the fall:

1. Required: “Thermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics, and Kinetics,” 3^rd edition, by Engel and Reid (ISBN: 0-321-76618-0)

2. Recommended: Student Solutions Manual, 3^rd edition (ISBN: 0-321-76684-9)

Ø 7/11/12: Tentative course syllabus posted.

Ø 10/17/12: The final exam will now be Friday, December 14 at 8am-10am.

Ø 11/28/12:  A 4’’ x 6’’ note card will be permitted at the final exam.

Course Information

Ø Syllabus (click here for PDF version)

Ø Lecture Schedule

Ø Powerpoint content from lectures, listed by day.

Handouts

Ø 9/5/12 – Example problem – q, w, ΔU, ΔH calculation

Ø 9/12/12 – U & H dependences

Ø 10/17/12 – Real gases summary

Ø 11/9/12 – Ionic quantities summary

Ø 12/5/12 – Pre-equilibrium kinetics example

Interesting reading:

Ø Michaelis-Menten enzyme kinetics – recent (2011) publication from ACS: “The Original Michaelis Constant: Translation of the 1913 Michaelis-Menten Paper”

Homework Assignments

Ø Homework 1 (assignment – PDF) due Wednesday, 9/5/12

(solutions – PDF)

Ø Homework 2 (assignment – PDF) due Wednesday 9/12/12

(solutions – PDF)

Ø Homework 3 (assignment – PDF) due Wednesday 9/19/12

(solutions – PDF)

Ø Homework 4 (assignment – PDF) due Wednesday 9/26/12

(solutions – PDF)

Ø Homework 5 (assignment – PDF) due Monday 10/8/12

(solutions – PDF)

Ø Homework 6 (assignment – PDF) due Monday 10/15/12

(solutions – PDF)

Ø Homework 7 (assignment – PDF) due Monday 10/22/12

(solutions – PDF)

Ø Homework 8 (assignment – PDF) due Monday 11/5/12

(solutions – PDF)

Ø Homework 9 (assignment – PDF) due Wednesday 11/14/12

(solutions – PDF)

Ø Homework 10 (assignment – PDF) due Wednesday 11/21/12

(solutions – PDF)

Ø Homework 11 (assignment – PDF) due Friday 11/30/12

(solutions – PDF)

Ø Homework 12 (assignment – PDF) due Friday 12/7/12

(solutions – PDF)

Quizzes

Ø Quiz 1 – Friday 9/7/12 (quiz – PDF, solutions – PDF)

Ø Quiz 2 – Friday 9/14/12 (quiz – PDF, solutions – PDF)

Ø Quiz 3 – Friday 9/21/12 (quiz – PDF, solutions – PDF)

Ø Quiz 4 – Wednesday 10/10/12 (quiz – PDF, solutions – PDF)

Ø Quiz 5 – Wednesday 10/17/12 (quiz – PDF, solutions – PDF)

Ø Quiz 6 – Wednesday 10/24/12 (quiz – PDF, solutions – PDF)

Ø Quiz 7 – Wednesday 11/7/12 (quiz – PDF, solutions – PDF)

Ø Quiz 8 – Friday 11/16/12 (quiz – PDF, solutions – PDF)

Ø Quiz 9 – Friday 11/30/12 (quiz – PDF, solutions – PDF)

Ø Quiz 10 – Friday 12/7/12 (quiz – PDF, solutions – PDF)

Exams

Ø Exam 1 – Monday, 10/1/12 (exam – PDF, solutions – PDF)

o topic checklist

o practice exam and practice exam answers

Ø Exam 2 – Monday 10/29/12 (exam – PDF, solutions – PDF)

o topic checklist

o practice exam and practice exam answers

Ø Exam 3 – Monday 11/26/12 (exam – PDF, solutions – PDF)

o topic checklist

o practice exam and practice exam answers

Ø Final Exam – Friday 12/14/12 , 8:00am-10:00am

o topic checklist (kinetics)