An annotated bibliography for Analytical Chemistry, with links to sources of chemical data on the World Wide Web involving instrumental analysis, techniques, chemometrics and data analysis.
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Environmental chemistry
An annotated bibliography for Environmental Chemistry, with links to sources of chemical data on the World Wide Web involving general references, toxic properties, degradation of molecules, remote sensing data, environmental problems and methods of...
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Handouts; Polarity; Salt
An energy analysis performed in class indicated that the bonding in NaCl should be ionic. This conclusion can be validated by various methods included in this document.
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Examinations; Thermodynamics; Chemical reactions; Molecular structure; Solution (Chemistry);
Comprehensive final examination without solutions for Fall 1999, involving three problems based on laboratory experiments and seven problems based on lectures.
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Examinations; Molecular structure; Molecular orbitals; Chemical reactions; Thermodynamics; Solution (Chemistry); Transition metals
Comprehensive final examination without solutions for Fall 2002, involving six questions based on the lectures and four questions based on laboratory experiments.
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Examinations; Thermodynamics; Molecular structure; Electrons; Chemical reactions
Comprehensive final examination without solutions for Fall 2003, involving two questions based on laboratory experiments and nine questions based on lectures.
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Homework; Chemical kinetics; Chemical reactions
Exercise dealing with rate laws and mechanisms, using a special computer program to simulate an experiment. The exercise focuses on the experimental design and an analysis of the results.
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Homework; Dimers; Quantum chemistry; Molecules-Models; Isomerism
Exercise in which the task is to employ the ab initio quantum mechanics features of Spartan in the identification and characterization of the stable form(s) of the dimer. Calculate both the energy and vibrational frequencies and construct the...
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Homework; Molecules-Models; Molecular structure; Quantum chemistry; Infrared spectroscopy; Raman spectroscopy; Spectroscopy, Nuclear magnetic resonance
Exercise in which the task is to use ab initio quantum mechanics as a tool for resolving the ambiguities in the determination of the three-dimensional structure of beryllium borohydride.
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Handouts; Chemistry, Analytic
Experiment consisting of an introduction to laboratory automation and involving the measurement of the decay constant of an RC circuit using an IBM-PC computer.
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Absorption spectra; Solution (Chemistry); Spectroscopy, Atomic absorption
Experiment consisting of preparing a series of standard solutions containing iron and solutions of metallic alloy samples, then measuring the absorption of light by the atoms of the element when the solutions are aspirated into a flame.
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Molecules-Models; Lewis dot structures; Molecular structure
Experiment designed to acquaint a student with selected but instructive techniques of molecular modeling. It involves using computational methods to answer chemical questions.
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Handouts; Chemical equations; Chemical reactions; Solution (Chemistry)
Experiment designed to develop the essential skills of the collection of data, the analysis of the results using chemical theory, and the design of additional experiments by way of studying the chemistry of nitrite, iodide, carbonate, dihydrogen...
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Spectroscopy, Nuclear magnetic resonance;
Experiment designed to introduce the fundamental principles and practice of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a form of NMR spectroscopy, by obtaining and examining a two-dimensional image of the stem or bud from a plant.
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Handouts; Solution (Chemistry); Volumetric Analysis
Experiment in which the objective is to apply the methods of volumetric analysis to the determination of the percentage of potassium hydrogen phthalate in a sample, the molecular weight and ionization constant of an unknown weak acid, and the...
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Handouts; Solution (Chemistry)
Experiment in which the objective is to separate, by gas chromatographic techniques, a mixture of the four isomeric butyl alcohols and to determine the percentage of each an unknown mixture.
