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; 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; Handouts; Chemistry, Physical and theoretical
The syllabus for Chemistry 156, Physical Chemistry in Molecular Biology. It provides details on the textbook, graded work and topics covered in the course.
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Chemistry, Physical and theoretical; Nuclear chemistry; Quantum chemistry; Thermodynamics; Statistical mechanics; Chemical kinetics; Molecules-Models; Polymorphism (Crystallography); Solid state chemistry
An annotated bibliography of Physical Chemistry, with links to sources of chemical data on the World Wide Web involving general information, fundamental constants, nuclear chemistry, quantum mechanics, spectroscopy, statistical mechanics,...
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.
Handout from the laboratory manual explaining curve fitting and the method of least squares. Included is a least squares exercise using Microsoft Excel.
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Molecular rotation; Spectroscopy, Nuclear magnetic resonance; Chemical kinetics
Experiment involving learning how kinetic information can be obtained from an NMR line shape and determining the activation parameters for internal rotation of the N,N-dimethylamino group in N,N-dimethylacetamide.
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Chemical kinetics; Solution (Chemistry)
Experiment involving the study of the kinetics of the reaction between iron(III) and thiocyanate ions by the stopped-flow method, using the HiTech Stopped-Flow System and a digital oscilloscope.
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Homework; Chemical kinetics; Solid state physics; Crystals
Two questions, one asking for a predictions of crystal structures and the other a multichoice question. In the second, several mathematical notations were not compatible with the format and have been replaced by question marks in the original...
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Barth, Klaus; Tetraäzidomethane; Thermodynamics; Infrared spectra; Lewis dot structures; Chemical models
Models illustrating the structure and infrared spectrum of the synthesis of tetraäzidomethane are provided to answer a discussion question in four parts.
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Handouts; Thermodynamics; Second law of thermodynamics; Chemical equilibrium
Introduction: The First Law of Thermodynamics places important restraints on the path that can be taken by a system but it does not define the path. For example, the First Law does not rule out the possibility of warming oneself by sitting on a...
