Chemistry-Study and teaching; Examinations; Questions and answers; Transition metals; Complexes; Crystals; Molecular structure
Questions and answers for the fourth midterm examination of Fall 2005, involving five multi-step problems covering transition metal complexes and materials.
Handout explaining systematic and random errors, precision versus accuracy, significant figures, absolute and relative error, propagation of errors, measurement distribution, etc.
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.
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Absorption spectra; Molecular spectroscopy; Thermodynamics; Statistical mechanics
Experiment involving an introduction to molecular spectroscopy and the extraction of molecular parameters and thermodynamic properties from an analysis of the vibrational fine structure of an electronic band spectrum of gaseous iodine.
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...
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Solution (Chemistry); Questions and answers; Stoichiometry; Solvents; Chemical reactions
Questions and answers for the first midterm examination of Fall 2002, involving five multi-step problems covering equilibrium and classes of reactions.
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; Handouts; Thermodynamics; Chemical reactions; Solution (Chemistry)
Experiment dealing solely with the enthalpy of solution of an inorganic salt. The objective of this experiment is to determine the enthalpy of solution of a salt in water using a calorimeter.
