Handout explaining systematic and random errors, precision versus accuracy, significant figures, absolute and relative error, propagation of errors, measurement distribution, etc.
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; Examinations; Chemical reactions; Chemical equilibrium; Chemical equations; Questions and answers
Questions and answers for the first midterm examination of Fall 1999, involving five multi-step problems covering equilibrium and classes of reactions.
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.
Handout on the grading policies for laboratory experiments in accelerated General Chemistry. It lists a number of factors which are taken into consideration when grading the laboratory reports.
Course description for Chemistry 51, accelerated General Chemistry, providing details on the course's general features, requirements, materials and goals.
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Examinations; Questions and answers; Chemical equations; Chemical reactions; Isotopes; Statistics
This examination primarily deals with the chemistry of the coinage metals - copper, silver, and gold consisting of four multipart general chemistry questions and answers.
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.
An annotated bibliography for Chemistry 158a, separating information on helpful volumes into the categories of quantum mechanics, spectroscopy and mathematics.
Handout providing a list of sources of data in the library. Specifically, it provides a list of the most useful
compilations of numerical data need for planning experiments and for the analysis of experimental results.
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Solution (Chemistry); High performance liquid chromatography
Experiment with purpose of quantifying the caffeine content of a diet cola sample using high performance liquid chromatography. The separation of components in diet soft drinks is also involved.
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.
