Chem 332: Spring 2008
Physical Chemistry II
Instructor: Aurora Clark (Fulmer 102; 335-3362)
Email: auclark@wsu.edu
Office Hours: Monday 11:00-1:00 pm or by appointment
Text: Physical Chemistry, Thomas Engel and Philip Reid
TA: Sam Chen Email: swchen@wsu.edu
TA Office hours: M 5-6 pm, W 6-7 pm Ful 318
Optional Tutorial Hours:Wed 5-7pm Fulmer 223
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Tentative Schedule of Lecture Topics
Date ___ Topic
M-F |
Jan 07 -11 |
Ch. 12 Classical to Quantum Mechanics |
HW #1 assigned |
M-F |
Jan 14-18 |
Ch. 13 Schrodinger Eqn. |
HW #1 Due 1/18/08 |
M |
Jan 21 |
Martin Luther King Day – no class |
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W-F |
Jan 23-25 |
Ch. 14 Postulates of QM and Ch.15 |
HW #2 assigned |
M-F |
Jan 28-Feb 01 |
Ch. 15 continued: QM of simple systems (PIB) |
HW # 2 due 1/30/08 HW#3 assigned |
M-F |
Feb 04-8 |
Ch. 16.1-16.6, Ch. 17.1-17.5 |
HW # 3 due 2/08/08 |
M |
Feb 13 |
Midterm #1 |
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W-F |
Feb 13-15 |
Ch. 18 Vibration and Rotation of Simple systems |
HW#4 assigned |
M |
Feb 18 |
Presidents Day – no class |
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W-F |
Feb 20-22 |
Ch. 19 Vib. and Rot. Spectroscopy of diatomics |
HW#4 due 2/22/08 HW#5 assigned |
M-F |
Feb 25-29 |
Ch. 20 The H-atom |
HW #5 due 2/29/08 |
M |
Mar 03-07 |
continuation Midterm #2 3/7/08 |
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M-F |
Mar 10-14 |
Spring Break |
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M-F |
Mar 17-21 |
Ch. 21 Many e- atom |
HW#6 assigned |
M-W |
Mar 24-26 |
Ch. 23 Chemical bonding, H2 and H2+ |
HW#6 due 3/24/08 |
M-F |
Mar 28-Apr 04 |
Ch 23 cont |
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| W | April 2 | Midterm #3 |
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M-W |
Apr 07-09 |
Ch. 24 Chemical bonding in diatomic |
HW#7 assigned 4/7/08 |
F-M |
Apr 11-14 |
Ch. 25 Molecular Structure of Polyatomics |
HW#7 due 4/14/08 HW#8 assigned 4/14/08 |
W-F |
Apr 16-18 |
Ch. 26 Electronic Spectroscopy |
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M-F |
Apr 21-25 |
Statistical mechanics or kinetics |
HW#8 due 4/21/08 |
Final Exam: Monday April 28, 8 - 10 am
Note on HW assignments: late HW’s will not be accepted.
Grading Scheme
3 Midterms @100 300
Homeworks scaled to 200 200
Final Exam 150
Total 650
90 – 100 A
80 – 89 B
70 – 79 C
60 – 69 D
< 60 F
Academic dishonesty or cheating of any kind in the course (including plagiarism) will not be tolerated. Anyone caught cheating will be given a grade of F for the entire course. A letter documenting the incident will be written to the Dean of the College and the Vice President for Student Affairs.
Reasonable accommodations are available for students who have a documented disability. Please notify the instructor during the first week of class of any accommodations needed for the course. Late notification may cause the requested accommodations to be unavailable. All accommodations must be approved through the Disability Resource Center (DRC) in the Administration Annex 206 (Tel. 335-1566).
HW Assignments
1) Due 1/18/08
HW#1 Q12.2, Q12.5, Q12.10, P12.3, P12.7, P12.11, P12.12, P12.20, P12.23
statistics: avg = 6.86; sd = 1.92
2) Due 1/30/08
HW#2 Q13.10, P13.13, P13.17, P13.21, P13.23, P13.24
statistics: avg = 6.58; sd = 1.23
3) Due 2/08/08
HW#3 Q15.2, Q15.4, P15.5, P15.9, P15.7, P15.9, P15.10, P15.16
statistics: avg = 5.76; sd = 2.10
Exam #1: high=99, low=21, avg=52
4) Due Friday 2/22/08
HW#4 Q18.5, Q18.6, P18.2, P18.5, P18.14(vib. part only), P18.15
statistics: avg 5.65; sd 1.96
5) Due Friday 2/28/08
HW#5 From Ch 9 handout: P9.4 P9.20, from Engel: Q18.7, P18.18, P18.22
statistics: avg 7.53; sd = 1.26
Exam#2: high=102, low=38, avg=67
6) Due Monday 3/24/08
HW#6 from Ch 10 handout: Ex. 10.5b, 10.6b Prob. 10.14. From Engel and Reed P. 20.4, P20.13
statististics: avg ; sd =
Exam #3: high=100 , low=53 avg =72
7) Due Monday 4/14/08
HW#7 from Ch 11 handout: Ex. 11.2a, 11.5b, 11.7a, From Engel and Reed: Q. 23.7, Q23.11, Q 23.6
statistics: avg; sd =
8) Due Monday 4/21/08
HW#8 from Engel and Reed: P23.3 part b, P23.5, Q24.2, Q24.5, P24.5, from Ch 11 handout Exc. 11.6b, 11.11a