Course: CH 332 Physical Chemistry II
Semester: Spring, 2023 modified January 13, 2023Professor: Carl Salter
Collier 221 Phone: 610-625-7920 email: salterc at moravian . eduCATIONRequired Text: A Guided Inquiry to Quantum Chemistry by Tricia Shepard and Alex Grushow.
Optional Texts: P. W. Atkins, Physical Chemistry, 6th Ed. Freeman, 1998
Rodney J. Sime, Physical Chemistry: Methods, Techniques, and Experiments Saunders College Publishing, 1990 available in the Superlab Commons.
Lecture: You will receive
copies of my lecture notes throughout the course of the semester.
These notes plus the textbook should allow you to solve homework
problems on your own. Because you have already received the
lecture notes, the lecture
periods will usually be group problem-solving sessions
involving the POGIL exercises from the Guided Inquiry workbook. The critical thinking
questions are worked in class by your group. Your team
work must work together on
these questions, so that every member of the team agrees with the
team answer. There will also be some group assignments which
don't come from the workbook.
Homework sets
including computer projects will be due each week on Friday.
All the exercises from each activity in the Guided
Inquiry covered by Wednesday are due on Friday. You
will work all the exercises
in A Guided Inquiry to QC. The exercises are distributed
through out the activity, not just at the end. Do not turn in the critical thinking
questions.
This workbook is not a textbook; it is not a complete description of the course content. My lecture notes should help you, but you should also read the textbook by Atkins, which has both exercises and problems at the end of each chapter. The exercises are relatively simple "plug and chug" calculations that are based directly on the text. (The problems at the end of the chapter are more difficult.) I encourage you to work with the members of your group on the homework problems. While you are studying the text, you should look at the exercises. You should read all the exercises at the end of each chapter in Atkins because they closely follow the presentation of the text, and therefore aid comprehension of the material. If you really want to learn from the Atkins book, try to work about half of the exercises at the end of the chapter. That will get you ready for my tests!
It is crucial that you keep up with assignments. If you have struggled with a problem and no solution is in sight, please call me or come by my office. It is much easier for both of us if you deal with these problems immediately. When I took physical chemistry, I saw my professor about twice each day. There is simply too much information to absorb by yourself; you need to "talk out" these new ideas with someone: if not me, then a classmate.
Tentative Schedule: Our goal this semester is
to cover introductory quantum theory and its
applications to chemistry.
Atomic and Molecular Energies
Electronic Structure of Atoms
Electronic Structure of Molecules
The Distribution of Energy States
Spectroscopy
Atkins Material
Quantum Theory Chapter 11 2,4,5,6,9,10,16
Quantum Theory Chapter 12 2,3,4,12,14,15
Atomic Structure Chapter 13 3,4,7,9,10,11,14
Molecular Structure Chapter 14 2,3,5,6,10,11,14
No homework may be submitted after 5 pm, Friday April 28, the last day of class.
Lab reports are an important part of this course. Lab reports for each lab experiment will be due one week after the completion the experiment. You must turn in all lab reports to receive a passing grade in the course. Unacceptable lab reports will not be accepted! You will be required to resubmit an unacceptable lab report. You are required to work with your lab partner--the two of you must read and evaluate lab reports before they are turned in to me. An extensive list of online advice about lab report format, style, and content is available on my web site. The lab report evaluation form is also on my web site. During the semester there will be lab report writing workshops during lecture--it is crucial that you bring writing assignments to class on those days. No lab reports or resubmitted lab reports will be accepted after 5 pm, Tuesday May 2, the day after the final exam.
Attendance: Three unexcused absences results in failure of the course. After two unexcused absences you and your advisor will receive an email notice. Absences may be excused by a written doctor's slip or an email from an athletic coach or college trip organizer (a planned absence). Students are required to complete missed material immediately after their return from any absence. For planned absences such as travel for a college event, students are expected to complete missed material before the absence occurs.
The final grade will be determined as follows:
Comprehensive Final exam 20%
Homework and computer projects 15%
Tests
40%
(N.B. Because of the bonus points, it is possible to
earn up to 50% from the tests.)
Lab reports
25%
It is within the instructor’s purview to apply qualitative judgment in determining grades for an assignment or for the course.
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You are expected to abide by the academic code of conduct which can be found in the student handbook.
Some form of eye protection, either
plastic glasses or goggles, is required whenever you are in
lab, except when you are working at the computer. There are
no restrictions on the clothing you wear in lab. You may
work in the lab at night, but you must not work alone!
The person in the lab with you does not have to be a member
of the physical chemistry class.
Lab Experiments for Spring 2023
Hydrogen Emission Spectroscopy
I-V Curves of Light Bulbs and LEDs
Fluorescence & Fluorescence quenching of quinine by halide ionsGlow-in-the-Dark Luminescence: Nonlinear LS Fits using Solver
Kinetics of Iron and Thiosulfate: Nonlinear LS Fits using Solver
Thermal behavior of elastomers
Absorption spectroscopy of cyanine dyes
You will find that I do not provide detailed lab handouts that tell you exactly how to do an experiment. In the lab you will find general information about the goal of the experiment, but it is up to you to decide how to do your experiment. And it is your experiment; you should have the pleasure of deciding how you want to do it. If I tell you how to do the experiment, you won't have as much fun because you'll be trying to get results that please me. All I care about is that you design an experiment that really measures what you want to measure, and that you estimate the precision of your measurement. Of course, I'll be there whenever you want to talk to me about your experiment. And in that regard, let me warn you that I am very opinionated and hold very definite ideas about the way things should be done in the lab. This is an inevitable consequence of spending fifteen years of my life doing chemical research. My job is to use my experience to help you avoid bad ideas and mistakes. Nevertheless, if you believe an idea you have is right, don't drop it just because I say it's wrong. Stick with it until you understand why it is wrong, or until you can prove to me that it is right.
You should keep some organized record of the work you do in lab, but I want you to decide how you want to do that; I am not going to grade your personal notebook. I will from time to time call you into my office and ask you to answer questions about your lab work; you can bring in your notebook and refer to it during these interviews. Therefore you need to record information in your notebook so that several weeks later you will be able to look at it and know what you did in the lab. By the way, you do not need to write down a detailed experimental procedure in the notebook; instead, refer to the lab textbook where you found the procedure. If you modify the procedure or apparatus, be sure to record that.