Chem 301: Chemical Energetics and Kinetics (Fall 2008)

• Syllabus
• Text web site: Engel and Reid, "Thermodynamics, Statistical Thermodynamics, & Kinetics"
• Text resources on the web The Chemistry Place (login required)
• Relationship between "Thermodynamics, Statistical Thermodynamics & Kinetics" and "Physical Chemistry"
• Errata for the textbooks:
      Green book (Thermodynamics, etc.)
      Red book (Physical Chemistry)
• General Resources
  Blank copy of "The Grid"
  Calculus Cheat Sheet
   
• Exam #1
  Extra Calculus Problems, Answers
  
  Problem Set #1: (All from text) 1.10, 2.2, 2.5, 2.15, 2.17, 2.24, 2.28, 3.15; Question 2.2
  
  Suggested extra problems: (All from text)
      Chapter 1, Problems 1, 5, 7, 9;
      Chapter 2, Problems 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 27, 29
                        Questions 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10
      Chapter 3, Problems 9
   
  Problem Day #1 Answers
  Problem Day #2 Answers
  
  Practice Exam, Answers
  Real Exam Answers, blank copy
   
• Exam #2
  Blank copy of the modified "Grid"
  
  Problem Set#2: Chapter 4 - 1abc, 6, 12, 21; Q1
                              Chapter 5 - 11ab, 12, 16, 18, 21; Q2
  
  Suggested extra problems grouped by topic
      Chapter 3
          heat transfer: 16, 17
      Chapter 4
          Enthalpy of formation: 1, 2, 3
          Hess' Law: 5, 9, 17
          Temp dependence of H: 4, 7, 8, 13-16
          Calorimetry: 20, 22
          Questions: 1-7
      Chapter 5
          General deltaS: 5, 7, 19, 20(harder)
          Temperature dependence: 6, 9, 10, 13, 15(harder), 24 (harder)
          Consider Surroundings: 8, 17
          Mix two things: 22
          Entropy of Reaction: 31
  
  Problem Day #3 Answers
  Problem Day #4 Answers
  Problem Day #4part2 Answers
  
  Practice Exam, Answers 
  Real Exam Answers, blank copy
   
• Exam #3
  
  Problem Set #3:
          Chapter 6: 4, 9, 12, 19, 23, 29, Q9
          Chapter 8: 2, 8, 18
  
  Suggested Extra Problems
          Chapter 6: 2, 3, 5-8, 10-13, 15,16, 20-23, 26ab, 27-30; Q2, 5, 6, 10, 11
          Chapter 8: 1, 3-7, 9-12*, 13-16, 18-24, 28-31; Q2,4-8
              (*)Excel is useful for these
  
  Problem Day #5 Answers
  Problem Day #6a Answers
  Problem Day #7 Answers
  
  Practice Exam, Answers
  Real Exam, Answers, blank copy
    
• Exam #4
  
  Problem Set #4:
      Chapter 9: 4, 7, 16, 23, 29, Q4
      Chapter 10: 2, 9, 16, 22, 28a
      Chapter 11: 11
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  Suggested extra problems
      Chapter 9: 1, 3, 5, 6, 8-11, 13-15, 17, 19-21, 23, 26, 28, 30; Q1-3, Q5, Q8-10
      Chapter 10:
              G,S,H ionic reactions: 1-4
              mean expressions: 6-9
              ionic strength, activity coefficients: 10-12, 16-19, 24-26
              equilibrium and activities: 20-24, 27, 28
              Questions: 4, 5, 7, 10
      Chapter 11:
              G/E/K:  1-7, 13
              E and activities: 8-12, 19, 20, 22-25, 30
              Misc.: 14, 16, 17, 18, 21
              Questions: 1, 3, 5 
  
  Problem Day #8 Answers
  Problem Day #9 Answers
  Problem Day #10 Answers
  
  Practice Exam 4, Answers
  Real Exam, Answers, blank copy
   
• Exam #5
  Problem Set #5: 
      Chapter 18 - 5, 7, 11, 23, 29, 35   (chapter 36 Red Book)
      Chapter 19 - 2   (Chapter 37 Red book)
    problem hints
  
  Suggested extra problems
      Chapter 18:
           General: 1, 2, 4, 6
           Expt. Tech: 3
           Rate Laws: 9, 10, 12-16, 21
           Sequential and Parallel: 18, 19, 22
           Arrenhenius and Eyring: 24-28, 30, 33-38
      Chapter 19:
           1-4, 6-11, 18-20
  
  Problem Day #11 Answers Excel
  
  Practice Exam, Attachment, Answers
  Real Exam, Answers, blank copy
    
• Final Exam
  
• Entropy Links
      What does Homer think ?
      Entropy and the 2nd Law
      The Second Law of Thermodynamics
   
• PChem Links
      NIST Chemistry Webbook -  Contains databases of thermochemical properties of a large number of substances.  
      CODATA Key Values of Thermodynamics  Compilation of internationally accepted values for the thermodynamic properties of key chemical substances, proposed by the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA).
      Physical Reference Data (NIST)

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