Schedule for
Chem 434. Spring 09
This is a tentative schedule, which we need to set up the pace.
It will likely change as we proceed.
I encourage you to read appropriate chapters before coming to
class.
The weekly on-line quizzes will be available no later than 5 PM
Friday night and will be due by Sunday
midnight.
| Lec# | Day | Date | Special Announcement
and in class tests |
Topic* | Home work assignments |
| 1 | Wednesday | 1/14/09 | Chapter 9 | ||
| 2 | Friday | 1/16/09 | Do you want to apply for ACS Undergraduate Scholarship? | Chapter 9 | Quiz # 1 due
1/18/09 HW1: 9.3a, 9.5a, 9.6a due 1/21/09 |
| Monday | 1/19/09 | Martin Luther King holiday | No classes | ||
| 3 | Wednesday | 1/21/09 | Chapter 9 | ||
| 4 | Friday | 1/23/09 | Chapter 9 | Quiz # 2 due
1/25/09 HW2: 9.12a; a)Calculate <x3>,<x4>,<p3> and <p4> for 1D HO. b) What is the degeneacy of state with E=3h(k/m)½/2p for 3D HO with potential energy V(x,y,z)=(kx2 +4ky2+4kz2)/2; due 1/26/09 |
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| 5 | Monday | 1/26/09 | Deadline for registration | Chapter 9 | |
| 6 | Wednesday | 1/28/09 | Chapter 9 | ||
| 7 | Friday | 1/30/09 | Chapter 9 | Quiz # 3 due
2/1/09 HW3: E9.16b; P9.8; P9.32; a) Obtain formulas for Lx, Ly, Lz in Decart and spherical coordinates; c) Calculate [Lx,Lz]; due 2/2/09 |
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| 8 | Monday | 2/2/09 | Chapter 10 | ||
| 9 | Wednesday | 2/4/09 | Chapter 10 | ||
| 10 | Friday | 2/6/09 | Chapter 10 | Quiz # 4 due 2/9/09 HW4: E10.4a, 10.6a, 10.11a; a) Evaluate S2|s,m> for all states with s = 0, 1/2, 1, 3/2, 2; b) Calculate En(1) for PIB with the bottom V = asin(px/L); due 2/9/09 |
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| 11 | Monday | 2/9/09 | Chapter 10 | ||
| 12 | Wednesday | 2/11/09 | Chapter 10 | ||
| 13 | Friday | 2/13/09 | Chapter 10 | Quiz # 5 due
2/15/09 On-line quiz Electronic Structures is due 2/15/09 HW5: E10.16a, E10.19b, P10.14; extra credit P10.25; due 2/16/09 |
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| 14 | Monday | 2/16/09 | Chapter 11 | ||
| 15 | Wednesday | 2/18/09 | Chapter 11 | ||
| 16 | Friday | 2/20/09 | Chapter 11 | Quiz # 6 due
2/22/09 No HW: |
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| Monday | 2/23/09 | Midterm Exam 1, What do I need to review? |
Exam 1 will have an in class (closed books) and a take home portions. | ||
| 17 | Wednesday | 2/25/09 | Chapter 11 | ||
| 18 | Friday | 2/27/09 | Chapter 11 | Quiz # 7 due
3/01/09 HW6: E11.2a;E11.4b;E11.7a;11.13a; Extra P11.14 due 3/02/09 |
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| 19 | Monday | 3/02/09 | Chapter 11 | ||
| 20 | Wednesday | 3/04/09 | Chapter 13 | ||
| 21 | Friday | 3/06/09 | Chapter 13 | Quiz # 8 due
3/08/09 HW7: E13.1a; E13.2a; E13.3a.;E13.4a.;E13.7a.; Extra P11.28 due 3/09/09 |
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| 22 | Monday | 3/09/09 | Last day to drop with W | Chapter 13 | |
| 23 | Wednesday | 3/11/09 | Chapter 13 | ||
| 24 | Friday | 3/13/09 | Chapter 13 | Quiz # 9 due
3/15/09 HW8: E13.17a;E13.19a;E13.20a;13.23a; Extra: prove that the centrifugal distortion term for a diatomic molecule is -DJ2(J+1)2 with D=4B3/vo2; P13.20 due 3/16/09 |
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| 25 | Monday | 3/16/09 | Chapter 14 | ||
| 26 | Wednesday | 3/18/09 | Chapter 14 | ||
| 27 | Friday | 3/20/09 | Chapter 14 | Quiz # 10 due
3/29/09 HW9: E14.1a; E14.3a; 14.6a; 14.16; due 3/30/09 |
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| Monday | 3/23/09 | Spring break | No classes | ||
| Wednesday | 3/25/09 | Spring break | No classes | ||
| Friday | 3/27/09 | Spring break | No classes | ||
| 28 | Monday | 3/30/09 | Chapter 15 | ||
| 29 | Wednesday | 4/01/09 | Chapter 15 | ||
| 30 | Friday | 4/03/09 | Chapter 15 | Quiz # 11 due
4/05/09 HW10: E15.1a; 15.2a; 15.10a;due 4/06/09. Try also NMR_practice quiz |
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| Monday | 4/06/09 | Midterm Exam 2, What do I need to review? |
Exam 2 will have an in
class (closed books) and a take home portions. You can bring a single sheet of formulas if you desire so. |
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| 31 | Wednesday | 4/08/09 | Chapter 15 | Quiz # 12 due
4/12/09 HW11: E15.12a;E15.13a; E15.14a due 4/13/09 |
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| Friday | 4/10/09 | Spring holiday | No classes | ||
| 32 | Monday | 4/13/09 | Chapter 15 | ||
| 33 | Wednesday | 4/15/09 | Chapter 15 | ||
| 34 | Friday | 4/17/09 | Chapter 15 | Quiz # 13 due
4/19/09 HW12: E15.15a;E15.17a;E15.19a;E15.20a; E15.22a, due 4/20/09 |
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| 35 | Monday | 4/20/09 | Chapter 16 | ||
| 36 | Wednesday | 4/22/09 | Chapter 16 | ||
| 37 | Friday | 4/24/09 | Chapter 16 | Quiz # 14 due
4/26/09 HW13: D16.1; E16.2a;E16.3a; E16.9a;due 4/27/09 |
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| 38 | Monday | 4/27/09 | Chapter 16 | ||
| 39 | Wednesday | 4/29/09 | Chapter 17 | ||
| 40 | Friday | 5/01/09 | Chapter 17 | Quiz # 15 due 5/3/09 | |
| 5/6/09 | Final Exam, 8:00-10:00 AM comprehensive in class (exculsively) What do I need to review? |
The exam will be 'closed book'. You are allowed to bring one sheet of A4 paper with formulas or whatever else you feel should help you on the exam. | |||
| Tuesday | 5/12/09 | Final Grades are due | |||
* - Tentative schedule;
will be adjusted depending on how we proceed.
** - This is not required. Mathcad
is a powerful software package for scientific calculations. We
have it installed Mathcad 11 in our computer cluster and you can
use it there. Advanced students might find the software-based
approach very useful. The linked files are developed by other
instructors on different subjects of Physical Chemistry
Last updated on 04/23/09
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