Assignments in Physical Chemistry, CHEM 444
University of Delaware
Spring, 2008

  • This is a tentative assignment sheet.  Check back often for changes as the semester progresses.
  • Reading assignments refer to sections. Read sections BEFORE topics are discussed in lecture; reread afterwards; reread again, if necessary.
  • Problems are to be attempted immediately after studying material.  Work all problems thoroughly. If you have difficulty with a problem, seek help immediately; rework problems until you are certain you know the concepts, not just how to solve that particular problem.
  • Answers are posted as *.pdf files at the Website.  There are many other problems at the end of each chapter; try others to see if you understand how to work problems.  (ONE CAUTION:  Some answers in the back of the book are NOT correct; if you feel you have worked a problem correctly several times and still disagree with the book's answer, check the corrections sheet or check with a TA.)
  • You are welcome to study together, but be sure YOU have learned how to do each of the problems on your own if you expect to pass the course.
  • Do not fool yourself. Seeing another person work a problem will not ingrain you with the problem-solving tools to answer quiz and exam questions.
  • Be sure to read the Course Policies: http://www.udel.edu/pchem/C444/c444pol.htm

PERIOD

ASSIGNMENT

Week 1, beginning Mon, 2/11

34: 
Molecular collisions; random walks; kinetic theory of gases

 34: 1, 3, 4, 9, 25, 26

Week 2, beginning 2/18
Quiz 1

35:
Diffusion; viscosity; sedimentation; transport properties

35: 3, 16, 18, 22, 24

Week 3, beginning 2/25
Quiz 2

36:
Elementary chemical kinetics; rate laws; Arrhenius behavior; SCT; ACT

36: 2, 3, 5, 26, 30, 35

Week 4, beginning 3/3

 

37:
Complex reactions; chains and polymerizations

37: 1, 4

Midterm Examination 1, Saturday, March 8, 9 - 11 a.m., 206 Kirkbride

Week 5, beginning 3/10

Quiz 3

37:

Surface reactions; enzyme catalysis; solution kinetics; fast reactions

37: 12, 18, 22, 30

Week 6, beginning 3/17
Quiz 4

12 and 13:
Origins of QM; mathematics; operators and matrix algebra

12: 4, 6, 15, 19

13: 2, 7, 10, 16, 24

Week 7, beginning 3/24
Quiz 5

14, 15, 16, 17:
Postulates; particle in a box; entanglement

15: 2, 6, 8, 12

16: 2

17: 2, 10

Spring Break, March 29 – April 6

Week 8, beginning 4/7
Quiz 6

18:
Harmonic oscillator; angular momentum and rigid rotor; spin

18: 2, 7, 19, 23

 

Week 9, beginning 4/14

20 and 21:
H atom;  He atom; perturbation theory; variation principle; Pauli principle; excited states of helium

20: 1, 3, 8

21: 8, 9

Midterm Examination 2, Saturday, April 19, 9 - 11 a.m., 101 Brown

Week 10, beginning 4/21

Quiz 7

21:

Terms; coupling of angular momenta; many-electron atoms; Hund’s rules

21: 2, 3, 6, 18, 20, 24

Week 11, beginning 4/28

Quiz 8

22:

Atomic spectroscopy and magnetism; spin-orbit and Zeeman interactions

22: 1, 4, 9, 10, 13

Week 12, beginning 5/5
Quiz 9

19, 23 and 24:
Diatomic molecules; BO approximation; vibration; rotation, spectroscopy

19: 1, 3, 6, 14

23:  2, 4

24:  1, 5, 8

Week 13, beginning 5/12
Quiz 10

25 and 26:

MOs; terms; state symbols; spectroscopy; selection rules;

25:  2, 3, 20

26:  1, 3, 12, 13, 14

Week 14, beginning 5/19

28:
Symmetry

28:  2, 3, 11, 15

Last day of classes: May 21

Final Exam:  Monday, May 26, 3:30 – 6:30 p.m., 101 Brown

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This page was prepared and is maintained by Cecil Dybowski,(c)1999-2008.
Last revised: March 21, 2008
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