PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY ASSIGNMENTS

Assignments in Physical Chemistry, CHEM 444
University of Delaware
Spring, 2012

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 2/6	33-34: Course Overview; Molecular collisions; kinetic theory ; mean free path	33: 1, 3, 4, 9, 17, 25, 26 34: 3, 19, 20, 31
Week 2, beginning 2/13 Quiz 1	35: Elementary chemical kinetics; rate laws; Arrhenius behavior; SCT; ACT	35: 2, 3, 5, 26, 28, 30, 35, 39, 40, 44
Week 3, beginning 2/20 Quiz 2	36: Complex reactions; chains and polymerizations	36: 1, 4, 10, 22
Week 4, beginning 2/27	36: Surface reactions; enzyme catalysis; solution kinetics, fast reactions	36: 17, 18, 23, 24

Midterm Examination 1, Saturday, March 3, 9 - 11 a.m., 101 Brown Laboratory

Week 5, beginning 3/5
Quiz 3

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

12: 4, 6, 10, 13, 15, 26

13: 2, 3, 4, 6 7, 10, 24

Week 6, beginning 3/12
Quiz 4

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

15: 2, 6, 8, 12, 28, 30, 34

16: 2,7

17: 2, 6,7,9

Week 7, beginning 3/19
Quiz 5

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

18: 2, 7, 18, 19, 23, 29, 30

Spring Recess, March 24 – April 1

Week 8, beginning 4/2
Quiz 6

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

20: 1, 3, 8, 10, 11, 16, 17, 22, 26

21: 8, 10,4

Week 9, beginning 4/9

21:

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

21: 2, 3, 6, 20, 24

Midterm Examination 2, Saturday, April 14, 9 - 11 a.m., 204/206 Kirkbride

Week 10, beginning 4/16 Quiz 7	22: Atomic spectroscopy and magnetism; spin-orbit and Zeeman interactions	22: 1, 4, 9, 10, 13
Week 11, beginning 4/23 Quiz 8	19, 23 and 24: Diatomic molecules; BO approximation; vibration; rotation, spectroscopy	19: 1, 3, 6, , 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 23: 2, 4, 7, 9 24: 1, 5, 8
Week 12, beginning 4/30 Quiz 9	25: MOs; terms; state symbols; spectroscopy; selection rules	25: 2, 3, 20
Week 13, beginning 5/7 Quiz 10	27: Molecular Symmetry	27: 1, 4, 7
Week 14, beginning 5/14	26: Computational Chemistry	26:

Last day of classes: May 15 (Classes end at 10 p.m.)

Final Exam: To be announced

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