CHEM 444 Assignment Schedule

 

Assignments in Physical Chemistry, CHEM 444 University of Delaware Spring, 2018

  • 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.
  • 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: https://sites.udel.edu/pchem/chem-444/chem-444-course-policies/

Midterm Examination 1, Saturday, March 14, 2020. 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM. Smith Hall

Midterm Examination 2, Saturday, April 11, 2020. 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM. Smith Hall

Final Examination, May 27, 2020. 3:30 PM – 6:30 PM. 101 Brown Lab

Last day of classes: May 20 (Classes end at 10 p.m.)

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PERIOD ASSIGNMENT 3rd edition 4th edition
Week 1, beginning 2/10 33, 34:  Course overview; molecular collisions; kinetic theory ;
mean free path; diffusion; viscosity		 33: 1, 4, 9, 17, 25, 26, 31     34: 3, 19, 20, 31

STK

16: 1, 5, 10, 20, 28, 29, 30

17: 1, 19, 20 30
Week 2, beginning 2/17 Quiz 1 35: Elementary chemical kinetics; rate laws; Arrhenius behavior 35: 2, 3, 5, 26, 28 18: 2, 3, 5, 22, 29
Week 3, beginning 2/24 Quiz 2 35,
36: SCT; ACT; perturbation methods		 35: 30 ,35, 39, 40, 44 18: 31, 35, 39, 40, 51
Week 4, beginning 3/2 Quiz 3 36: Complex reactions; chains and polymerizations; surface
reactions		 36: 1, 4, 10, 17, 18 19: 1, 4, 10, 17, 18
Week 5, beginning 3/9 Mid Exam 1 36: Enzyme catalysis; solution kinetics, fast reactions 36:
22, 23, 24		 19: 22, 23, 30
Week 6, beginning 3/16 Quiz 4 12, 13, 14:  Origins of quantum mechanics, mathematics,
postulates		 12:  4, 6, 10, 13, 15, 26     13: 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 24 QCS
1: 3, 7, 11, 16, 17, 27 2: 8, 9, 11, 20, 29, 30
Week 7, beginning 3/23 Quiz 5

15, 16: Free particle, particle in a box   

17:  Entanglement

 15: 2, 6, 8, 12, 28, 30, 34 16:  2, 5, 7
17: 2, 6, 7, 9                     

4: 1, 4, 7, 14, 28, 29, 36

5: 1, 3, 4

6: 2,
3, 4, 15
Week 8, beginning 3/30 Quiz 6

18, 19: Harmonic oscillator; angular momentum, spin 

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

18: 2, 7, 18, 19, 23, 29

19: 2, 7, 23, 36

20: 1, 3, 8, 10, 11

 7: 1, 2, 12, 19, 34, 36 8: 2, 7, 11, 35 9: 1, 3, 4, 27
Week 9, beginning 4/6 Mid Exam 2 21: Terms; Pauli principle; coupling of angular momenta;
many-electron atoms; Hund’s rules

20:  16, 17, 22, 33

21: 2, 4, 3, 6, 8, 10, 11

 9: 6, 7, 11, 33
10: 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10,
33
Week 10, beginning 4/13 Quiz 7 22:
Atomic spectroscopy and magnetism; spin-orbit and Zeeman
interactions		 22: 1, 4, 9, 10, 13 11: 15, 24, 29, 30
Week 11, beginning 4/20 Quiz 8 19, 23: Diatomic molecules; Born-Openheimer approximation;
vibration; rotation, spectroscopy		 19: 1, 3, 6, 12, 14, 15 
23:  2, 4, 7, 9		 8: 1, 18, 20, 23, 31, 37 12: 2, 13, 15, 18
Week 12, beginning 4/27 Quiz 9 24, 25: MOs; terms; state symbols; spectroscopy; selection
rules		 24:1, 5, 8
25: 2, 3, 6		 13: 3, 6, 22 14: 2, 6, 8
Week 13, beginning 5/4 Quiz 10 27: Molecular symmetry 27:  1, 4, 7 16: 1, 2, 15
Week 14, beginning 5/11 26: Computational chemistry  (If time permits)

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