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Chem 441
Physical Chemistry II
Spring 2003
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Dr. John Thoemke
Trafton N-353
389-1718
[email protected]
Physical Chemistry (7th edn)
Peter Atkins and Julio de Paula, Freeman, 2002. (ISBN: 0-7167-3539-3)
Recommended:
Applied Mathematics for Physical Chemistry, 2nd edition
J.R. Barrante, Prentice-Hall, 1998
Textbook:
(This serves as a good review and reference work for a variety of mathematical topics. You will
probably find this book useful beyond the confines of this course.)
Course Materials on the Web:
http://krypton.mnsu.edu/~thoemj/PChem.htm
Classroom:
Wissink 284 A
MWF
9:00 - 9:50
Welcome back to P Chem! This course is the final segment in a two-semester sequence that is required for
chemistry majors. This course will extend the process that was started in the first semester – we will continue to
study the behavior of chemical systems using the conceptual foundation and tools provided by physics and
mathematics. Along the way, you will continue to acquire some more of the knowledge base and practice the
“thinking skills” that are fundamental to understanding and solving chemical problems – even when you’re in
somewhat unfamiliar territory. As before, it is crucial that you actively participate in class … meaning that you
participate in the thought process and contribute to the class with questions, answers, and observations. It will also
be crucial for you to put in significant work outside of class and lab. In short, the amount you learn in this course
will be largely dependent on the amount of effort you put in.
Please be forewarned that the course will move along at a fairly brisk pace, and it will be very difficult to
catch up if you fall behind. If you feel that things are starting to slip, it is imperative that you take action, and the
best place to start is by coming to see me as soon as you sense that there may be trouble; please don’t wait until the
night before the test. Any student who may need some special arrangements in order to meet course requirements
should contact the instructor as soon as possible so that the necessary accommodations can be made. You may also
contact the MSU Disability Services Office (phone 2825).
 GRADING AND COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Homework
Hour Exams (3)
Final Exam
50 %
35 %
15 %
A
B
C
D
Other
90 % and above
80 % and above
65% and above
50 % and above
Other
The homework sets will be fairly challenging, are intended to induce you to think about and “practice” the
concepts discussed in class, and to help you extend, apply, and synthesize these concepts. You may “collaborate”
on them, but it is extremely important that each individual understands the material. I am willing to help you with
the homework, but I strongly encourage you to invest a significant effort to understand the item before you ask, and
please try to ask specific questions … try to avoid the “How do I do this?” syndrome. In general, I will not “give
you the answer”, and I probably will not tell you whether your answer is “correct.” Rather, I will give you hints,
and help you to steer in the correct direction. Late homework sets will be accepted with a penalty (10% per
business day) until the graded homework sets are returned to the students and the solutions are available. It will be
to your significant advantage to turn in partially completed work as an alternative to handing in nothing. You
Please strive to submit homework that is neat, legible, and organized. There may be some homework items that
Chem 441 Syllabus – Thoemke – page 1
will require you to read a short, tractable journal article and provide written answers. The grading of these items
will be partially based on grammar and style, in addition to content.
The hour exams will contain both “conceptual” and “quantitative” items but will not contain any long,
involved calculations. Many of the questions will ask you to explain concepts, phenomena, and observations in
words to demonstrate your understanding of the topics. The final exam will be comprehensive, with 30-40 % of
the points allotted to the last unit of material addressed in the course, and the remainder allotted to the material
from the first three hour exams. The hour exams will be weighted equally. If your performance on the final is
better than your lowest hour exam score, the final score will be used to “replace” the low exam score. (This
replacement only goes one way, however.) Make-up exams must be arranged in advance, and are given at the
instructor’s discretion.
The grade of incomplete is reserved for situations where the student is passing the course but, due to
serious extenuating circumstance, is unable to complete their coursework before the end of the term. Students are
expected to hold themselves to the standards of academic honesty; failure to do so will result in a complete loss of
credit on the affected coursework. Academic dishonesty will result in a complete loss of credit for the affected
assignment or test, and may result in failure for the course. The student is responsible for knowing and adhering
to the University’s Academic Honesty Policy, which can be found in the Basic Stuff Student Handbook, and on the
Web: http://www.mnsu.edu/supersite/administration/basic-stuff/policies.html
 SCHEDULE
This tentative schedule lays out the topic and relevant textbook sections for each class, as well as the exam dates and
due dates for homework. You should plan on studying (not necessarily reading every minute detail) the relevant sections of the
textbook before the class session when the topic will be discussed.
Important University Dates:
January 17
Deadline for adding or changing classes
January 20
No Classes: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
March 10-14
Spring Break (No Classes)
April 11
Deadline for dropping classes
May 5
Final Exam
January
February
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
13
Intro & Overview,
Mathematics of Probability and
Gaussian Distribution
Handout
20
No Classes
15
Distributions: Maxwell,
Planck, and Boltzmann
24.1a, 19.1-2, 11.1
17
Fundamental Interactions of
Light and Matter
Handout
22
Classical Mechanics QM
11.1 – 11.2, Handout
27
Mathematical Details of QM
11.5 - 6
29
QM Translation
12.1
3
QM Vibration
12.4-5
5
QM Rotation, Angular
Momentum
24
Schrödinger Equation,
Postulates of QM
11.3 – 11.4
HS #1 Due
31
QM Translation, cont.
12.2-3
HS #2 Due
7
Exam #1
12.6 - 8
10
QM Rotation, Angular
Momentum, cont.,
12.6 - 8
12
Hydrogenic Atoms
13.1-2
Chem 441 Syllabus – Thoemke – page 2
14
Hydrogenic Atoms, cont.,
13.1-2
March
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
17
Fundamentals of Spectroscopy
Handout, 16.1-3
19
Rotational Spectra
16.4 - 6
24
Vibrational Spectra
16.10-17
26
Electronic Spectra:
Atoms & Molecules
13.3, 17.1 - 2
5
Photophysical and
Photochemical Processes and
Lasers Handout, 17.6 - 7
21
Rotational and Vibrational
Spectra
16. 6-10
HS #3 Due
28
3
Photophysical and
Photochemical Processes and
Lasers Handout, 17.3 –5
Exam #2
7
Fundamentals of NMR
18.1 - 3
Spring Break, March 10 - 14
April
May
17
Perturbation Methods
12.9 - 10
19
Polyelectronic Atoms
13.4 - 6
24
Molecules: VB Theory
14.1 - 3
31
Polyatomic Molecules:
Hückel Method, MO Theory
14. 7 - 9
7
Statistical Thermodynamics
19.1 - 4
26
Molecules: MO Theory
of Diatomics 14.4 - 6
2
Polyatomic Molecules:
Hückel Method, MO Theory
cont. 14. 7 - 9
9
Statistical Thermodynamics,
cont.
19.5 - 7
16
Electric Properties of Molecules
21.1 - 4
14
Applying Statistical
Thermodynamics, cont.
20.5 – 7
21
Kinetic Model of Gases
24.1 - 2
28
Photochemistry
26.11 - 12
23
Collision Theory
27.1
30
Photochemistry
26.11 – 12
HS #7 Due
Final Exam: Monday, May 5, 8 – 10 AM
Chem 441 Syllabus – Thoemke – page 3
21
Polyelectronic Atoms, cont.
13.8 – 9
HS #4 Due
28
Variation Method
14.6
HS #5 Due
4
Exam #3
11
Applying Statistical
Thermodynamics
20.1 - 4
18
Molecular Interactions
21.5 - 8
HS #6 Due
25
Activated Complex Theory
27.4 - 5
2
Wrap - up