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CHEM 302—Physical Chemistry II, Spring 2017
Instructor:
TA:
Tyler Meldrum, ISC 1060, 221-2561
Jenna Tan, ISC 2067
Office hours:
Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 1 :00–2 :00 pm, or make an appointment or drop by.
[email protected]
[email protected]
Meetings:
Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays 10:00–11:00 am, McGlothlin 20
Thursdays 6:00–8:00 pm, ISC3 1221
On exam Thursdays, you’ll have the full two-hour time; otherwise, we’ll have a one-hour review
from 6:00–7:00 pm.
Course Description:
This course is intended for chemistry majors. In it, we will discuss the ideal gas and equations of state,
kinetic molecular theory, statistical and classical thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, and molecular
transport. It will draw on math and principles of quantum mechanics that you studied in CHEM 301.
Texts:
(Required) McQuarrie, D.A.; Simon, J.D. Physical Chemistry: A Molecular Approach; University Science
Books: 1997. ISBN: 978-0935702996.
(Optional) Cox, H.; McQuarrie, D.A.; Simon, J.D. Problems and Solutions to Accompany Physical
Chemistry: A Molecular Approach; University Science Books: 1997. ISBN: 978-0935702439.
Course Structure and Grading:
This course is separate and independent of the laboratory course, CHEM 304. Consequently, this is a
lecture-only course and the grades are determined by four (4) midterm exams (the lowest score of which
will be dropped), one (1) final exam, and homework sets. The best guarantors of success in CHEM 302
are reading the assigned material before the corresponding lecture, attending every lecture, thoughtfully
completing the assigned homework for submission, and working practice problems as necessary.
Blackboard site: This course makes extensive use of Blackboard. Please check the Blackboard site
regularly for announcements, practice problems, lecture notes, and other course supplements. Course
grades are posted on Blackboard.
Midterm exams: Four (4) midterm exams will be given during the Thursday evening period on
February 9, March 2, March 30, and April 20. Your lowest midterm exam score will be automatically
dropped, leaving three remaining exams that are each worth 20% of the final grade, for a collective 60%
contribution to the course grade.
Final exam: A final exam will be given on Monday, May 1 (the first Monday of finals) from 2:00 pm–
5:00 pm, location to be announced. The final exam will be worth 30% of the course grade and will be
comprehensive.
Homework: Several homework assignments will be made throughout the semester. These will be
approximately weekly with adjustments made for exam weeks and the pace of material. Collectively, the
homework assignments will be worth 10% of the course grade.
Grading policy:
To receive a grade in the A range in this course, you must have at least 90%; the B range is at least
80%; the C range is at least 70%, and the D range is at least 60%. These thresholds may be lowered
(i.e., it may become easier to get a higher grade), but they will not be raised. These absolute thresholds
are designed to allow you to collaborate and work with other students without fear of getting a lower
grade if a peer performs well. Please teach one another and, while submitting only your own work,
collaborate with your classmates.
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CHEM 302—Physical Chemistry II, Spring 2017
Tentative course schedule (as of 16 January 2017)
Dates
W, 1/18
R, 1/19
F, 1/20
M, 1/23
W, 1/25
R, 1/26
F, 1/27
M, 1/30
W, 2/1
R, 2/2
F, 2/3
M, 2/6
W, 2/8
R, 2/9
F, 2/10
M, 2/13
W, 2/15
R, 2/16
F, 2/17
M, 2/20
W, 2/22
R, 2/23
F, 2/24
M, 2/27
W, 3/1
R, 3/2
F, 3/3
3/6 - 3/10
M, 3/13
W, 3/15
R, 3/16
F, 3/17
M, 3/20
W, 3/22
R, 3/23
F, 3/24
M, 3/27
W, 3/29
R, 3/30
F, 3/31
M, 4/3
W, 4/5
R, 4/6
F, 4/7
M, 4/10
W, 4/12
R, 4/13
F, 4/14
M, 4/17
W, 4/19
R, 4/20
F, 4/21
M, 4/24
W, 4/26
R, 4/27
F, 4/28
M, 5/1
Topics
Course introduction, lines
No review session
Gases and equations of state
Kinetic molecular theory, ideal gas law
Maxwell-Boltzmann speed distribution
Pages (McQ/S)
636-648, 658-665
1100-1106
1106-1115
Gas collisions, energy, and reactions [Add/drop deadline]
Internal energy, heat capacity, equipartition
Ensembles and Boltzmann
1121-1128
Partition functions, populations
Partition functions and the ideal gas
Partition functions and the ideal gas (continued)
EXAM
Other ideal gases
The Ising model
Work and heat, state and path functions, the first law
704-713
730-756
730-756
730-756
Posted to Blackboard
764-773
Energy and enthalpy, adiabatic and isothermal processes
More adiabatic and isothermal processes
Using tabulated data
774-783
774-783
779-800, 1071-1077
Entropy and the second law
Statistics, counting coins, and my favorite equation
Calculations with entropy, partition functions
EXAM
No class
SPRING BREAK
Absolute entropy, the third law
Statistical mechanics and absolute entropy
692-702
816-829
829-833
833-844
853-860
861-870
Helmholtz and Gibbs Energies [Withdraw deadline]
Maxwell's relations, natural thermodynamic variables
Gibbs-Helmholtz and temperature dependence
881-887
888-899
899-905
Phase diagrams, chemical potential
Chemical equilibrium, Gibbs energy of formation
Spontaneity, equilibrium constants
EXAM
Fugacity, activity, and correcting for non-ideality
Rate laws, half-life
Reversible reactions, dynamic equilibrium, rate constants
925-940
1049-1058
905-910, 1058-1067
Transition state theory
Reaction mechanisms, detailed balance
Steady state
1165-1169
1181-1191
1191-1198
Unimolecular reaction mechanisms, chain reactions
Catalysis, enzyme kinetics
Molecular diffusion, Einstein equation
EXAM
Fick's laws, viscosity
Random walks
Review/buffer
1198-1205
1206-1213
Posted to Blackboard
1078-1087
1137-1152
1152-1164
Posted to Blackboard
Posted to Blackboard
Review/buffer
FINAL EXAM 2:00–5:00 pm
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