CH 341Physical Chemistry I

CH 540 Introduction to Graduate Physical Chemistry

Course Objective: Obtain a practical, working knowledge of applied physical chemistry. You must prove acquisition of this knowledge by demonstration of the ability to present organized solutions to problems, mostly numerical, in physical chemistry. Think of these like a lawyer presenting his case in court. It is not what you think you know that counts, but how you convey the proper information in a logical manner.

Prerequisites: CH 223, PH 106, and Math 126. Math 227 is a corequisite. 

Disability Accommodations: To request these, contact the Office of Disability Services at 348-4285.  Web address: www.ods.ua.edu.   After initial arrangements are made with that office, contact your instructor. 

 Office Hours: Immediately after class, or by appointment. If you make an appointment, keep it. Phone inquiries only for emergencies.

 Grading: Final grades will be based upon three hourly exams plus a final. The semester exams will be spaced approximately equally by quarters during the semester.  The specific date of each exam will be announced in class at least three class meetings before the exam date.  All regular examinations will be held in the evening examination period, 5:00-6:20 PM in 251 Shelby Hall.   The final is scheduled for Wednesday, December 14, 8:00 to 10:30 A.M.. No make-up exams. All exams are based upon problem solving. The goal is to get the right number or derived result, but it is equally important for you to organize your solutions in a readily understandable manner. You must show the process by which you solve the problem, and explain all key steps taken.  Attendance records will not be kept, except for exams.  Note however, that you are responsible for all important announcements made in class.

Letter grades will be assigned based on your weighted final average at least according to:

letter grade	Percent of maximum points
A	90-100
B	80-89
C	70-79
D	60-69
F	Below 60

 

Required Text: Physical Chemistry, 4th. Ed., Ira N. Levine, McGraw-Hill. Also several undergraduate PChem texts have been placed in the Science &Engineering Library as additional sources of problems and materials.

Academic Misconduct: All acts of dishonesty in any work constitutes academic misconduct. All acts of misconduct will be persecuted under the Academic Misconduct Disciplinary Policy of the University. Disruptive behavior will not be allowed in class.  A cell phone is disruptive.

Academic Honor Code: Read the Undergraduate Catalog 1998-2000, pgs. 22-23. Download and print this form. You must sign this, date it, and turn it in before the first test or you will not be allowed to take the first exam or any exam until you complete the form..

 
Policy on Exam Papers: Graded exams will be returned to you for inspection of your results. However, these papers are the property of the instructor and must be returned to the instructor. They are not to be photocopied or duplicated in any fashion. Final papers will not be returned. Final grades will be posted on a secure web page here. If you want to know your final exam grade and your final letter grade by accessing this site, you must sign the waiver on the cover page of the final exam.

 Course Content: The first 12 Chapters will be covered in the text in order. The best way to anticipate the material to be covered is to examine the textbook.

 The following is a MINIMUM set of problems that illustrate the principles that must be learned. These will not be collected or graded. All students are urged to work additional problems both in the required text as well as others on reserve in the Science Library to perfect their problem solving skills. In addition to these, a small number of special problems will be assigned throughout the semester that will be collected and graded as satisfactory or not. The score on these will NOT count toward the final grade, but, if you do not turn these problems in on time and in a satisfactory manner you will not be allowed to take the next hourly exam, which is equivalent to failing the course.

 

Course Content: Assigned Problems

  Thermodynamics, General

Chap. 1: Problems 12, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 24, 27

  First Law of Thermodynamics

Chap. 2: 11,12,13,27,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43

  Second Law of Thermodynamics

Chap. 3: 1,2,4,20,7,14,17,28,35,36

  Material Equilibrium

Chap. 4: 4,9,10,25,26,28,37

  Standard Thermodynamic Functions of Reaction

Chap. 5: 2,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,13,19,20,21a,23,26,

32,37,38

  Reaction Equilibrium in Ideal Gas Mixtures

Chap. 6: 1,2,3,4,5,7,22,16,17,24,36

  One-Component Phase Equilibrium

Chap. 7: 1,9,10,11,18,19,20,23,24,25,31,40

  Real Gases

Chap. 8: 2,4,5,6,8

  Solutions

Chap. 9: 1,2,6,7,10,28,29,30,31,32,41,46,47,48,55

  Non-ideal Solutions

Chap. 10: 3,4,9,13,25,27,29

  Reaction Equilibrium in Non-ideal Systems

Chap. 11: 1,4,5,7,8,11,19,20

  Multi-component Phase Equilibrium

Chap. 12: 2,3,6,9,11,13,14,15,16,19,24,25,26,30,31,35,36,37,38,40,42,48,58  

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