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Lecture Schedule

Instructor - S.N. Liddick

# Day Date Topic Chapter
01 M 1/7 Introduction  
  W 1/9 Molecular Spectroscopy: General 13.1
  F 1/11 Molecular Spectroscopy:Rotation 13.2 - 13.4
         
02 M 1/14 Molecular Spectroscopy: Vibration  
  W 1/16 Molecular Spectroscopy: Electronic 13.5 - 13.9
  F 1/18 Molecular Spectroscopy: Selection Rules 13.5 - 13.9
         
03 M 1/21 MLK day: No Class 13.11 - 13.13
  W 1/23 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance 14.1 - 14.3
  F 1/25 NMR: shielding 14.4 - 14.5
         
04 M 1/28 NMR: spin-spin coupling 14.6
  W 2/30 NMR: spin-spin coupling 14.7
  F 2/1 NMR: n+1 rule 14.8
         
05 M 2/4 NMR: n+1 rule 14.8
  W 2/6 Midtern Exam 1  
  F 2/8 Statistical Thermodynamics: Ideal Gases 16.1
         
06 M 2/11 Statistical Thermodynamics: Real Gases 16.2 - 16.4
  W 2/13 Statistical Thermodynamics: Virial Equation of state 16.5 - 16.7
  F 2/15 Statistical Thermodynamics: Partition Functions 17.1 - 1.3
         
07 M 2/18 Statistical Thermodynamics: Heat Capacity 17.4
  W 2/20 Statistical Thermodynamics: Pressure, Distinguishable / Indistinquishable Molecules 17.5 - 17.8
  F 2/22 Statistical Thermodynamics: Partition function of ideal gasesDistinguishable / Indistinguishable Molecules 18.1 - 18.3
         
08 M 2/25 Statistical Thermodynamics: Partition function of ideal gases 18.4 - 18.6
  W 2/27 Thermodynamics: Heat and Work 19.1 - 19.8
  F 3/1 Thermodynamics: Enthalpy 19.9 - 19.12
         
09 M 3/4 Spring Break  
  W 3/6 Spring Break  
  F 3/8 Spring Break  
         
10 M 3/11 Summary and Review  
  W 3/13 Midterm Exam 2  
  F 3/15 Thermodynamics: 2nd law 20.1 - 20.6
         
11 M 3/18 Thermodynamics: Gibbsian differentials 22.1 - 22.5
  W 3/20 Thermodynamics: Applications to simple systems 19 - 22
  F 3/22 Thermodynamics: Applications to simple systems 19 -22
         
12 M 3/25 Thermodynamics: Carnot cycle 20.7
  W 3/27 Thermodynamics: 3rd law entropies 21
  F 3/29 Thermodynamics: 3rd law entropies 21
         
13 M 4/1 Thermodynamics: Phase equilibrium 23
  W 4/3 Thermodynamics: Phase equilibrium 23
  F 4/5 Thermodynamics: Phase equilibrium 23
         
14 M 4/8 Summary and review  
  W 4/10 Midterm Exam 3  
  F 4/12 Thermodynamics: Ideal solutions 24
         
15 M 4/15 Thermodynamics: Ideal solutions 24
  W 4/17 Thermodynamics: Ideal solutions 24
  F 4/19 Thermodynamics: Henry's Law 25
         
16 M 4/23 Thermodynamics: Chemical Equilibrium 26
  W 4/25 Thermodynamics: Chemical Equilibrium 26
  F 4/27 Thermodynamics: Chemical Equilibrium 26
         
17 Th 5/2 Final Exam: 10:00 am - noon