Chemistry 125, Spring 2007
Physical Chemistry Laboratory


[ Instructor | Announcements | Lecture Notes | Homework | Lab Schedule & Manual ]
[ Course Handouts | GSI Info | Class Room and Hours | Grade Distribution | Texts ]

Instructor

Charles V. Shank (web)
Email: cvshank *AT* berkeley.edu
Location: 19 Lewis Hall
Phone: 643-5555
Office Hours: Wednesday 2-3

Laboratory Supervisor: Edmundo Angeles
Email: edmundo *AT* cchem.berkeley.edu
Location: P-Chem Stockroom
Phone: 642-7469
Office Hours: Daily 1-5

Announcements - Please also see lecture section for more detailed weekly announcements.

01/22/07 - Welcome to the CHEM125 Physical Chemistry Website.
01/30/07 - Reminder: You can only do one IR experiment (IR of HCl/DCl or IR of NH3 not both). Anyone who submits a written/oral for both IR experiments cannot receive credit.
02/09/07 - Group II Manual posted. Please print out and read your experiments. Evaluation sheets for all Group I labs are now available.
  • IR of NH3
  • IR of HCl/DCl(same distribution as per handout)
  • Electronic-Vibrational Spectrum of Gaseous I2(written) |(oral)
  • Magnetic Susceptibility(written)| Magnetic Susceptibility(oral)
  • Raman(written)|Raman (oral)
    • As each lab requires very different types of analysis the distribution in grading reflects this.
    03/09/07 - Evaluation sheets for Group II labs are now available.
  • Physical Adsorption(written)|(oral)
  • Fluorescence Quenching of Gaseous I2 (oral)| (Written)
  • Kinetics of Iodine with Ketone (written) |(oral)
  • Knudsen Effect (written)| (oral)
  • Heat of Combustion
    • As each lab requires very different types of analysis the distribution in grading reflects this. Pre-lab schedule for group III, Experiment 5, Prelabs 5
    Week 8 lecture uploaded -- experiment 3 written and oral reports (March 14-16)
    04/05/07 - Evaluation sheets for Group III labs are now available.
  • X-ray Diffraction(written)|(oral)
  • Brownian Motion(written)|(oral)
  • Pulse NMR(written)|(oral)
  • Heat Capacity of Nickel|
    As each lab requires very different types of analysis the distribution in grading reflects this.
    04/14/07 - Correction to the Brownian motion lab:
    Data Analysis, step # 4-
    Original text:
    = ( (A * HWHM) ( F^2 + HWHM ^2) )
    Correction
    = ( (A * HWHM) / ( F^2 + HWHM ^2) ) 04/25/07 - NEW! A review sheet summarizing lecture and LabView concepts to aid in preparation for the exam. Review concepts
  • Homework #15 solutions uploaded, and new solutions to homework #5 added!!!
    05/1/07 - Lab will be open until end of term (please sign up in advance). Course evaluations will be made available (evaluate the couurse and up to two GSIs). Remember to complete all work no later than May 8th (end of classes) THANKS!
    05/7/07 - You can pick up submitted work in the lab and view exams(cannot be taken home). ALL work must be submitted by 5 PM Tues May 8th (no exceptions). Also should you have concerns about grading (5+ pt grade deduction concerns on exam) you should address them before 5 PM Tues.
    05/7/07 - Have a safe, happy and rewarding Summer break!

    Lecture Notes

    Class lecture notes will be uploaded periodically to supplement your notes. (Note: not all class lectures notes will necessarily be posted, and posts will only be made after the lecuture)
    Lecture #1 -     Notes (.pdf)
    Lecture #2 - Notes (.pdf) | Week 2 announcements (.pdf)
  • Central limit simulator used in class (.zip format) cenlimit_eng.zip
    Lecture #3 - Notes (.pdf) | Week 3 announcements (.pdf)
  • Poisson distribution simulator | Correlation coefficient simulator (download only)
    Lecture #4 - Notes (.pdf) | Week 4 announcements (.pdf)
    Lecture #5 - Not available, chalk talk on NMR and Raman spectroscopy | Week 5 announcements (.pdf)
    Lecture #6 - Notes (.pdf) | Week 6 announcements (.pdf)
    Lecture #7 - Notes (.pdf) | Week 7 announcements (.pdf)
    Lecture #8 - Notes (.pdf) | Week 8 announcements (.pdf)
    Lecture #9 - Notes (.pdf) | Week 9 announcements (.pdf)
    Lecture #10 - Notes (.pdf) | Week 10 announcements (.pdf)
    Lecture #11 - SPRING BREAK
    Lecture #12 - Notes (.pdf) | Week 12 announcements (.pdf)
    Lecture #13 - Notes (.pdf) | Week 13 announcements (.pdf) (correction from in class, the #5 written report is due Fri. Apr. 20 NOT Fri. Apr. 18)
    Lecture #14 - Notes (.pdf) | Week 14 announcements (.pdf)
    Lecture #15 - Notes (.pdf) | Week 15 announcements (.pdf)

    Homework Assignments

    Assignments are (*ungraded*) problems intended to guide your study through the lecture material. A good understanding of the assigned problems should help your perfomance in your laboratory data analysis and in the final exam. In the completion of the problems we encourage you to seek help from the GSIs, fellow students and the course instrutor.
    1) Suggested Problems(week 2)
    2) Graphical analysis in Excel(week 2 suggested homework) 3) Suggested Problems(week 3) | Solutions(part I) | Solutions (part II)
    4) Suggested Problems(week 4) | Solutions not available (see text or talk with GSI)
    5) Suggested Problems(week 5) | Solutions Question edit Solutions NEW
    6) Suggested Problems(week 6) |N/A
    7) Suggested Problems(week 7) | Solutions
    8) No home homework week 8
    9) Suggested Problems(week 9) | Solutions
    10) Suggested Problems(week 10) | Solutions
    11) SPRING BREAKS
    12) Suggested Problems(week 12) | Solutions
    13) Suggested Problems(week 13) | Solutions
    14) Suggested Problems(week 14) | Solutions
    15) Suggested Problems(week 15) | Solutions

    Laboratory Schedule

    Complete 6 experiments (2 written and 4 oral). Please see course syllabus for more information.
    Due dates have now been added. The first due date is Feb. 16/07 and this MUST be a written report. You can decide which Group I experiment to write up for your first submission.
    Reminder: You can only do one IR experiment (IR of HCl/DCl or IR of NH3 not both). Anyone who submits a written/oral for both IR experiments cannot receive credit.
    Week Dates Experiment # Group Report Due Orals
    2 - 3 1/22 - 2/2 1 I 02/16 N/A
    4 - 5 2/5 - 2/16 2 I 03/02 02/28-03/02
    6 - 7 2/20 - 3/2 3 II 03/16 03/14-03/16
    8 - 10 3/5 - 2/23 4 II 04/06 04/04-04/06
    11 SPRING BREAK
    12 - 13 4/2 - 4/13 5 III 04/20 04/18-04/20
    14 - 15 4/16 - 4/27 6 III 05/04 05/02-05/04
    16 - 17 4/30 - 5/8 Report 6, Extra Credit and Final Exam

    Lab manual:
    1) Please print out and read your experiment before your pre-lab. Group I Lab Experiment Manual
    2) This set is experimentally more demanding. It is essential you read your experiment before the pre-lab Group II Lab Experiment Manual(~4MB)
    3) Group III Lab Experiment Manual(~4.5MB)

    Course Handouts

    1) Course Syllabus
    2) Outline of Experiments
    3) Written and Oral Report Guide
    4) Reference Guide
    5) Guide to Library Work in Physical Chemistry -Online Only

    GSI Information

    Class Room and Hours

    Grade Distribution

    Text Books

    Recommended

    Please direct any course web-site related questions or comments to werd *AT* berkeley.edu. Thanks.