Chemistry 360 – Physical Chemistry I Fall 2018

COURSE INFORMATION Instructor: Dr. Jean M. Standard Office: JH 222A Phone: 438-7700 email: standard@ilstu.edu Office Hours: MW 10 AM – noon, or by appointment Text: Thermodynamics, Statistical Thermodynamics, and Kinetics, 4th ed., Thomas Engel and Philip Reid, Pearson, San Francisco, CA, 2018. Course Web Site: Lecture handouts, homework solutions, old exams, and other information will be posted on the course web site, http://about.illinoisstate.edu/standard/ (then click on the link for CHE 360). Attendance Policy: It is expected that students attend all scheduled lectures. Students are responsible for the topics covered in lecture as well as any handouts, assignments, and homework problem sets distributed during lectures. Attendance is particularly important because the vast majority of exam questions will be based on information related to lecture topics, assignments, and homework problems. If you have to miss class due to an extended illness (3 or more consecutive class days) or a bereavement, contact the Dean of Students Office for assistance, 387 Student Services Building, 309-438-2008, http://deanofstudents.illinoisstate.edu. Academic Honesty: All students are expected to adhere to the Illinois State University Code of Student Conduct, which can be found at http://deanofstudents.illinoisstate.edu/conflict/conduct/code. Violations of academic honesty may result in the instructor penalizing the student with a loss of points. The exact amount deducted is at the discretion of the instructor and will vary depending on the severity of the infraction and whether or not it is a repeat offense. In certain circumstances, violations may be reported to the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution. Disability Accomodations: Any student needing to arrange a reasonable accommodation for a documented disability and/or medical/mental health condition should contact Student Access and Accommodation Services, 350 Fell Hall, 309-438-5853, http://www.studentaccess.illinoisstate.edu. Exams: Three hour exams worth 100 points plus a final exam worth 150 points will be administered during the semester. The final exam will include 75 points of cumulative material and 75 points of material covered during the last part of the semester.

Tentative Exam Dates:

Exam 1 - Wednesday, September 19 Exam 2 - Wednesday, October 17 Exam 3 - Wednesday, November 14 Final Exam - To be announced

Make-up Exam Policy: Any student who fails to take an exam and does not have a valid excuse approved by the instructor will receive a grade of 0 for that exam. A student who receives an excused absence for missing an exam must complete a make-up exam at a time to be arranged with the instructor. Projects: Three projects, worth 30 points each, will be distributed during the semester. These projects will generally be computer-based, and each one is designed to provide a more in-depth look at a particular topic in thermodynamics or kinetics. Each of the three projects will be due on a specified date. Late penalties will be assessed for projects that are turned in late. No projects will be accepted later than one week after the due date.

2 Homework: Several homework problem sets will be distributed throughout the semester, at an average rate of about one per week, and will count for a total of 40 points overall. Each homework problem set will be graded as a percentage, and the 10 best scores will be counted toward your final grade. Each homework problem set will be due at the beginning of the second lecture period after it is distributed. Answers to each homework problem set will be posted on the course web page after the due date. Grading: Grades will be assigned based on the following point totals: 3 Projects (30 points each): 90 Best 10 Homework Assignments (Ave%×40): 40 3 Hour Exams (100 points each): 300 Final Exam: 150 Total Points: 580

The grading scale is: A: 90 - 100%; B: 80 - 89%; C: 70 - 79%; D: 60 - 69%; and F: 59% and below.

COURSE OUTLINE Physical Chemistry I (CHE 360) covers primarily the areas of thermodynamics and chemical kinetics. Topics will be covered from the text more or less in order for the first 9 chapters (except for Ch. 7). Following Ch. 9, we will jump to a treatment of chemical kinetics in Chapters 18 and 19. Since we will be following the text rather closely, only a brief listing of the topics and chapters that will be covered in the course is given below. Topic Section in Engel & Reid

1. Ideal Gases, Equations of State Ch. 1

2. Mathematical Aside: Partial Derivatives ----

3. Real Gases Ch. 7

4. First Law Ch. 2

5. State Functions Ch. 3

6. Thermochemistry Ch. 4

7. Entropy, Second and Third Laws Ch. 5

8. Chemical Equilibria Ch. 6

9. Phase Equilibria Ch. 8

10. Ideal and Real Solutions Ch. 9

11. Elementary Chemical Kinetics Ch. 18

12. Complex Reaction Mechanisms Ch. 19

13. Additional Topics (if time permits)

Tentative exam coverage: Exam 1: Ch. 1-3, 7 Exam 2: Ch. 4, 5 Exam 3: Ch. 6, 8, 9 Final Exam: Ch. 18, 19 plus cumulative material