CHEM 4511: Physical Chemistry 1 Spring 2015 Instructor: Prof. J. M. Weber

Requirement: –CHEM 3311 or 3351 –MATH 2400 or APPM 2350 –PHYS 1110 or 2020 (all minimum grade C-). –Requires prerequisite or corequisite course of PHYS Class hours: MWF 10:00 am to 10:50 am Office Hours: M: noon – 1 pm TF: 11:15 am – noon Technicalities(1)

Technicalities(2) Locations: –JILA tower A709 –phone – –web site: Exam schedule: –Two-hour exams: February 10, March 10, April pm, EDUC 220 –Final Exam: date, time, and location TBA

Technicalities(3) Problem sets (homework): –usually handed out (i.e. posted on course web site) on Wednesdays, to be returned the following Wednesdays before class –homework will be graded by graduate student Grant Buckingham –credits accumulated over the semester determine your homework performance grade. Everyone may drop one homework assignment without penalty. Travel: Due to conference travel, I will not give lectures from Feb. 23 – March 4. Grant Buckingham will give the lectures in my stead. As the 2-hr exams are held outside of class hours, some class hours may be cancelled.

Technicalities(4) Additional lectures (voluntary): There may be some voluntary additional lectures to cover some material in more depth, review some math and physics, or do some computer experiments to enhance learning. They may take place on some Thursdays 6 pm – 7 pm, will be announced. Final grades: –Homework performance: 40% –Clicker questions (participation) 5% –Average of the two-hour-exams: 30% –Final exam: 25%

Technicalities(5) Textbooks: Required: Atktins & de Paula “Physical Chemistry” Please note that reading material will be part of homework and relevant for exams. Optional: James R. Barrante “Applied Mathematics for Physical Chemistry”

Clicker Questions and PowerPoint Slides will be posted on the course web site! Homework Assignments This Week Read Atkins & de Paula, “Foundations” Chapter (particularly A and B) before class on Friday, January 16 Problem Set 1 will be posted on later today, due before class on Friday, January 16

Robert Boyle (1627–1691) Boyle’s Law wikipedia.org at fixed temperature T and amount of substance n wikipedia.org PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY: THERMODYNAMICS, STRUCTURE, AND CHANGE 10E | PETER ATKINS | JULIO DE PAULA “isotherms” (curves “at the same temperature; “iso” – the same)

Boyle’s Law “isotherms” (curves “at the same temperature; “iso” – the same) at fixed temperature T and amount of substance n PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY: THERMODYNAMICS, STRUCTURE, AND CHANGE 10E | PETER ATKINS | JULIO DE PAULA

Jacques Alexandre César Charles (1746 – 1843 ) Charles’ Law (Gay-Lussac Law) at fixed pressure p and amount of substance n Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778 – 1850 ) “isobars” (curves “at the same pressure; “iso” – the same) PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY: THERMODYNAMICS, STRUCTURE, AND CHANGE 10E | PETER ATKINS | JULIO DE PAULA wikipedia.org

Amedeo Avogadro (1776 – 1856 ) Avogadro’s Principle Image from wikipedia.org at fixed pressure p and temperature T

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY: QUANTA, MATTER, AND CHANGE 2E| PETER ATKINS| JULIO DE PAULA | RONALD FRIEDMAN ©2014 W. H. FREEMAN D COMPANY PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY: THERMODYNAMICS, STRUCTURE, AND CHANGE 10E | PETER ATKINS | JULIO DE PAULA ©2014 W. H. FREEMAN AND COMPANY CHAPTER 1: FIGURE 1A.6

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY: QUANTA, MATTER, AND CHANGE 2E| PETER ATKINS| JULIO DE PAULA | RONALD FRIEDMAN ©2014 W. H. FREEMAN D COMPANY PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY: THERMODYNAMICS, STRUCTURE, AND CHANGE 10E | PETER ATKINS | JULIO DE PAULA ©2014 W. H. FREEMAN AND COMPANY CHAPTER 1: FIGURE 1A.7