Chemistry453

	Course Syllabus (PDF Format)
	Clue Chemistry Tutoring for Chemistry 453 (contact: Ryan Carlson rjc@uw.edu)

Sunday: Mary Gates Hall 7p-12a

Tuesday: Mary Gates Hall 7p-12a and Poplar Hall 7-10p

Thursday: Mary Gates Hall 7-10p

Lectures (PDF Format)

Week 1	1/05 Introduction-1	1/07 Statistical Entropy	1/09 Boltzmann Distribution Law
Week 2	1/12 Partition Function	1/14 Energy Ladder	1/16 Chemical potential
Week 3	1/19 Holiday	1/21 Equilibrium	1/23 Helix-Coil
Week 4	1/26 Zipper Model-2	1/28 Bragg-Zimm Model	1/30 Ligand Binding
Week 5	2/02 Sequential Binding	2/04 Concerted Binding	2/06 Midterm
Week 6	2/09 Quantized Energies-2	2/11 Quantized translations-2	2/13
Week 7	2/16 Holiday	2/18	2/20 Quantized Vibrations
Week 8	2/23	2/25 particle-in-a-ring	2/27 rigid rotor
Week 9	3/02 Electron Motions	3/04 Molecular Partition functions	3/06 K and q, U, Cv for Larger Molecules
Week 10	3/09 Activated Kinetics (TST)	3/11 Diffusion	3/13 Diffusion & Kinetics
Week 11	3/16 Section A Final	3/17 Section B Final

Note: Corrections to Lecture 21. The rule for linear polyatomics is there are 3N-5 vibrations for a molecule with N atoms. For carbon dioxide N=3 so 3N-5=4. For non-linear molecules like water the rule is 3N-6. For water 3N-6=3. See lecture 21.

Announcements for Homework 1 and all other Homework Assignments:

Completed Homework Assignments should be scanned into .pdf files and deposited into the dropbox on the Canvas (not the Catalyst) Web site. Homework Solutions will be posted on the Canvas Web site after the time on the date due.

Tutorials will be held at 830 and 1030 on March 12 to discuss final exam topics and HW 8. HW 8 will be due at midnight Friday March 13.

Homework

Final Exam for Chem 453A: 830-1020 16 March