CHM 4411, Section 0819, Physical Chemistry, Fall 2008

Lecturer : Professor N. Yngve Ohrn, Office: NPB 2312, Tel: 392-1597
Office Hours: Monday and Thursday 3:00 -4:00 p.m. , and other times by appointment.
Classes: Tu, ThPeriods 2&3( 8:30 am-10:25am) , LEI 142
Text: Physical Chemistry (W. H. Freeman and Co., New York) , 8'th edition, by P. Atkins and J. de Paula,

Dates	Lecture Topic	Reading
Aug. 26&28	Preliminaries, Properties of gases	Ch. 1
Sep. 2&4	Molecules in motion	Ch. 21(1-4)
Sep. 9&11	The first law; concepts	Ch. 2(1-6)
Sep. 16&18	Thermochemistry, State functions	Ch. 2(7-12)
Sep. 23	TEST 1(class periods)	Ch. 1, Ch.21(1-4),Ch. 2
Sep. 25&30	The second law; concepts	Ch. 3(1-4)
Oct, 2&7	The second law; machinery	Ch. 3(5-9)
Oct. 9&14	Physical transformations of pure substances	Ch. 4(1-3)
Oct. 16&21	Phase stability, Phase transitions	Ch. 4(4-7)
Oct. 23&28	Simple mixtures	Ch. 5(1-9), Ch. 6
Oct. 30	TEST 2 (class periods)	Ch. 1, Ch. 2, Ch. 3, and Ch. 4
Nov. 4&6	Chemical equilibrium	Ch. 7
Nov. 13&18	Rates of chemical reactions	Ch. 22, Ch. 23(1)
Nov. 20	Statistical thermodynamics	Ch.16
Nov. 25	TEST 3	Ch. 1-Ch.7, Ch.21(1-4), Ch.22, Ch23(1)
Nov. 28&Dec. 2	Statistical thermodynamics; Applications	Ch. 17(1.2)
Dec. 4&9	REVIEW
Dec. 9	Takehome final exam.(Due Dec. 18 in NPB 2312, before 4:00pm)

Holidays: Sep.1, Oct. 24&25, Nov. 11

Attendance in class is required of all students .
The final grade: is based on Test 1 (10%), Test 2 (15%), Test 3 (20%), Final (45%), and Homework (10%), There are no makeup tests offered in this course.

Tests will have BONUS problems.
Homework is assigned on Thursdays and is due in class the following Thursday. Late Homework will not count towards the final grade.
Grading scheme: 100-90% A; 89-75%B; 74-60% C; 59-50% D; <50% E.
Course objective: Knowing all fundamental definitions and understanding the basic concepts of thermodynamics. Developing ability to solve problems exemplified by homework and tests.
The University's honesty policy should be familiar to all students (http://www.chem.ufl.edu/~itl.honor.html)
Students requesting classroom accomodation must first register with the Dean of Students Office. Documentation from the Dean's Office must be presented by the student to the instructor.