Announcements for Monday, March 16, 1998
WECOME BACK!!! Missed doing Chemistry I bet!?
Just a few reminders;
PS8 is due on Wednesday, March 18,
1998
PS9 is due on Monday, March 23, 1998
The Photometric Determination of an
Equilibrium Constant is due at the
beginning of laboratory/discussion this
week.
This week's laboratory is Experiment
#9: Determination of an Equilibrium
Constant for a Weak Acid. We have not
covered the material which would allow
you to answer #1d and #4 of the
pre-laboratory questions for this
experiment. In 1d assume the pH is
approximately 9 so you can answer 1e.
We'll wait on #4.
How about a HELP Session on Tuesday evening at 7:30
p.m.? I will have to reserve a room but we'll tentatively
go with PS141.
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The AVERAGE for Exam 2 was 52.7. Congratulation! (On
the average). The high score was 90 by Benjamin Flint in
Dr. Lucas' section. Way to go Ben! Monday, March 16 we'll
celebrate in class with a certificate, bumper stickers,
periodic table and whatever I find on the beach in
Washington (that does not smell up my luggage).
Remember NO CLASS ON FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1998. But you
can still work on your Problem Set!
Currently I have migrated all of the files with the
exception of the LectureNotes to the new server. If you
encounter any problems please contact me via e-mail or
call (47005).
So you love mathematics and can multiply
11 x 16 in your head, or figure out if 112347 is
divisible by 3 in 10 femtoseconds. Then you should
consider the Freshman Math Contest on Saturday April 18,
1998 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in MS101. Register in
the Math Department (MS401) by April 10th. WIN CASH AND
BOOKS! You must be a freshman, or have fewer than 28
college credits counting towards graduation, excluding AP
credit from High School.
Justin Brooks has done it again. He has
made an Excel
spreadsheet which allows you to enter your grades for
homework, laboratory and exams and it will calculate what
your grade is in class. This is VERY handy and if you
fool around with it you can figure out what you need to
do to get a particular grade. Thanks Justin!
Here are grades that I
have as of today (Saturday, March 14, 1998).
Problem Set #8 and #9 are ready. Get
them here.
Engineering Student Services is offering
FREE Tutoring to CHEM1515 students. From 6:00 p.m to 8:00
p.m. on Tuesday(s) in Drummond 5. If you need more
information contact Dr. Nichols at CEAT Student Services.
SCHOLARSHIP INFO: Dr. Robert Graalman
(Director of University Scholarships) is organizing the
Phi Kappa Phi Scholarships for this year's awards. He has
application forms for the sophomore $500 awards (for any
OSU student).
Important
Laboratory issues:
How many
of you out there no how to graph data? Using
Excel? Some other software? If you think
you are going to need some help send me an e-mail
or say something to me in class. We may want to
discuss this during a future HELP Session.
This brings up an important point
that I need to make regarding Pre-laboratory
Questions. These questions MUST be completed before
beginning the laboratory. If they are not completed
when the TA checks them 3 points will automatically
be deducted from the total points you earn for that
particular laboratory experiment. Additionally if any
of the points for that experiment are associated with
the pre-laboratory questions you will also loose
those points. I would predict that a student could
loose from 3 to 5 points for NOT completing the
pre-laboratory questions.
Be sure to take your calculator and
your textbook with you to laboratory. Since the first
50 minutes of the laboratory period is
discussion/problem solving you will want to ask
questions about problem sets and or lecture.
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