Remember PS#2 is due at the beginning of class on Friday. Also remember if you are in the 8:30 a.m. class the problem set must be turned in at 8:30 a.m. NOT 12:30 p.m. If you are in the 8:30 a.m. class and you turn your problem set in at 12:30 p.m. I will count it as late!
A substance which is soluble to the extent of 1 mL in 2000 mLs is not very soluble.
Several TA's have indicated some students have used terms like corrosive, or reacts with skin as an example of a chemical property in PS1.1. While reacting with skin is an example of a chemical property I expect something more specific. For a chemical property I want the reaction with another pure substance (element or compound) and what the new product formed will be. I will not count 'corrosive', 'reacts with skin' or other responses of that nature for credit on the exam (if I asked a question like that).
For information to help solve Problem 2.1 try using the Merck Index which is available in my office and in the Library. I've placed the Library's copy on Reserve. It should be available to checkout for no more than 2-hours beginning late Saturday or early Sunday. The Merck Index provides useful information arranged alphabetically by compound name. Each compound listing has information like physical properties, solubility and reactivity. Some of the information provided for each substance uses abbreviations. Check the front of the Index for a listing of the abbreviations.
I just talked with Barbara Miller in the Library and she indicates that the Internet computers in the Library should have the Shockwave plugin so that you will be able to run the animations which I run in class. However, students can not print from these computers. The PETE computers do not have the plugin for the animations. The best time to use the Library's Internet computers is before 10 a.m. or after 11 p.m.
Be sure to purchase your laboratory manual this week!
Remember laboratories are meeting this week. If you missed laboratory last week you will need to view the safety videotape this week. This week is Check-in...do not lose your locker key!
I've got our second exam date changed to Wednesday, October 7, 1998 at 5:30 p.m. Please make a note of this.
Print your own copy of the CHEM 1215 Syllabus and General Information.
Need a periodic table link? Check this one out. Oh...BTW please memorize the spelling of the first twenty elements in the periodic table, plus some of the common elements with atomic numbers greater than 20.
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Problem Sets
Here are pdf versions of the problem sets. You will need a version of the Adobe Acrobat Reader to read/print these files.
Problem Set #1 (Due Wednesday, August 26, 1998)
Problem Set #2 (Due Friday, September 4, 1998)
Problem Set #3 (Due Friday, September 11, 1998)
Exams
Here are sample exams from a previous CHEM 1215 I taught.
- Exam I
- Exam II
- Exam III