• Stephanie, I have your arm brace!!! Come by my office (PS155).

  • Remember Examination #1 is scheduled for Thursday, September 25th.

  • Chemical and Engineeering News, Vol. 75, #36, September 8, 1997 published an article indicating that the International Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry has reached a compromise on the names of elements 101 through 109. The list of is shown below;

    • Element

    Name

    Symbol

    101

    Mendelevium

    Md

    102

    Nobelium

    No

    103

    Lawrencium

    Lr

    104

    Rutherfordium

    Rf

    105

    Dubium

    Db

    106

    Seaborgium

    Sg

    107

    Bohrium

    Bh

    108

    Hassium

    Hs

    109

    Meitnerium

    Mt

    Having come to closure on these elements the IUPAC is ready to tackle naming elements 110, 111 and 112.

  • Laboratory next week (Experiment #2: Separation of Mixtures). Do the pre-laboratory questions before coming to laboratory!!! If you do not the teaching assistants have been authorized to deduct 4 points from your final laboratory score for Experiment #2. Be sure to read your experiment before class. The experiment is long and the more you understand before beginning the experiment the more efficient you will work.

  • Memorize the correct spelling and the element symbols for the first twenty elements in the Periodic Table as well as other 'common' elements with atomic numbers greater than 20.

  • Memorize Tables 2.4 and 2.5 in the textbook (Common Ions listed on the last page of the textbook). These tables contain common cations and anions which will be used when we discuss nomenclature.

  • This year celebrates 100 years since the discovery of the electron (WOW!!). Check out this site to learn way cool stuff about the electron.

  • Here is a way cool Periodic Table. You can see the reaction of sodium with water and the reaction of potassium with water from this site. I know we have not talked about the Periodic Table yet, but who cares!

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    Important links for CHEM 1314

    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

    Problem Set #2

    Problem Set #3

    Problem Set #4