Last updated on Monday, November 5, 2001 at 8:40 am
  • Dr. Abraham is visiting from OU today, so I'll be pretty busy. Quick questions are OK, just drop in.
  • The PLE for Monday's class is ready.
  • Checkout this cool movie of water boiling at zero gravity (weightless).
  • This week's in laboratory we are doing Experiment 9: Potentiometric Determination of an Equilibrium Constant. Check out the laboratory link for important information about this experiment and the pre-laboraory questions.
  • Exam III is scheduled for Wednesday, November 7, 2001 at 7:00 pm in PS141 or PS101. Go to the same rooms you've been going to for Exam I and II.
  • No lecture is scheduled for Friday, November 9 or Monday, November 12, 2001. Dr. Rockley will be covering lecture on Wednesday, November 14, 2001 and I'll be back from all my travels on Friday, November 16, 2001.
  • Remember we agreed PS11 is due on Monday, November 5, 2001 at the beginning of class.
  • Here is a nice table of Ka's and Kb's for you. It has C2H5NH2 also.
  • PS11.5c should be HCO3- NOT HCO32-.
  • Help session schedule;

    • Monday, November 5, 2001 from 5:15 - 6:45 pm in PS141

  • PS12 is ready.
  • Right now the class average is 62%. This is down a few % from where we were just before this exam. Even though the exam average was low, the class average has fallen only a little bit.
  • New grades are now available (as of 10/19/01). Note that I now have grades for each part of the course: homework, lab and exam. With that information I can predict your final course %. That % is located in the lower left corner of the page. That is what I PREDICT. Check the General Information link on our web site to see what grade is equivalent to the %. If you have any questions e-mail me, or drop by. I'm out of town on Thursday (most), but I'll be around on Friday. Any errors in your grades see your TA.
  • Oklahoma EPSCoR is sponsoring a 'Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology (SMET) Career Options Conference on Saturday, November 3, 2001 from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm in the Atrium of the Noble Research center. The conference is focusing on freshman women and will stress non-traditional career options. There will be a panel of outstanding women scientists from Oklahoma, tours of research laboratories at OSU, and free food. For more info and a form to receive an invitation to this conference contact Dr. G, or Shelley Holland, NRS Room 127, 744-9964.
  • The new grade access form is working. To get your grades you click on our grade link. Your name is the first initial of your first name and your last name as a lowercase string. For example, John Gelder is jgelder. Your password is the SID# that you gave me when you completed the SID form on our web site. If you have any problems send me an e-mail. It is working now but exam grades are not up yet.
  • The Syllabus has been updated to accommodate the 2-week Qualitative Cation Analysis laboratory.
  • BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! CHANGE IN DAY for EXAM 3! Exam 3 has been changed to Wednesday, November 7, 2001 from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Originally scheduled for Thursday, November 15, 2001. Due to my travel schedule I leave for Princeton, New Jersey on November 8 and I will not be back until Tuesday, November 14. I do not want to have our 3rd exam scheduled such that I am gone the whole week before the exam, so I've made this change. Please update your calenders. Sorry for the change. All other exam dates are firm.
  • Dr. Materer has been assisting me with a new Grade display page. The new page will only display your individual grade. To access your grades in CHEM 1515 (when I begin posting) you will need an SID#/Name. So be sure to complete the form on our web site to tell me what your SID is.
  • You should know the cations and anions in Tables 2.3 and 2.5 on pages 67 and 69 in Silberberg.
  • Here is a list of the laboratory sections
    •

    Lab Section #

    Lab Day

    Time

    TA

    1

    Monday

    8:30 pm - 11:20 pm

    Andy McGee

    2

    Tuesday

    8:30 pm - 11:20 pm

    Kevin Tran

    3

    Tuesday

    12:30 pm - 3:20 pm

    Tyler Johannes

    4

    Tuesday

    12:30 pm - 3:20 pm

    Ben Flint

    5

    Tuesday

    5:30 pm - 8:20 pm

    Matt Stephens

    6

    Wednesday

    8:30 pm - 11:20 pm

    Andy McGee
  • The TA's e-mail addresses are;

    • Andy McGee/Sections 1&6/mcgeeaj@earthlink.net , Kevin Tran/Section 2/kt18sh21@hotmail.com, Tyler Johannes /Sections 3/johanne@okstate.edu, Ben Flint/Section 4/benjam4444@juno.com, Matt Stephens/Section 5/matt_stephens79@hotmail.com.

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