Last updated on Friday, September 7, 2001 at 8:30 am
  • Problem set #3 is available at the Problem Set link.
  • We were un able to discuss the ideas needed to solve problems like PS2.9 or PS2.10 in lecture on Wednesday. So you will not have to do those two problems on PS2. PS2 is due at the beginning of class on Friday, September 7, 2001, but you do not have to do PS2.9 or PS2.10.
  • Hey, I forgot to mention HELP Session! tonight, Wednesday, September 5, 2001 beginning at 8:00 pm in PS141. I'll answers questions on PS2, or laboratory, or from problems at the end of Chapter 12.
  • The Syllabus has been updated to accommodate the 2-week Qualitative Cation Analysis laboratory.
  • Answers to RPS and PS#1 are posted at the Problem Set link. You need Adobe Acrobat Reader to see the answers. If you do not have the Reader get is from Adobe. There is a link at the Plug-ins link on our Web Site.
  • Laboratory for the week of September 3, 2001 is Qualitative Cation Analysis. The experiment write-up for this laboratory was distributed in lecture on Friday, August 31, 2001. If you did not get a copy of this laboratory drop by my office (PS155) to get one. You will not use the laboratory write-up in your CHEM 1515 laboratory manual. However, you must answer the Pre-Laboratory questions on Experiment #2 in your laboratory manual.
  • Problem Set #2 was distributed in lecture on Wednesday, August 29, 2001. If you did not get a PS2 get it at the Problem Set link.
  • 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.
  • In RPS.6 use Ca(OH)2(s) rather than Ca(OH)2(aq). Instead of Appendix C in Brown, LeMay and Bursten use Appendix B in Silberberg.
  • You should know the cations and anions in Tables 2.3 and 2.5 on pages 67 and 69 in Silberberg.
  • Want some EXTRA CREDIT? Complete the form at the SID#/Name link.
  • Be sure to bring your textbook and a calculator to laboratory the first week of classes. Yes, the CHEM 1515 laboratory does meet this week (August 20 - 24). (See the CHEM 1515 Syllabus)
  • Here is a list of the laboratory sections that are open and closed:
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    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
  • Sitting around with nothing to do? We are going to begin lecture on Wednesday, January 17th discussing Chapter 12 in Silberberg. I recommend you review Chapters 9, 10 and 11 before class. In particular, refresh your recall of drawing Lewis structures, the concept of electronegativity, ionic and covalent bonds, bond polarity, molecular polarity, molecular shape (in particular central atoms with 2, 3 and 4 groups of electrons), valence bond theory, and hybridization. Check out lecture notes from CHEM 1314. In particular look at;
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    Lecture Notes on Ionic compounds.

    Lecture on Ionic and Net Ionic equations from CHEM 1314

    Lecture Notes on Covalent compounds and electronegativity.

    Lecture on Covalent bonds and electronegativity from CHEM 1314

    Lecture Notes on Lewis structures.

    Lecture on Lewis Structures from CHEM 1314

    Lecture Notes on Valence Shell Electron-Pair Repulsion.

    Lecture on VSEPR from CHEM 1314

    A second lecture on VSEPR from CHEM 1314

    Lecture Notes on Valence Bond Theory and Hybrization.

     

  • 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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