Chem 132, Physical Chemistry II Laboratory

Instructor: Lawrence T. Sein, Ph.D.

Office Hours: to be announced. Note that I am always accessible for questions by e-mail.

Laboratory Syllabus:

We will meet for the first lab period on 21 January 2004.

Laboratory Report Guide:

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Experimental Schedule:

01/21 - Lecture

01/28 - Experiment 1

02/04 - Experiment 2

02/11 - Experiment 3

02/18 - Experiment 4

02/25 - First Examination

03/03 - Experiment 5

03/10 - Spring break - No experiment

03/17 - Experiment 6

03/24 - Second Examination

03/31 - Experiment 7

04/07 - Experiment 8

04/14 - Experiment 9

04/21 - Experiment 10

All students will be required to possess and wear safety glasses when working in the lab

The Experiments:

Experiment 1 - Computer simulation of Rutherford experiment. Procedure

Experiment 2 - Computer simulation of Millikan oil drop experiment. Procedure

Experiment 3 - Special relativity; simulation of lifetime of mu meson. Procedure

Experiment 4 - FT-IR experiment: 3-D structure of SnI₄, 3-D structure of tri(n-propyl) borate, and 3-D structure of cobalt (III) complex

Experiment 5 - Computer exercise: Gaussian- vs. Slater-type orbitals. Procedure

Experiment 6 - Spectrum of Atomic hydrogen

Experiment 7 - Computer exercise: orbital overlap and bonding

Experiment 8 - Solvatochromism

Experiment 9 - UV-Vis spectroscopy of dyes

Experiment 10 - To be announced

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