Announcements

1. 11/28/2001 (Wed)
   • No class on 11/30 (Fri). Instead, I'd like you to attend to one of the lectures of the CMC International Symposium: New Trends in Chemical Biology held at Ki-ki-won. (This is not obligatory at all, though. Just recommended.)
   • On 11/30 (Fri), there'll be another symposium, Recent Advances for Structure-Based Drug Development, held at Pharmaceutical department (142-dong). So, you can choose to attend one of the lectures from either symposium.
   • Let's learn Maple (Mathematical software) together! It might be already installed on computers in the computing center and the libraries. You could also download and install it to computers yourself. [Informed by Seong-Hae Yoon. Thanks!] You could download some documents and examples of calculus and linear algebra from from the Maple course of KAIST math department.[informed by Jinkuk Choi. Thanks!]
     
   
   
2. 11/12/2001 (Mon)
   • Assignment (due 11/16(Fri)): Daily life example using colligative properties
     
   
   
3. 11/09/2001 (Fri)
   • Mid-term Exam (11/7(Wed) 7-9 pm room 22-403):
     Problem set: pdf; Answers: pdf's (1| 2| 3| 4) gif's (1| 2| 3| 4)
   • Pre-note: the rest of Ch. 6 (due 11/12 (Mon), Ch. 7 (due 11/14 (Wed))
   • Exercise (Chapter 6): 1, 2, 9, (18 or 20), (27 or 28)
   
   
4. 10/15/2001 (Mon)
   • No class on 10/15 (Mon), an institutional holiday. Instead, I would like you to attend the annual Seo-Nam lecture on 10/16 (Tue) and/or 10/17 (Wed). This year's lecture will be given by Dr. Jean-Marie Lehn, Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 1987. Please visit chem.snu.ac.kr for details.
   • Assignment (due 10/17 (Wed)): Pre-note (Ch.4 and/or Tinoco), exercises (Ch.3), and Nobel prize summary.
   
   
5. 10/12/2001 (Fri)
   • No class on 10/12 (Fri).
   
   
6. 10/08/2001 (Mon)
   • No class on 10/10 (Wed). There'll be a class on 10/12 (Fri).
   • The 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was announced today on October 8. This year's prize went to Dr. Leland H. Hartwell, Dr. R. Tim Hunt, and Dr. Paul M. Nurse. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry will be announced on October 10. Please summarize the highlights of the contributions of this year's Nobel Laureates (Physiology and Chemistry) in one sheet. Due 10/12 (Fri).
     
   • Pre-note assignment (Due 10/12 (Fri)): to Chapter 4.3
   • Chapter 3 Exercise assignment (Due 10/15 (Mon)): 1, (2 or 3 or 4), 5, 9, 12, 20, 21, 25(a), 25(d), 28, 30
   
   
7. 09/21/2001 (Fri)
   • No pre-note assignment
   • Reminder! Chapter 1 Exercise assignment: Due 9/24 (Mon)
   • Excercise assignment (Due 9/28 Fri): 2.3, 2.7, 2.11, 2.14, 2.17, 2.18, 2.25
   
   
8. 09/19/2001 (Wed)
   • Chapter 2. Lecture note: State University of West Georgia Chem3510
     

     (You can bring the printout to the class, if you'd like to.)

   • Prenote assignment (Due 9/21 Fri): Chapter 3. pp.57-66
   • Thinking assignment: the sign convention of work
   • Q: van der Waals equation of state: Why V-nb rather than V+nb?

     Clue: Let's focus on the effect on p [= RT/(V-nb) - a(n/V)^2].

     p would be higher due to the reduction in free volume (i.e. repulsion).

     p(vdW) [= RT/(V-nb)] > p(ideal) [= RT/V] (where b > 0)

   • Biography of Johannes Diderik van der Waals (Nobel Laureate in Physics 1910)
   
   
9. 09/17/2001 (Mon)
   • Prenote assignment (Due 9/19 Wed): Chapter 2. the rest of it (pp.47-53)
   • Excercise assignment (Due 9/24 Mon): 1.18, 1.20, 1.26, 1.30
   
   
10. 09/14/2001 (Fri)
    • No pre-note assignment
    • Homework: Derivation of Maxwell distribution of speed,

      mean speed, rms speed, the most probable speed

    • Reading assignment:
      • University of Washington Statistical Mechanics Lecture Notes [all]

        Kinetic theory of gases

        Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution derived

        Molecular collisions

      • Buck's Theoretical Chemistry

        Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution derived

      • Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution: Davidson College (Virtual experiments)
      • Atkins, Physical Chemistry

        pdf's: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12

    
    
11. 09/10/2001 (Mon)
    • No pre-note assignment
    • Excercises assignment (due date: 09/17 Mon): 1.3, 1.4, 1.6, 1.9, 1.15, 1.17
    • Q: Why p = p0 exp(-h/H) where p is atmospheric pressure and h is altitude?

      A: Because dp/dh (= density x g) is proportional -p (Gases are compressible).

    
    
12. 09/07/2001 (Fri)
    • Pre-note assignment: Chap 1. pp.28-34
    
    
13. 09/05/2001 (Wed)
    • Exercises assignment: 0.1(a), 0.1(d), 0.2, 0.4, 0.8
    • Pre-note assignment: Chap 1. pp.21-27
    
    
14. 09/03/2001 (Mon)
    • Welcome to Basic Physical Chemistry course!
    • Pre-note assignment 1: Chap 0. Introduction (pp.1-9)
    • Pre-note assignment 2: Chap 1. (pp.11-20)

Last Updated on September 18, 2001, 7:00 pm