Chemistry 13H
Spring 1999
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Professor Paul S. Weiss
Office: 407 Davey Laboratory
Phone: (814) 865-3693
E-mail: stm@psu.edu
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Office Hours: Drop in or by appointment
Send e-mail to Paul
Secretary: Connie Smith
Office: 222 Davey Laboratory
Phone: (814) 863-0119
E-mail: cmf11@psu.edu
Assistant: Dr. Lloyd A. Bumm
Office: 116 Davey Laboratory
Phone: (814) 863-5516
E-mail: lab12@psu.edu
Instant Messenger: LABumm
Office hours: Tuesday 1:30-2:30 PM and by appointment
Send e-mail to Lloyd
Grader: Christie Vu
Office: 316 Whitmore
Phone: x5-2009
E-mail: bcv3@psu.edu
AIM: chmhead2
Send e-mail to Christie.
Our Amazing Demonstrator: John Cryder
Office 12 Osmond (at the front of the lecture hall)
Phone: (814) 865-5542
E-mail: jcc14@psu.edu
We will have excellent guest lecturers. Stay tuned.
Text
While we will use Brown, Lemay, and Bursten, 7th edition (the same book as used in Chem 12, 12H, and 13), we will also use much supplementary material and www links.
Learning in Chem 13H
This is an exciting course for many reasons. We are able to cover many of the highlights of chemistry in a relatively informal way. This introduction is meant to guide you through many future years of scientific thinking and discussion, citizenship, and possibly even more chemistry.
Much of what you learn, you will learn on your own or from each other. This will allow us greater latitude in class. For instance, nearly every Friday class will be a discussion. If you have topics to discuss and know in advance, let us (instructors and classmates) know so that we can prepare for a higher level discussion.
While we will cover everything in the regular (Chem 13) version of this course, we will do it faster (!) in order to allow us to pursue many other additional topics. This will require a great deal of work on your part. Please be prepared for it and budget the time for it. Anticipate that the lectures, the readings, and the homeworks will be complementary rather than overlapping. You will be responsible for the material from all of these sources. Similarly, your participation in class is required both for discussions and for the education of your classmates and professor. There is little that we plan to say that is so critical that a good classroom discussion would not be preferable.
Unlike other general chemistry classes, we will cover how it is that we know what we think we do and how we test that understanding. We will develop an understanding of what experiments and theory are required to answer fundamental chemical and scientific questions.
The Elements.
Photography Information at Kodak.
Comets from Sky and Telescope magazine.
The Bends Story
Comment on the bends by Prof. Gold
A little information on rechargeable batteries.
Something on Aluminum.
Quantum control of atoms, etc.
Radon information from the US Geological Survey.
Dupont Nylon page.
Magnetic Resonance Image of a brain.
View biological molecules at NIH's Molecules R Us.
Enzymes -- 3D Views and related links.
Scanning probe microscopy (our research) discussion. See my group's main web page and associated links.
Natural radioactivity and other links.
Feynman Lecture: "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom"
Energy conversions and Physical Constants from NIST
Last
week's seminars.
Here are this
week's seminars for all of the Eberly
College of Science!
Here are next
week's seminars for the Eberly
College of Science.
Monday 11 January 1999 Lecturers: Paul Weiss, Lloyd Bumm, Joe Keiser
Introduction (Weiss), Lab Classes (Keiser), Acids & Bases I
Some of you asked where Paul was when he taught remotely...This was the meeting:
JRCAT Workshop on Technology for Identifying & Manipulating Atoms and Molecules,
The 2nd Workshop on Scanning Probe and Nanoelectronics (SP-Nano '99), and
The 3rd Asian Conference on Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (Asian STM '99),
Tuesday 12 January - Thursday 14 January 1999, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
HW:
Find this website (you have did it!). Turn in address on Wednesday 13 January.
Wednesday 13 January 1999 Lecturer: Lloyd Bumm
Acids & Bases II
Read: Chapter 15, Sections 4.2-4, 16.1-5.
HW: Turn in class www site address.
Friday 15 January 1999
Snow day!
Monday 18 January 1999
Measurements of Single Molecules in Biology
Further:
Williams Syndrome information from the Williams Syndrome Foundation.
Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) is used to probe chromosomes using fluorescent labels. We talked about "chromosome paints."
There are commercially available probes.
Here is a quick summary on genomics.
HW Problems: 16.3-8, 11-14, 16, 18, 31-34, 82, 82, 91
Additional HW: Make up a problem that you feel best tests your knowledge of Acids & Bases up to now. It should not be a trivial extension of the assigned problems.
(NB- You will do this for every homework assignment and these will always be graded!)
Wednesday 20 January 1999
Single Molecule Measurements (cont.)
Acids and Bases III
Optical tweezers work at NIST. Check out the quicktime movie.
Building simple optical tweezers.
Check out Prof. Will Castleman's
work on solvation in clusters.
Further:
WE Moerner's group was at UCSD (and is moving to Stanford, but still has their homepage at UCSD).
Read: 16.6-7 and 16.8-11. (Two readings combined)
HW: 16.38-50, 55-58, 84, 88, 89. Also, your own problem as described for 18 January.
Thursday 21 January 1999
Check this out:
Pioneer in Nonlinear Dynamics to Give Mueller Lectures in Physics on
January 21 - This talk was cancelled. It should be rescheduled for a future date.
Friday 22 January 1999
Discussion Class:
Self-assembly
(and some related single molecule measurements.
Some links suggested by students:
Article that triggered this discussion.
National Academy Synopsis
Some random self-assembly links I have:
Self-assembly work done at IBM Zurich.
NIST Biosensor project typical of what people do with self-assembled monolayers.
The most common system studied was discovered by Penn State Prof. Dave Allara.
HW: 16.59-64, 67-70, 73-75, 78,80. Also, your own problem as described for 18 January.
Monday 25 January 1999
Acids & Bases, cont.
Periodicity
Read: Sections 7.1-4.
Wednesday 27 January 1999
Periodicity
Read: 17.1 (common ion effect), 7.1-4 (periodicity)
HW: 17.1-3,5-8
Acids & Bases (reading 17.2-3 Buffers & Titrations):
Optional:
Thursday 28 January 1999
730 PM S5 Osmond Chemistry 389 Seminar
Exploring and Controlling the Atomic-Scale World.
Research in the Weiss Group.
Friday 29 January 1999
Discussion Class
Problem solving, acid/base review, and solvation.
Read: 17.2-3 (buffers and titrations)
HW: 7.6,14,18,26,30, 17.9-12,16,18,19,25-27,29
Find a paper in the literature from 1998 or 1999 that uses one of the
techniques mentioned in the class handout on "Single Molecule Measurements"
(lecture 4) to make single molecule measurements. Critically summarize the article in
ten sentences or so. Be sure to include the reference for your article.
(For the reference format, use the reference format of the journal.) You will find such articles in both Science and Nature. You may not write on www articles although you can find papers in the archival literature using the www.
Monday 1 February 1999
Periodic Trends, cont., Acids & Bases, Solubility
Wednesday 3 February 1999
Lewis Acids & Bases, Buffers, Solubility
Read: 7.5-7, 4.5, 17.4-6
HW: 7.43,46,52,54,55
How are the following measured quantitatively: ionization energy, electron affinity?
(This latter problem will be graded in addition to the normal homework.)
Friday 5 February 1999
Measurements of Periodic Properties Discusssed & Acid Strength vs. Structure
Read:
HW: 17.31-34,40,43,46,51,52,55,56,81,89
How are the following measured quantitatively: covalent & ionic radii?
(This latter problem will be graded in addition to the normal homework.)
Monday 8 February 1999
Solubility, Diffraction
Read: Sections 19.1-3.
Be prepared to explain the relative acid strengths of:
H2SO4 vs. H2SO3 and
H2SO4 vs. H2SeO4
Wednesday 10 February 1999
Exam Review of Material to date
Bring questions/problems
Read: Sections 19.4-7
HW: 19.1-2,4-5,14-15,28.
Friday 12 February 1999
Exam #1
Covering through the lecture on Monday 8 February
Monday 15 February 1999
Go over Exam &
Thermodynamics I:
Spontaneity, Enthalpy, Entropy
Read: 19.4-7
HW: 19.31,34-36,43,44,46-49,54,61,62
Wednesday 17 February 1999
Thermodynamics II:
Free Energy, Equilibrium Constants, and Work
(No reading, homework. Use the time to consider discussion topics.)
Friday 19 February 1999
Discussion Class:
Biointerfaces, X-ray Diffraction of DNA, High index of refraction in Bose Condensate
The diffraction demo is from a visitor we had last year: Prof. Amand Lucas, of Namur, Belgium.
He prepared it for a TV show on How X-rays Cracked the Structure of DNA.
An elegantly simple optical diffraction demonstration with an inexpensive laser pointer is used to show the way in
which x-rays can reveal the structure of crystals in particular the double helix structure of DNA.
HW: Pick out a recent journal article (try Science or Nature) of keen scientific interest to you and write a 10 sentence critical synopsis. Choose a topic that involves chemistry in some way. Attach a copy of the paper.
You may use www resources as a guide, but you must use the archival literature as your source.
Project: Select your element for the poster and paper (from a hat!).
Monday 22 February 1999
Thermodynamics III:
Equilibrium Constants, Work, and Measurements
Read: 8.10, 20.1-4
Wednesday 24 February 1999
Electrochemistry
Read: 20.8-10
HW: 20.1-3,5,6,8,10,12-14,24,25
Friday 26 February 1999
Discussion Class: Manipulating Electrochemical Reactions & Thermodynamics
HW: 20.61-63,66,71-73,76,92-94,101
Monday 1 March 1999
Batteries & Electrolysis
Read: 23.7-8
HW:
Wednesday 3 March 1999
Electrolysis II &
Transition Metal Ions & Complexes I
Read: 24.1-2
HW: 23.31,33-36,38,40
Friday 5 March 1999 (Guest lecturer: Lloyd)
Photography Discussion Class
HW: 24.1-4,9,10
Monday 15 March 1999 (Guest lecturer: Lloyd)
Transition Metals II: Color & Spin
Wednesday 17 March 1999 (Guest lecturer: Lloyd)
Descriptive Chemistry I: H/O
Read: 22.1-2,5-6
HW: 22.5-7,10,11-16,19-20,35-38,40-42,96-98
Friday 19 March 1999 (Guest lecturer: Lloyd)
Descriptive Chemistry II: O, Chalcogenides
Read: 22.7-8
HW: 22.51-53,57-58,60-61,63-64,66-68
Monday 22 March 1999
Descriptive Chemistry III: N,C
Read: 22.3,9-10
HW: 22.21-22,69-73,75-76,81,83,94
Wednesday 24 March 1999
Descriptive Chemistry IV: C, Rare Gases
HW: Poster/paper Outline
Friday 26 March 1999
Discussion Class:
Fullerenes & MetCars
First two Posters:
Mg Kathryn Burleigh
Mn Kate Bulinski
Sunday 28 March 1999
600 PM Elements of Life Poster session -- 2nd Floor Osmond/Davey overpass.
For some guidance, see Steve Block's Poster Preparation Link (Steve Block's Group Page)
Pizza provided.
POSTERS:
Al Allison Carey
B Dave Norris
Ca Kirstin Milks
Co David Kim
Cu Hallie Brink
Fe Steve Collins
Hg Rachel Reynolds
Na/K Suzanne Bisceglia
Pt Thomas DiLazaro
Sr Morgan Mihok
Tc Ashwin Krishnaswamy
V Christine Wolfe
Zn Matthew Sandel
Mystery Element Erica Froelich-Blumer
Monday 29 March 1999
Presentations: What Worked +
Kinetics I
Read: 14.1-3
Wednesday 31 March 1999
Kinetics II
Read: 14.4-6
HW: 14.2,4,5,9,12,16,17,23,24
Friday 2 April 1999 (Guest lecturer: Tom Mallouk of the Center for Miscellaneous Chemistry)
Discussion Class:
Fuel Cells
Fuel Cells
In the news, too.
BTW- Check out:
Energy conversions and Physical Constants from NIST
(Links courtesy of Lloyd)
HW: 14.27,30,31,35,39,43,44,48,50
Monday 5 April 1999
Metals & Materials I
Choose materials or schedule (oral) exam #2.
Wednesday 7 April 1999
Exam Review of Material to date
Bring questions/problems
Please attend Prof. Gabor Somorjai's talks this week.
Friday 9 April 1999 (Guest lecturer Lloyd A. Bumm)
Materials II: Polymers
Monday 12 April 1999
Fullerenes and Related Molecules
Papers due.
Turn in two copies.
Also include typed on a separate sheet:
1/2 sheet summary with your name, element, and the highlights of your presentation and/or paper. -- This is for your classmates.
If you can create electronic versions, we can post and link them.
Wednesday 14 April 1999
Metallurgy I
Read: 23.1-3
Friday 16 April 1999
Discussion Class: Chemical and Biological Warfare Defense
Read: 23.4-6
HW: 23.1,9-13,23,24,27
Sunday 18 April 1999
600 PM Materials Poster session -- 2nd Floor Osmond/Davey overpass.
POSTERS:
Automotive catalytic converters Hallie Brink
Liquid crystals Kate Bulinski
Shape memory alloys Allison Carey
Joint replacement implant materials Steve Collins
PVC Thomas DiLazaro
Aerogel Erica Froelich-Blumer
SiC Ashwin Krishnaswamy
Solar cells (solid state) Morgan Mihok
Artificial skin Kirstin Milks
Diode lasers (and/or light-emitting diodes) Rachel Reynolds
Ion-selective membranes Matthew Sandel
Monday 19 April 1999
Nuclear Reactions I
Read: 21.1, 21.4-6
Wednesday 21 April 1999 (Guest Lecturer: Michael J. Natan. Here is his research group)
Nanoparticles
HW: 21.1-6,12,13,16,19,23,24; and
Choose a metal that was not discussed in the poster sessions (no transuranium elements without prior permission).
In one page or less:
1) Identify its source (location, chemical identity, impurities).
2) Describe how it is collected.
3) Describe how it is reduced (if required).
4) Describe how it is purified.
5) Find out how much it costs as elemental metal.
Friday 23 April 1999
Nuclear Reactions II: Half-Life, Mass-Energy Conversion
and Discussion of Breeder Reactors, Nuclear Waste Handling and Disposal
Schedule your 45 minute final exam (oral) now for 29 April - 6 May!
Read: Chapter 21.7-8.
HW: 21.28-31,34,35,40,43,46,47.
Monday 26 April 1999
Nuclear Reactions IIb: Half-Life, Mass-Energy Conversion
Wednesday 28 April 1999
Nuclear Reactions III: Fission/Fusion
Friday 30 April 1999
Final Discussion Class / Review
HW: Summarize in 5-10 sentences the most important thing you learned this semester. Find a related literature reference that goes beyond our discussion. Prepare and answer a question on it.
Friday 30 April - Thursday 6 May 1999
Individual Oral Final Exams
Please schedule these the second to last week of class.
Discussion Topics Suggested
Bring in topics to discuss. These can be aligned to the topics we are covering, but do not need to be. If we can discuss them intelligently, we will do so. If not, we will find some references and cover them next week. Every Friday class will work this way.
Did not get to:
Oscillating reaction kinetics
Topics already covered:
Self-assembly
Bio-interfaces
Biological and Chemical Warfare & Defense
X-ray Diffraction
High n in Bose Condensate
Posters & Presentations
The Photographic Process
Nanoparticles
Grading
1. Class participation: 20%
2. Homework: 10%
3. Two in-class exams (1 hr. each): 30% (15% each)
Note that pre-approved make-up or conflict exams will be oral exams.
** The second exam will be replaced by a poster on materials or an oral exam. ** -4/5/99
4. Paper and poster presentation of researched topic (elements of life -- specific elements will be assigned in class): 20% (10% each)
5. Oral final exam: 20%
TOTAL: 100%
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