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New Announcements      -     last updated Tues. May 6, 2003  6:10pm

Lecture notes posted through    Mon. 5-05-2003 LAST LECTURE OF CLASS
Homework posted through         Chapt. 24

•  THE FINAL FOR THIS CLASS IS MONDAY, MAY 12, 7:10 - 10:00 PM

•  Your TA, Eric, will have an additional office hour on Sat. May 10
    12:30 - 1:30 pm on the 7th floor of Havemeyer.

•  Answer key for midterm 3 posted here.

•  Midterm 3:    Mean 72       Standard Deviation 17





Old Announcements

•  NO CLASS OR RECITATION WED. 4-16-2003.

•  REVIEW SESSION FOR 3rd MIDTERM:
    Monday, 4-21-2003, 7:30pm (after class). Location to be determined.
    Attendance is optional. Your TA, Eric, will teach the review.

• Here are a couple of URLs that have animations that might help you in
   visualizing hybridization and molecular orbitals
    1) This URL focuses on hybridization. On opening the page click on
         Animations on the side bar
         http://www.whfreeman.com/chemicalprinciples/con_index.htm?03
    2) This URL has some images and animations showing hybrid orbitals
         and the electron probability distribution of sigma, sigma*, pi and
         pi* molecular orbitals. On opening the page under "Molecular
         Orbitals" at the bottom of the slider bar compare the sigma and
         sigma* molecular orbitals for H2 and the bonding and anti-bonding
         molecular orbitals for N2
         http://www.shef.ac.uk/chemistry/orbitron/

•  Next recitation has been rescheduled from Wed. to Mon. (4-14-2003)
    for the following times:
        Mon. 4-14-2003 12:15pm on the 7th floor of Havemeyer. OR
        Mon. 4-14-2003 7:30pm (after class) also on the 7th floor.
    We will go over chapter 18 homework.

•  Solutions to midterm 2 posted here in pdf format.
    Midterm 2 Mean: 81    Standard Deviation: 19

•  Next recitation (4-02-2003): going over last half of chapt. 16 homework.
    Come on Wed. (4-02-2003) in the afternoon from 12:15 - 1:30 pm or Wed.
    evening from 7:25 - 8:45 pm on the 7th floor of Havemeyer.

•  Next midterm: Wednesday, March 26, 6:10 - 7:25pm
    Exam will cover chapter 14 and chapter 16 (through page 710 - the
    sections of chapter 16 discussed in lectures on March 10th and 12th)
    In addition to physical constants and some conversion factors,
    the equations that will be given are:
       •  Integrated rate laws for 0th, 1st and 2nd order reactions
       •  Arrhenius equation
       •  Equation to calculate spectral line positions for H-like atoms
       •  deBroglie equation to calculate wavelength associated with a particle

•  Review Session for midterm: Monday, March 24, 6:10 - 7:25pm
    The review will be taught by your TA, Eric, during the normal class
    time on Monday.

•  Solution to chapt. 14 problem 74 here (in pdf format).

•  Reminder: Please silence your cell phones during lecture.

•  Next recitation (3-05-2003): going over chapter 14 homework.
    Come on Wed. (3-05-2003) in the afternoon from 12:15 - 1:30 pm or Wed.
    evening from 7:25 - 8:45 pm on the 7th floor of Havemeyer.

•  Answer Key to Midterm 1 posted here (pdf format).
  
•  Lecture notes now available in PowerPoint as well as HTML format.

•  LAST SEMESTER'S FINAL: DEADLINE TO VIEW ON FRIDAY, FEB. 28.
    Final exams from last semester's course (F1403) can now be viewed in
    Room 318 Havemeyer between 9 AM and 5PM. If you have a specific
    question about the grading of the exam, submit a regrade request.
    Note that the finals can be looked at during the month of February.
    Last date to look at the final is Friday, February 28.
    Last date for submitting regrade requests for the final is Monday,
    March 3.

•  Recitation this week (2-26-2003): going over midterm 1
    Come either Wed. (2-26-2003) afternoon from 12:15 - 1:30 pm or Wed. evening
    from 7:25 - 8:45 pm on the 7th floor of Havemeyer.

•  REVIEW SESSION - RESCHEDULED
    Given that the University is closed today, Eric has rescheduled his review session
    for the 1st midterm to Tuesday, February 18, from 6:00 to 7:15PM in Room 320 Havemeyer
    Hall.   Dr. Venkataraman will try to be at the start of this review session to answer any
    general questions about the midterm.

•  MIDTERM STILL ON WEDNESDAY
    The 1st midterm will be held on Wednesday, February 19, as scheduled.

•  MIDTERM 1 - Wed. Feb. 19, 6:10 to 7:25 pm
    • You will not be given a list of equations. If you do need to use an equation,
       you should be able to derive it.
    • You will be given physical constants, conversion factors, solubility
       products, standard reduction potentials.
    • There are no sample tests available for this semester. For those of
       you who were not in the F1403 section last semester you can look at
       midterms from last semester to get a sense of the style of the exams
       http://www.columbia.edu/itc/chemistry/f1403/exams/exams.htm

•  No Wed. recitation the day of the 1st midterm on 2-19-2003.
    Neither the afternoon nor the evening recitation will be held.


•  NEW RECITATION SCHEDULE:
    Mon. evening changed to Wed. afternoon, effective today (2/3/2003).
    There will be no Mon. night recitation today! Wed. night recitation time
    has not changed. Here is the new schedule:
        Wed. 12:15 - 1:30 pm
        Wed.   7:25 - 8:45 pm
    Both are in Havemeyer 717. Both will cover roughly the same material.
    Although attendance is optional, it is recommended that you attend either
    session if you have questions about the homework or lectures. Both will
    take place every week for the rest of  semester with two exceptions:
    (1) no recitations during spring break, of  course
    (2) during the weeks that you have your midterms, there will  be no Wed.
          night recitation right after the tests. An additional review session will
          be scheduled on Mon. nights, but only the Mondays before an exam. The
          Wed. afternoon recitation the day of the exam will still take place.


•  Please start reading chapter 9 for next week's class on Feb. 3.

•  Do you want the Monday night recitation moved to Wednesday afternoon from 12:15 – 1:15pm?
Currently, the two recitations are scheduled on Mon. and Wed. evenings after class (from 7:25 – 8:45pm, with the 1st 20 minutes being a more informal “office hour” time). If enough people request a change, the Mon. night recitation will be moved to Wed. afternoon. Regardless of any change, Wed. night recitation will continue to be held from 7:25-8:45pm. Remember, you can come to either recitation – both will cover roughly the same material. If you want the Wed. afternoon recitation instead of Mon. night, email your TA, Eric, at eknoll@chem.columbia.edu with a simple note: I prefer Wed. afternoon recitation. If you want to keep the Mon. night recitation, also email Eric with a note such as: Please keep Mon. night recitation. Please email Eric this week. Possible changes to the recitation schedule will take place next week. Changes will be announced on Mon. in class and on this website.

•  THIS IS THE NEW WEBSITE FOR THE SPRING 2003
    SEMESTER OF F1404 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY.
    The website for last semester's class is here:
    www.columbia.edu/itc/chemistry/f1403/

•  General information about the class and the syllabus:
    Click on "CourseInfo" tab above.

•  What about last semester's final exam? Within the next
    few weeks, we will post information about when and how
    you can view your final. Please do not try to see this test
    yet. Dr. Venkatarama will announce when the undergrad
    office is prepared to let you see the exams.

•  What was the mean for the final?
    Final mean: 116.6 points out of 200 total.
    Standard Deviation: 39