Chemistry 21c -
The Physical Description of Chemical Systems
MWF
NEWS:
05/07: The PS5 is up.
05/03: The PS4
solution key is up. For those who haven’t turned back their PS4,
please DO NOT open the solution key until you turn it
back!!
05/03: I’ve graded
PS#4. If you want it back, please come by the review section.
Also after that I’ll put them in Ch21c
mailbox until next Wed.
05/02: Midterm
posted. WISH THE BEST FOR YOU!
05/01: The due
date of PS4 is postponed to this 5/2 (Fri) 6:00 pm.
Webpage: http://www.its.caltech.edu/~ch21c
Instructor: Mitchio Okumura
108 Noyes
626-395-6557
Teaching Assistant: Kurt Mou
130 Broad
626-395-6407
Office Hours: Mon 19:30 at 132 Noyes
Or by appointment with me
Homework & Exams:
Problem sets will be handed out online every Wed afternoon.
The due date is next Wed before 6:00 pm.
Please put your sheets back in Ch21
mailbox (opposite the lecture hall 147 Noyes).
Please make sure that you read the “Homework Guidelines” below before writing the homework.
Important Documents:
Collaboration Policy for Problem Sets
Midterm Examination Cover Sheets
Final Examination Cover Sheets
Average
Problem Set 1 -
Due 4/9 (PS1 Solution)
91/100
Problem Set 2 - Due 4/16 (PS2 Solution) 88/100
Problem Set 3 - Due 4/23 (PS3 Solution)
78/80
Problem Set 4 - Due 5/02 (PS4 Solution) 85/100
Midterm Exam Close
Book Section
Open Book Section - Out 5/2, Due 5/8
Problem Set 5 - Due 5/14 (PS5
Solution)
Problem
Set 6 - Due 5/18 (PS6
Solution)
Problem
Set 7 - Due 5/25 (PS7 Solution)
Problem
Set 8 - Due 6/1 (PS8
Solution)
Final Exam - Out 5/25, Due 5/30 for seniors
Out 6/1, Due 6/6
for underclassmen
Hand-out for PS
#1 (Houston’s Book)
Link to the NIST Chemistry WebBook
Statistical Thermodynamics Notes:
Phases
of Water Papers
Symmetry
Factor Papers
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