Physical Chemistry Lab (CHEM 314) at UMass Boston

Professor Timothy Dransfield
Office: S-1-085
Telephone: 617-287-6143
E-Mail: timothy.dransfield@umb.edu

 

Professor Shelley Foster
Office: S-1-087
Telephone: 617-287-6906
E-Mail: michelle.foster@umb.edu

 

Reminder: Labs Take Place in S-2-47

Lecture is in S-2-62

These pages will gradually fill up with PDF files for all sorts of things - quizzes, solutions, lecture notes, handouts... but for all of them, you'll need the Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you don't have it already, it's a free download - go here for more information.  In addition, you’ll need to have access to a spreadsheet program for the analysis of your data.  I’ll be using Microsoft Excel, which is available in the computer labs.

 

Syllabus

 

REVISED Schedule of Experiments (the re-revised schedule has been emailed to all of you)

 

Sample research article from the Journal of Physical Chemistry

 

Lab Report Template

 

Lecture #1: Course Overview

 

Introduction to Maximum Probable Error

Lecture

 

Experiment #1: The Constant Volume Gas Thermometer

Quiz      Excel spreadsheet for quiz

Lecture

Quiz Solution and Completed Excel spreadsheet for quiz (and as template for lab)

 

Experiment #2: Heat Capacity of Metals

Quiz      Excel template for quiz

Lecture

Quiz 2 Solution and Completed Excel spreadsheet for Quiz 2 (and as template for lab)

 

Experiment #3: Surface Tension

Quiz    Excel template for quiz 

J. Phys. Chem Ref. Data, 12(3) 1983 817-820. International Tables of the Surface Tension of Water

Lecture

Excel template for data analysis

Quiz 3 Solution     Solution spreadsheet

 

Experiment #4: Reaction Enthalpy

Quiz      Excel template for quiz

Lecture

Quiz 4 Solution and Spreadsheet

Help with error analysis

Experiment #5: Boiling Points of Mixtures

Quiz      Excel template for quiz 5

Solution and Spreadsheet Solution

Lab Data for ethanol / methanol solutions

Picture of Data

Lecture 

         

Experiment #6: Binary Phase Diagrams

Quiz   Data for Quiz 6   Solution   

Supplemental handout on the derivation of equations

Lecture

Class Data

Data Analysis Template (please use, it's got additional data you'll need)

Experiment #7: Equilibrium and Thermodynamics

Quiz  Data for Quiz 7    Solution and Spreadsheet Solution

Lecture

Template for Data Analysis

Experiment #8: Kinetics

Theory/Procedure Handout

Calculation/Report Handout

Quiz Week 1  Data for Quiz    Solution  

Quiz Week 2   Data for Quiz9    Solution and Spreadsheet Solution

Lecture 1  

Lecture 2

CLASS KINETICS DATA