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:
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
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