4:235 CHEMICAL KINETICS 

Spring 2002

INSTRUCTOR:

D.C. Tardy, 169A Chemistry Building, 335-1355

email: dwight-tardy@uiowa.edu

web page: http://www.uiowa.edu/~chemdept/faculty/tardy/

OFFICE HOURS:

9:50-10:20 a.m. and 11:30-12:20 Monday/Wednesday/Friday, or by appointment

LECTURE:

10:30-11:20 a.m. Monday/Wednesday/Friday in 402 Chemistry Building

TEXT:

"Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics" by Steinfeld, Francisco and Hase, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall (1999); available at IMU Bookstore and Iowa Book and Supply

COURSE WEB PAGE:

http://www.uiowa.edu/~chemkin

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

 

Develop the foundations of Chemical Kinetics so that you can interpret gas and solution phase rate experiments in terms of mechanism and pertinent rate parameters within the constraints of experimental error.

GRADING:

 
 

Examination #1 week of March 11 (chapters 1-3)

100

 

Examination #2 4:30 p.m. May 17 (chapters 4-7,10,11,14,15)

100

 

Homework (39 assigned problems)

100

 

Critique of Literature Paper (3-5 typed pages of paper published after 1/1/2001)

50

 

Oral Presentation of Experimental Technique

50

 

Total

400

Final grades will have +/- attributes. Typical cutoffs for total points: A+ > 95% and B- > 75%, with a typical average of ~85% of the total (400) available points corresponding to a grade between B & B+

General Information: The prerequisite for 4:235 is 4:132 (Physical Chemistry II ); the use of calculational computer programs (Mathematica, MathCad, Excel, etc.) will be useful in performing assigned problems. Questions concerning: drop/adds, section changes, exam scores, general information and other administrative concerns should be directed to the Instructor. Separate handouts describe complaint procedures and policies on plagiarism and cheating. These materials can also be obtained from Michele Gerot in the Chemistry Center (237 CB). The procedure used for students found cheating is also described in the STUDENT ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT handout and The University of Iowa Schedule of Courses (Spring 2002, page 38 ). Anyone who has a disability which may require some modifications or other class/lab requirements should contact the Instructor. Feel free to communicate with the instructor (orally or in writing) about any complaints or problems you are having with the course; we are here (and available) to help you. The detailed procedure for complaints regarding instructors can be found on page 38 of the Schedule of Courses (Spring 2002).  Pertinent course information can be found on the bulletin board located near the entrance to 177 CB or from the course web page located at: http://www.uiowa.edu/~chemkin.  If you are ill or a family emergency occurs and you cannot attend a scheduled exam, please contact the instructor as soon as possible; it may be possible to take the exam early. Permission to take a make-up exam will require an appropriate written excuse and it must be supplied no later than one week after the missed exam. An Explanatory State of Absence form may be sufficient and can be picked up at Room 30 Calvin Hall.  Any questions regarding the grading of homework or exams should be brought to the attention of the instructor within one week from the time the graded paper was returned.  The homework problems will help you solve problems in kinetics.  It is expected that what you hand in for grading is your work not a copy of someone else.  However, this does not preclude discussing problems with other colleagues as this is often a method that aids in your learning the material.   

COURSE OUTLINE AND ASSIGNED PROBLEMS:

 

Lecture Dates

Chapter[pages] / Topic (assigned problems)

Problems Due

 

Jan 23, 25, 28

1. Basic Concepts (1,3,4,5,6,7,10,11)

Jan 30

 

Jan 30, Feb 1, 4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 15, 18

2. Complex Reactions (3,4,7,9,10,14)

Feb 20

 

Feb 20, 22, 25, 27, Mar 1, 4, 6

3. Kinetic Measurements/treatment of data and experimental errors (from chapter 3: 1, 2, 3 plus 4 additional problems to be distributed at a later date)

Mar 8

 

Mar 8, 11, 13, 15, 25, 27

4. Reactions in Solutions (1,2,4,5,6,9,10,11)

Mar 29

 

week of Mar 11

Examination #1: chapters 1-3  [date to be determined]

 

 

week of Mar 18

SPRING RECESS

 

 

Mar 25, 27

continuation of chapter 4. Reactions in Solutions(1,2,4,5,6,9,10,11)

Mar 29

 

Mar 29,   Apr 1,3,5,8

5. Catalysis (1,2,4)

Apr 10

 

Apr 10,12, 15,17,19, 22

7. Potential Energy Surfaces [190-191]; 10. Transition State Theory[287-294, 300-307, 316-318]; 11. Unimolecular Reactions [324-343, 362-365]     (7.9,7.10, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 11.8, 11.11, 11.14)

Apr 24

 

Apr 24,26,29, May 1,3

14. Combustion Chemistry; 15. Atmospheric Chemistry (15.2, 15.4)

May 6

 

May 6, 8, 10

Oral Presentations of Experimental Techniques

 
 

May 17 (Friday)

4:30 p.m. Examination #2: chapters 4-7, 10, 11, 14, 15

 

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