Chemistry 3810 – Main-Group Chemistry

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Instructor: Michael Gerken                                                            Office: University Hall, E 860
e-mail: michael.gerken@uleth.ca                                                    Phone: 2173

office hours:      by appointment

Course Outline        Tentative Schedule

The class has unanimously decided to change the Final Exam to Monday, December 12, 2005, from 9:00 am to 12:00.
 

First Lab Reports are due on Monday, Oct. 17, 2005 (midnight)!
Second Lab Reports are due on Monday, Oct. 31, 2005 (midnight)!
Third Lab Reports are due on Monday, Nov. 14, 2005 (midnight)!
Fourth Lab Reports are due on Monday, Nov. 28, 2005 (midnight)!
Fifth Lab Reports are due on Friday, Dec. 9, 2005 (midnight)!
Lab Note Books are due on Friday, Dec. 9, 2005 (midnight)!

    FINAL EXAM on Monday, December 12, 2005 in C640

 Lab Groups        Laboratory Schedule - Assignment of Experiments


Lecture Notes (the lecture notes are divided into chapters, which do not reflect chapters in the textbook):

 Chapter 1   Chapter 2    Chapter 3Chapter 4    Chapter 5        Chapter 6

 Spectroscopy Lecture


Lab Manual:

    Introduction, Safety, and Glassblowing
 

    Experiments:      Part I: Group-13 and 14 elements

            Experiment 1  Experiment 2  Experiment 3  Experiment 4

                               Part II: Group-15 and 16 elements

            Experiment 5 Experiment 6  Experiment 7 Experiment 8

                               Part III: Group-17 and 18 elements

            Experiment 9  Experiment 10


Assignments and assignment answers:

     Assignment 1             Assignment 1 - Solutions

     Assignment 2            Assignment 2 - Solutions

      Assignment 3           Assignment 3 - Solutions

      Assignment 4           Assignment 4 - Solutions

      Assignment 5           Assignment 5 - Solutions

      Assignment 6           Assignment 6 - Solutions


Tests and Answers:

     Test 1             Test 1 - Answers                 Test 1 - Mark Distribution

     Test 2             Test 2 - Answers                 Test 2 - Mark Distribution

      Test 3           Test 3 - Answers                Test 3 - Mark Distribution


 Times Scales

 Symmetry-Adapted Orbitals

 Character Tables

 Examples for Point Groups

Periodic Table

SI Units

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