5.112 Course Calendar

Course Calendar

September, 2002

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

2 3
Registration Day
4
Lecture 1
Evolution of atomic theory, discovery of electron
5

Recitation
6
Lecture 2
Discovery of nucleus, need for quantum mechanics

9
Lecture 3
Wave-particle duality of light, photoelectric effect

10

Recitation
11
Lecture 4
Wave-particle duality of matter
12

Recitation
13
Lecture 5
Wave equation, H atom energy levels
Problem Set #1 Due

16
Lecture 6
Wave functions for H atom

17

Recitation

18
Lecture 7
Physical significance of wave functions

5-6 pm Forum in 6-233

19

Recitation

20
Lecture 8
Wave functions and energy levels for multielectron atoms

Problem Set #2 Due

23
Student Holiday
24

Recitation
25
Lecture 9
Electronic structure of multielectron atoms, photoelectron spectra
26

Recitation

27
Lecture 10
Trends in ionization energy, electron affinity, electronegativity

Problem Set #3 Due

30
Lecture 11

Covalent bonds, dipole moments

October, 2002

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
	1 Recitation	2 Exam #1 Walker Gym 50-340	3 Recitation	4 Lecture 12 Ionic bonds Add Date
7 Lecture 13 Kinetic theory, Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution	8 Recitation	9 Lecture 14 Intermolecular forces, H-bonding, liquids 5-6 pm Forum in 6-233	10 Recitation	11 Lecture 15 Internal degrees of freedom Problem Set #4 Due
14 Columbus Day Holiday	15 Columbus Day Holiday	16 Lecture 16 Vibrational and rotational spectroscopy	17 Recitation	18 Lecture 17 Enthalpy and Gibb's free energy, second law of thermodynamics Problem Set #5 Due
21 Lecture 18 Chemical equilibrium	22 Recitation	23 Exam #2 Walker Gym 50-340	24 Recitation 5-6 pm Forum in 6-233	25 Lecture 19 Arrhenius, Bronsted and Lewis acids and bases
28 Lecture 20 Acid-base calculations	29 Recitation	30 Lecture 21 Titrations and buffers	31 Recitation

November, 2002

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
				1 Lecture 22 Oxidation-reduction, electrochemical cells Problem Set #6 Due
4 Lecture 23 Cell and half-cell potentials, Nernst equation 5-6 pm Forum in 6-233	5 Recitation	6 Lecture 24 VSEPR, hybridization	7 Recitation	8 Lecture 25 Valence bond theory Problem Set #7 Due
11 Veterans Day Holiday	12 Recitation 5-6 pm Forum in 6-233	13 Lecture 26 Molecular orbital theory	14 Recitation	15 Lecture 27 Electronic structure of diatomics Problem Set #8 Due
18 Lecture 28 Electronic structure of polyatomics	19 Recitation	20 Exam #3 Walker Gym 50-340 Drop Date	21 Recitation	22 Lecture 29 Coordination Compounds
25 Lecture 30 Transition Metals and Ligands	26 Recitation	27 Lecture 31 Crystal Fields Problem Set #9 Due	28 Thanksgiving Day Holiday	29 Thanksgiving Day Holiday