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CHM2132 Principles of Chemistry

Fall 2013 Course Information and Syllabus

Professor: Office Hours: Dr. Natalie Goto Monday 13:30 – 14:30 D’Iorio 406 Thursday 15:00 – 16:00 562-5800 ext. 6918 *or by appointment Email: ngoto@uottawa.ca (Be sure to put CHM2132 in subject line) Course Website: uottawa.blackboard.com

Login using your student number and uoZone password Schedule:

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

DGD

13:00 – 14:30 VNR 5070

Lecture

16:00 - 17:30 MRN AUD

Lecture

14:30 - 16:00 MRN AUD

DGD

16:00 – 17:30 STE B0138

Recommended Text:

Thermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics & Kinetics, 3rd Edition by Thomas Engel and Philip J. Reid

There are 2 different packages available at the University of Ottawa Bookstore and Agora. You can purchase EITHER:

Package #1 ~$120 • Hardcover text • MasteringChemistry • Students Solutions Manual • Access to eText

(ISBN: 0321862848)

Package #2 ~$100 • Same as Package

#1, but with NO student solutions manual (ISBN: 0321824008)

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Textbook Sections Covered in Course (Engel & Reid, 3rd ed.):

Textbook Chapter Topic Textbook Sections

1 Thermodynamic Definitions 1.2 (Review on your own), 1.3, 1.4, 1.5

2 Energy (1st Law) 2.1 – 2.3, 2.6 – 2.11

3 State Functions (H and U) 3.1 (partial derivatives), 3.2 – 3.5, 3.6 (pressure dependence of enthalpy)

4 Thermochemistry 4.1 to 4.4

5 Entropy (2nd & 3rd Law) 5.1 – 5.9

6 Chemical Equilibrium 6.1, 6.3 – 6.12

8 Phase diagrams 8.1, 8.2, 8.5, 8.6

9 Ideal and Real Solutions 9.1 – 9.4, 9.7 – 9.13

10 Electrolyte Solutions 10.1 – 10.5

11 Electrochemistry 11.1 – 11.11

18 (35) Kinetics 18.1 – 18.5, 18.7, 18.9

19 (36) Complex Reaction Mechanisms 19.1, 19.2, 19.4

Note: Sections of the textbook not covered in class are not part of the course. Mark Break-down:

All-in No Participation

No Homework

No Participation, Homework

Participation 5% - 5% -

Homework 10% 10% - -

Timed Quiz 0-5% 0-5% - -

Midterm 1 20-22% 20-22% 22% 22%

Midterm 2 20-23% 20-23% 23% 23%

Final Exam 40% 45% 50% 55%

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Evaluation Online Homework (10%) and Timed Quizzes (5%) in Mastering Chemistry: Over the duration of the course, a total of ten homework assignments will be assigned in the MasteringChemistry platform offered by Pearson Online. (This is the same system you might have used in your first year Principles of Chemistry course.) Registration: To access the homework assignments you must register at:

www.masteringchemistry.com and use the code provided with your textbook package to register. The course code to join our class is GOTOFALL2013. If you already have an account, you can login and access the course by selecting the ‘Join Another Course’ option under the ‘My Courses’ link. When you first enter the course you will be prompted to enter your student ID number. You must enter this number in order to receive credit for completed work! Homework assignments: These can be accessed at this website any time after they are released (at least one week before the due date). A homework assignment does not have to be completed in one sitting; your progress can be saved and you can go back to continue working on the assignment at any time before the due date. Timed quizzes: Three timed quizzes will be run within MasteringChemistry. These will differ from the homework assignments in that they can only be accessed one time, no hints will be available, and they must be completed in the allocated time (30 – 45 minutes), anytime on the day that the quiz is being held. These quizzes are designed to encourage you to keep up with the course material, and gain some practice answering questions under time constraints similar to those that are imposed during midterms and exams. You should prepare for these in the same way you would for any quiz; that is, you should study the material being tested and practice questions from the sections being tested. More information regarding the content of each quiz will be provided in class closer to the date of each quiz. Dates of timed quizzes: Sept. 27th, Oct. 11th, Nov 13th. The best 2 out of 3 quiz marks will be used to calculate your final quiz grade! Homework Opt-Out?

• MasteringChemistry is a very valuable learning tool; I highly recommend that you use it as it will help you learn and master the course material.

• On-line homework assignments tend to have an additional mark-enhancing benefit. (Homework + quiz averages are higher than midterm + exam averages.)

• If, in spite of these benefits, you still wish to opt out of the on-line homework, send me an email no later than September 30th 2013, and indicate clearly that you do not wish to participate in on-line homework. The 10% homework mark allocation will go to the final exam, and the 5% quiz mark to the two midterms. Opt-out must be for both on-line homework and quizzes.

• Any requests to opt out of made after this date will be denied.

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In-Class Participation At various times during each class I will pose a question to assess your understanding and reinforce important concepts. You will be required to respond to these questions using LectureTools, an on-line tool that is freely available to all UOttawa students. Answers to these questions (usually multiple choice, but sometimes numerical), can be entered in one of three different ways:

1) SMS: Send your answer by text to (613) 699-8734. For each question, instructions will be provided on how to text your answer.

2) Laptop (or Smartphone): Log into the LectureTools course website at the beginning of each class and go to the date of your lecture. Slides showing the questions can be viewed, although no answers can be entered until the question is activated. Once the question has been turned on, click on the correct response or enter your numerical answer. While the question is active our answer can be changed by clicking on ‘Edit your answer’.

3) iPad: Download the LectureTools App from the iTunes App Store, then follow the

directions provided in 2) above. The LectureTools website for this course is: https://my.lecturetools.com/users/generic_invite/e7b32f67b22038c2a918e3450a32337e Creation of a LectureTools account must be done at this site before the second class on Friday Sept. 6th, 2013, when participation marks will start to be recorded. You MUST register with your UOttawa email account in order for your marks to count. It is also necessary to provide the phone number for the cell phone that you plan to use to submit any responses by text messaging. (Note that this information is kept secure, and cannot be accessed by any UOttawa personnel.) Participation mark allocation:

• A participation mark will be assigned for each lecture. • Full marks will be given for each question answered (correctly or incorrectly).

o e.g. If 4 LectureTools questions are covered in one class, and you answer 3 questions then your participation mark for that day is 3/4=75%.

• If you miss a class for any reason (or forget your phone/ipad/computer) your participation mark for that day will be 0%.

• The bottom 4 participation marks will not be counted in final participation grade. • It is possible to opt-out of the participation component by sending me an email

that clearly states that you do not wish to have a participation component count toward your final grade. This must be done by September 30th, 2013.

• If you opt out, you are still expected to attend 80% of the lectures (Faculty of Science course policy), but the 5% allocation will be transferred to the final exam.

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Midterms and Final Exam: There will be two in-class midterms (Friday October 25th and Friday November 22nd), each worth 20 – 23% of your final mark. The content of each test will be communicated in class. (Note that the 2nd midterm will focus on material covered after 1st midterm.) Final exam dates and locations will be posted later in the term. Your final exam will be cumulative, and worth 40% – 55% of your final mark.

Academic Integrity If you are caught cheating or allowing someone else to copy your work during a test or exam, you will be removed from the examination room and reported to the Faculty. Penalties range from failure of the course to expulsion from the University. Don’t risk it – your whole future could be affected! Keep your paper covered so others cannot copy your work, otherwise you may be accused of cheating by allowing them to copy!

Some Study Tips

1) Make sure you understand the concepts before you focus on problem solving. If you do not understand the concepts, do not memorize them! You will be given all relevant data and equations on tests and midterms, so there is actually not a lot of content that must be memorized. However, there are a lot of concepts that must be understood.

2) Do the end-of-chapter problems. The more you do, the better you will become at problem-solving. Even if you feel that this is stuff you’ve seen before, you still need to practice solving problems! The practice will help you become more proficient at problem-solving, and could identify potential areas of difficulty that you may not have been aware of. Also, if you need help (e.g. if you have to look at the student’s solution manual) to get through a problem then make a note of the question, and see if you can do it again later without any assistance.

3) Identify questions or concepts that you do not understand. Write down a

question related to this concept that you would like to have answered. (The more specific the question, the more useful the answer will be.) Then make it your mission to get this question answered. You can do this by posting the question in the on-line discussion board, asking your TA during the DGD, or by coming to my office hours.

A formula sheet containing constants and equations will be provided for all tests and for the final exam.