General Information
Chemistry 5 provides an introduction to macroscopic chemistry. This is
the quantitative study of those aspects of matter (both compositions and
transformations) which are amenable to macroscopic methods (measurements of
weight, volume, color, temperature, etc.). The regularity of chemical
composition (the topic known as stoichiometry), gas behavior,
chemical reaction equilibrium, and elementary chemical thermodynamics will
all be treated in some depth this term. There will be emphasis on
problem-solving, often of some relevance to biological, environmental, or
industrial processes.
Lecture Professor:
F. Jon Kull, 304 Burke, 646-1552
Class Hours:
Lectures: Monday, Wednesday,
Friday 10:00 – 11:05 in 006 Steele
x-Hour: Thursday 12:00 - 12:50 in 006
Steele
We will use all x-hours this term, many for recitation sections
(problem-solving, review, special topics, etc.). See the Course
Calendar for details on the term schedule.
Office Hours:
I will hold open office hours for our section in 315 Steele (near the
labs) at the following times:
Tuesday
3:00 - 4:00
Wednesday 2:00 - 3:00
Friday 1:00 - 2:00
In addition to these times, primarily designed for help with material
directly related to the lecture portion of the course, your lab TA will
describe the office hours designed for the laboratory portion of the
course.
Contacting Professor Kull:
I am happy to meet with you when called for, but with a class as large
as ours, the office hours listed above should be your first choice for most
of your questions. If you do need to see me, however, to discuss some
particular aspect of the course, your performance in it, or any other
matter best discussed between the two of us, either see me after class or
blitz me, suggesting a time or two that works for you. I will check my
schedule and get back to you as soon as I can.
Blitz Policy:
I will not use BlitzMail to answer questions about lecture topics or
homework assignments. Those are office hour questions. Please blitz me only
if you need to set up an appointment with me as discussed above or if you
have a conflict with an exam (illness or another regularly scheduled
academic event).
Required Texts:
Chemical Principles (5th edition), Steven S. Zumdahl
Study Guide, P. B. Kelter
Complete Solutions Guide, T. Hummel
Chemistry 3/5 Laboratory Manual
Reserve Texts:
A selection of general chemistry textbooks, including your own text, has
been placed on reserve in Kresge Library. You may find it helpful to read
appropriate sections in one or more of these on occasion, and all of them
are good sources of worked example problems and extra practice problems. In
addition, solution manuals to all the problems in the text are available on
reserve.
The reserve list can be viewed at:
http://libcat.dartmouth.edu/search/r?SEARCH=chem+005
Web Sites:
Lecture: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~genchem
Laboratory: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~chemlab
Chemistry Department: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~chem
Academic skills center videos: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/videos/index.html
You are on the lecture web site now, and links to the lab and departmental
sites generally appear at the right hand bottom corner of each page on this
site under "RELATED LINKS."
Examinations:
There will be two exams during the term plus a final exam. All will be
closed book - none of your own books or papers will be allowed. Be sure to
bring a working calculator! Requests for taking exams at other times will
be considered only in case of an emergency or a legitimate academic
conflict.
Exam 1: Thursday,
October 13, 7:00 - 9:00 PM (or later)
Exam 2: Thursday,
November 3, 7:00 - 9:00 PM (or later)
Final Exam: Monday, December 5, 8:00
- 11:00 AM
Grades:
Your grade will be based on your combined exam, probem set, and
laboratory performance, which have the following points associated with
them:
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Points
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Exam 1
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100
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Exam 2
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100
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Final
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100
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Lab
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60
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Problem Sets
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20
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Total
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380
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Note:
- If you feel that a
mistake was made in grading your examination, you must attach a
written note to your exam describing why you believe there was a
mistake and return the exam to me within one week of the time the exam
was returned to you.
- Although the
laboratory provides only ~16% of the points, failure to complete a
significant portion of the lab work, including attendance in lab and
timely submission of lab reports, will result in failure of the course regardless of your
performance on exams.
Laboratory:
The Laboratory General Information handout will provide details about
the lab. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. You must purchase a copy of the
Chemistry 5 Laboratory Manual and come prepared for your first Laboratory
session. The General Chemistry Laboratory web site
has many important and helpful features. Use it often and wisely!
Homework:
Chemistry is a quantitative science, and the ability to solve numerical
problems is essential for attaining a clear understanding of the topics in
Chemistry 5. Problems are found throughout your textbook, problems will be
worked during the lectures, and problem sets consisting of recommended
problems at the end of each chapter plus several others of the type that
will appear on exams will be assigned each week. The Study Guide by Kelter
has additional problems and exercises, and the Complete Solutions Guide has
solutions to all the textbook problems. While you are encouraged to study
with your classmates and learn from each other, it is crucial that you work
at the problem sets on your own, consulting the answer key only when you
are hopelessly stuck. If not, you will find the exams (where worked answers
and classmate help are not available) very difficult!
Each week
3 of the assigned problems will be marked with an asterisk (*) and these
should be turned in on Friday by the end of office hours (i.e. 2:00 pm).
While these will NOT be graded and returned, handing them in is required
and will count for 20 points (~5%) of your final grade. Note: these are not
the only problems you should do, just a (more-or-less) randomly selected
subset.
The x-hour discussion sections, to be held almost every week, will
primarily focus on these assigned problems. Some of the goals of this
course are to instill in you the ability to integrate the material of the
course, to think in a quantitative way, and to see the "big
picture" of chemistry: the ways in which seemingly different topics
are in fact all manifestations of the same broad principles.
Special Note:
Students with disabilities, including invisible disabilities such as
chronic health problems or learning disabilities, are encouraged to discuss
with me appropriate accommodations that might be helpful.
Honor Principle:
It is important to be explicit in stating how the broad principle of
academic honor applies in Chemistry 5. Read the page that discusses
the Honor Principle in our General Chemistry courses in detail, and ask
me to clarify any points of that discussion that are not clear to you.
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