Courses offered by Wendy S. Wolbach

CHE 490 Statistical Analysis of Data Winter 2010
Lecture syllabus

Homework:
Taylor Chapters: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 See also supplements below

Homework Supplements:
Chapter 5 Assignment (pages 1 2) Solutions (pages 1 2 3 4)
Chapter 8 Assignment
Chapter 10 Assignment (pages 1 2)

Quiz keys: 1 2 3 4 5a 5b 6 7 8 9

Cheat sheets must conform to the following specifics:
* No larger than 8.5 x 11 inches
* Write on one side only
* No text other than your name: just equations/symbols, etc. are permitted. You may not include worked-out homework problems.

Handouts:
Derivative Table
Integral Table
Select TI-83 calculator procedures Mean, standard deviation, linear regression
Normal Error Integral I (Appendix A)
Normal Error Integral II (Appendix B)
Student's t Table
F Test Table
Q Test Table
Probabilities for Correlation Coefficients (Appendix C)
Binomial plots (1 2 3 4 5)
Derivation of average number of successes ("nu bar") for binomial distribution (pages 1 2)
Poisson plots (1 2)
Probabilities for Chi Squared (Appendix D)

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CHE 422 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry I Winter 2010
Lecture Syllabus
Periodic Table
Symmetry Tutorial

Homework:
General chemistry review Assignment, Questions, Solutions
Carter Solutions Manual
Assignments (Carter + supplemental problems):

Quiz keys: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Handouts (journal article citations):
VSEPR geometries (page 1 2)
MO diagrams, homonuclear diatomic molecules
Shapes of sigma, pi MOs
Point groups of chiral, achiral molecules
Point goups for which dipole moments are symmetry allowed, forbidden
Point group identification flowchart
Trig identities
Reflection matrix (2 x 2)
Similarity transform matrices for C5 examples (page 1 2)
Reducing representations with imaginary characters [J. Chem. Ed. 70, 17 (1993)]
Reducing representations with infinite point groups [J. Chem. Ed. 49, 341 (1972)]
MO diagram of nitrite ion
Vibrational spectroscopy overview
Spectra showing effects of polarization: CCl4 and NaClO4
Atomic contributions, by symmetry operation
IR/Raman schematics
Hypothetical polarization of water
Polarization schematics
Applications of group theory: IR/Raman spectra of the isomers of 1,2-dichloroethylene [J. Chem. Ed. 81, 1199 (2004)]
Vibrational spectra and structure of xenon tetrafluoride [J. Am. Chem. Soc. 85, 1927 (1963)]
Cis- and trans-PdCl2(NH3)2
d orbitals
Metal-ligand sigma bonds
The Spectrochemical Series

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CHE 205 Quantitative Analysis Spring 2010, Autumn 2009
Lecture syllabus (Spring 2010, Autumn 2009)
Laboratory syllabus (Spring 2010, Autumn 2009)
Laboratory schedule (Spring 2010, Autumn 2009)

Homework (Harris 7e)
Supplemental homework:

Chp 11 + key
Chp 12 + key

TI-83 calculator procedures
Formula weights of chemicals used in lab

Lab Teaching Assistant: Natalie Rizzo
Office hours: TBA

Experiments:

pH meter instructions:

Chemical safety information for chemicals used in CHE 205 Laboratory

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CHE 480 Special Topic in Analytical Chemistry: Electroanalytical Techniques Autumn 2008
Lecture syllabus
Additional references
Electrochemistry problems for Exam I extra credit (key)
Exam I key

Homework by text Harris edition:

Handouts:
Standard Reduction Potentials, by E°
Standard Reduction Potentials, alphabetically

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CHE 480 Special Topic in Analytical Chemistry: Radiochemistry and Nuclear Methods of Analysis Spring 2009
Lecture syllabus

Problem Sets (by topic):
Problem Set #1: Radioactive Decay and Growth (key)
Problem Set #2: Relativity (key)
Problem Set #3: Mass and Binding Energy Systematics (key)
Problem Set #4: Nuclear Size, Shape, and Cross Section (key)
Problem Set #5: Energetics, Liquid Drop Model (key)

Exams and keys:
Exam 1 (key)
Exam 2 (key)
Exam 3

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CHE 133 General Chemistry II Lecture Summer Session II 2009
Lecture syllabus
Laboratory syllabus
Periodic Table

Final exam, course grades (numerical)

Homework individually by chapter: 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Derivation of 1st-, 2nd-order Concentration-Time Equations (for Chp 14)

Exam equation sheets: I II III

Exam keys: I II III

Course Assistant: Mark D. Aparece
Office Hours: TBA

The final exam in CHE 133 will be the ACS standardized general chemistry exam. This exam is multiple choice, consisting of 70 questions and lasts 110 minutes. It covers all of general chemistry (including lab), i.e., CHE 131 (or CHE 111 and 113) topics in addition to CHE 133 material.

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CHE 106 Geochemistry Autumn 2009
Syllabus
Homework from text Not graded
Crystal structure supplemental practice problems Not graded

Handouts:

Graded homework with keys Due at start of class on day indicated

Quiz keys: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Quizzes take place every Wednesday unless announced otherwise

Projects with keys Due in class on day indicated

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