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Physical Chemistry II laboratory · Undergraduate · Chemistry
Learning objectives from the Physical Chemistry II laboratory syllabus, grouped by unit. Click an objective for study materials.
Learning objectives
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Chemical kinetics labs
- Collect time-course data for rate laws — Collect time-course data for rate laws
- Fit integrated rate equations — Fit integrated rate equations
- Estimate Arrhenius parameters from temperature series — Estimate Arrhenius parameters from temperature series
- Discuss mechanism only as supported by data — Discuss mechanism only as supported by data
- Report uncertainty in rate constants — Report uncertainty in rate constants
Spectroscopy labs for Physical Chemistry II
- UV-Vis/IR/fluorescence teaching experiments — UV-Vis/IR/fluorescence teaching experiments
- Relate spectra to quantum ideas carefully — Relate spectra to quantum ideas carefully
- Vibrational or rotational intro labs if available — Vibrational or rotational intro labs if available
- Calibration and resolution limits — Calibration and resolution limits
- Connect peaks to molecular models — Connect peaks to molecular models
Transport / surface labs
- Diffusion or conductivity labs — Diffusion or conductivity labs
- Adsorption isotherm teaching labs (intro) — Adsorption isotherm teaching labs (intro)
- Surface tension or colloid data labs — Surface tension or colloid data labs
- Compare models to measurements — Compare models to measurements
- Follow nanoparticle safety rules if used — Follow nanoparticle safety rules if used
Modeling and reporting
- Nonlinear fitting with residual analysis — Nonlinear fitting with residual analysis
- Propagate error through model parameters — Propagate error through model parameters
- Write discussion that tests a physical model — Write discussion that tests a physical model
- Optional computational companion calculation — Optional computational companion calculation
- Portfolio of best plots and notebook pages — Portfolio of best plots and notebook pages
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- Exam Strategy
- Common Mistakes
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- Mixed Practice
- Multi-Unit Problems
- Review
- Practice test
- Answer key
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