[CHM 115] Tomorrow's Class

[Andrew J. Pounds]

Students -- hopefully you are catching a little break this weekend after 
the crazy week most of you just completed.  Week two is about to start 
so I wanted to give you a little "heads-up" of what is coming your way.

Tomorrow in class I will be making the bridge to chapter 2 of the text.  
Chapter 2 mainly focuses on stoichiometry; it is a topic that is 
familiar to most of you.  My thought is that we will spend this week on 
it and then move on to bonding theory next week.
Some of you asked me what you should be doing outside of class. On the 
class web page (http://theochem.mercer.edu/chm115) you will see a list 
of problems you should be attempting.  The list starts in the appendices 
(basically reviewing scientific notation, experimental error, and 
relevant concepts from both physics and mathematics).  The solutions for 
the problems I had assigned from the appendices are found in the book.

I also have listed three problems from chapter one.   I am under the 
impression that you have already read chapter one of the text and have a 
reasonably good grasp of the structure of the atom (i.e. -- protons, 
neutrons, and electrons).  You can access my hand worked solutions to 
these problems on the class web page. Michael (your SI) may do the 
problems slightly differently than I do.  I have no problem with that -- 
there are MANY ways to solve some of these problems.

Finally -- I rarely tell you about upcoming quizzes -- but plan for one 
on Wednesday related to the material in chapter one.

That is all -- see you at 9:00 am!


-- 
Andrew J. Pounds, Ph.D.  (pounds_aj at mercer.edu)
Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science
Mercer University,  Macon, GA 31207   (478) 301-5627
http://faculty.mercer.edu/pounds_aj

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