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Now that you have gotten your penultimate drafts back and turned in
Dr. Kloepper's paper I am hopeful that many of you are turning your
attention to the final draft of the sound velocity paper. Here are
some particulars to guide you.<br>
<br>
<ol>
<li>Your final draft will have TWO sections: a results section and
a discussion section.</li>
<li>The results section will be basically what you have produced
already. Please make sure it is perfect. Errors on the final
draft will be costly as you have already had two chances to get
it right.</li>
<li>In the discussion section you will have to include the results
from your CHM 371 colleagues -- that includes their error
estimates as well. Here are some of the particulars...</li>
<ol type="A">
<li>You will need their measured (not calculated from the
experiment) tube length</li>
<li>You will need the temperatures at which their experiments
were conducted<br>
</li>
<li>You will need their experimentally determined df/dn for CO<sub>2</sub>
at room temperature and at low temperature with error estimate<br>
</li>
<li>You will need their experimentally determined C<sub>v</sub>
for CO<sub>2</sub> at room temperature and at low temperature
with error estimate<br>
</li>
<li>You will need thier calculated "theoretical" value for C<sub>v</sub>
at the two temperatures.</li>
<li>You will need to properly cite all of your colleagues</li>
<li>In the discussion section you need to critically evaluate
your work and the work of others. Which experiments do you
trust? Are there any that you think are grossly in error?
One thing I strongly suggest you do is plot the theoretical
value of Cv as a function of temperature and on the same graph
plot all of your colleagues C<sub>v</sub> values with their
associated error estimates (plotted as error bars). This
could be very enlightening. Another thing you might look at
is the deviation between the measured C<sub>v</sub> values and
the theoretical values of everyone as a function of tube
length. That could also open some doors for discussion.<br>
</li>
<li>You are obviously going to have some BIG tables and graphs
in your discussion. I would encourage you explore the DOUBLE
COLUMN table method mentioned in the ACS Template for
Articles.</li>
<li>Explain what you would do to improve your own experimental
values and also possibly reduce the amount of error in the
experiment.</li>
</ol>
<li>Since you will be sharing your data with others we can make
this process VERY easy. Just send an e-mail to <small><b><big><big><tt><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:chm371@theochem.mercer.edu">chm371@theochem.mercer.edu</a></tt></big></big></b></small>
and attach a copy of your penultimate draft. That will
distribute your last paper to everyone in the group. To make
sure that (1) everyone has enough time to work through the
results and (2) that things go through properly (and all
equations and tables of data are formatted properly) <b>please
submit the paper as a PDF no later than</b><big> <b>Sunday
night (Oct. 30) at midnight</b></big>. Earlier submissions
will certainly be welcomed by your colleagues. Please use your
last name and the phrase "data share" as the subject of the
e-mail. Not submitting your penultimate draft to the listserve
by this deadline will be costly.<br>
</li>
</ol>
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Andrew J. Pounds, Ph.D. (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pounds@theochem.mercer.edu">pounds@theochem.mercer.edu</a>)
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science
Mercer University, Macon, GA 31207 (478) 301-5627
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