Monthly Archives: June 2008

CHM 110: Test 4

CHM 110 students: If you missed Test 4 and would like to take it, you may do so on Monday 6/16/08 immediately after class (from 11:20 AM until 1:20 PM).  If you do not take the test at that time, the final exam will count in place of the missed test.

It’s nearly the end of the semester.  I need to get the last test returned to everyone in class well in advance of this coming Friday’s final exam, so there’s no more time for make-ups.  I will be returning Test 4 to the class on Tuesday morning.

CHM 110: Board notes for 6/12/08

Here are the notes for today’s CHM 110 class.  These notes cover electron configurations and periodic trends.

[CHM 110 – 6/12/08 notes]

For a few more electron configuration examples, take a look at the supplemental notes [here].

Any questions? Ask below!


This week’s test will cover chapters 6, 7, and 8.  You don’t need to study section 8.7 (properties of the main group elements) for this week’s test.

CHM 110: Board notes for 6/10/08 and 6/11/08

Here are the notes from our last two CHM 110 classes.  These notes cover thermochemistry calculations (with lots of example problems) and an introduction to quantum theory.

[CHM 110: 6/10/08 and 6/11/08 notes]

Any questions?  Ask here!

(It looks like this week’s test will cover topics from chapters 6, 7, and 8.  Chapters 7 and 8 are short and the material in both chapters is similar.  We’ll discuss Chapter 8 in tomorrow’s class.)

E-mail update

Looks like Tech’s e-mail system had a small hiccup.  At about 9PM tonight, I got a small flood of messages from last Wednesday and Thursday.  So if you e-mailed me on either Wednesday night or Thursday and didn’t get a response, it was because I didn’t actually receive your e-mail until tonight!  Messages sent on Friday were – as far as I know – not affected.

For future reference, if you e-mail me on a weekday (except Friday night!) and don’t get a response within 24 hours, you can assume that I haven’t received your mail.  I try to answer all e-mails as soon as possible.