Soon, you will be performing experiment 13 – the iodine clock reaction.  This experiment involves using the initial rates method to determine the rate constant and reaction orders of a chemical reaction.  We didn’t discuss the initial rates method in lecture this semester, so here are a few pages of  notes on the method that you might find useful.  Please read them before you perform experiment 13, so you will understand the initial rates method and how it works.

• [The initial rates method and the iodine clock reaction]

You are not required to print these notes out, but you are welcome to print them and bring them with you to lab if you think they’ll be helpful.

I have updated the [tudy guides page for  CHM 111] with guides for chapters 14 (equilibrium) and 15 (acids and bases).  To get the guides, you can either visit the study guides page or just follow the direct links below:

• [Chapter 14 study guide]
• [Chapter 15 study guide]

I will be back for some of the day on Tuesday.  I’ll be around for the late-morning CHM 111 class, but I won’t be able to make the early CHM 100 class.

CHM 100:  I will collect the calculations quiz that was due Tuesday on Thursday (7/16).  We have our next test scheduled for Tuesday 7/20/09.  That won’t change, since we have already covered all the material for the next test – chapters 6, 7, and 8.

CHM 111:  We will meet at the normal time (10:50 AM) tomorrow.  If you’ve not done so, please make sure to read Chapter 14.  Friday’s test will cover chapter 14 and part of Chapter 15.  I’m not sure if we will have time to complete Chapter 15 by the end of Thursday’s class.

Any questions?  Ask here!

By now you’ve likely gotten the word, but I won’t be on campus Monday 7/13/09 due to a stomach virus.  Hopefully, I’ll be back tomorrow for class.