Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Exam, review sessions, office hours

Important info about the final.

There will be three review sessions. They are all open to any Chemistry 101 students.

Tuesday December 10 - 10:00am to 11:30am in Bob Wright Sci B150 (Dr. McIndoe)
Wednesday December 11 - 10:00am to 11:30am in MacLaurin A144 (Dr. Briggs)
Thursday December 12 - 10:00am to 11:30am in MacLaurin A144 (Dr. McIndoe)

My remaining office hours are Dec 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12 from 3-4 in Elliott 307.

Good luck!

31 comments:

Anonymous said...

will we have to memorize table 7.2 (polymers of commercial importance) for the final?

Scott McIndoe said...

No, but do make a note of the fact that condensation polymers often have different types of name than addition polymers (which are usually named simple "polyX" where X is the monomer).

Anonymous said...

will we have to know fullerenes for the final?

Anonymous said...

Are these review sessions structured? (Will they be the same)? Or if I went to more than 1, it would be different.

Anonymous said...

Do atoms used in doping have to be in the same period?

Anonymous said...

Which molecule has the most polar bonds, PF3 or SeBr2? I would think PF3 but my answer says SeBr2.

Scott McIndoe said...

602: no
628: I will go along with different questions to go over, yes. I suggest coming along to my first one then making a decision on whether it would be worth your while attending another. Based on past history, I'd say that on average, 2/3 of the class will attend one of the 3 review sessions. If you want to go to more than 1, I'd suggest one of mine and Dr. Briggs'.
647: They usually are, simply because they're easier to incorporate if they have nearly the same size. But no, not compulsory.
854: You think right, the answer is wrong.

Anonymous said...

Is the first review section on the material before the 1st midterm, 2nd on the second midterm material and 3rd session on the material from after the midterm or is it just all the same?

Scott McIndoe said...

No - we're not expecting people to come to more than one session! (though you're welcome to, of course). All will cover all parts of the course.

Anonymous said...

Will the final be more heavily weighted toward the Chapters 6 and 7 since those haven't been tested yet, or will it be equally weighted?

Thanks!

Scott McIndoe said...

Yes, Chapters 6 and 7 will be overrepresented compared to the others.

Anonymous said...

are ion dipole forces intermolecular forces?

Anonymous said...

will we have to know the monomers used in chapter 7 or just know what kind of polymer they will form?

Anonymous said...

will we have to know the kind of catalysts that are used in certain polymerization reactions?

Anonymous said...

are we expected to know formulas for any particular molecule?

Scott McIndoe said...

LEARN ALL THE THINGS!
Seriously, I can't comment on all these nitty-gritty details. Part of studying effectively is learning to focus on the important stuff.

Anonymous said...

I was wondering how the best way would be to find out how many structural isomers a compound has. Such as question 54 on the December 2012 Exam where it asks home many structural isomers of C3H6Cl2 there are

Anonymous said...

When naming a cis-trans isomer, does the multiple bond have to have the smaller number than any substituents?

Thanks!

Scott McIndoe said...

830: there are no shortcuts, you have to just draw them all out
849: yes

Anonymous said...

Does the (Ar)3d^54s^1 exception for Cr and also the (Ar)3d^104s^1 for Cu apply to both columns or just for 3d?

Thanks!

Anonymous said...

If you are solving for the dipole moment of two atoms, one having a charge of 2- and one with 2+, would you multiply the value of Q by 2?

Anonymous said...

Why does Ni have a higher boiling point than Pb?

Scott McIndoe said...

928: I think it applies for Mo, Ag and Au, but not for W.
234: No
428: Given the simple rules you've been taught, you couldn't predict that result.

Anonymous said...

I was just wondering what the answer to 65 on the 2012 december final was? The question is regarding graphene. Thanks!

Scott McIndoe said...

D

Anonymous said...

how many questions are on the final?

Scott McIndoe said...

65

Anonymous said...

How do you know what color a LED make produce?

Scott McIndoe said...

It will emit a photon of the same energy as the band gap.

Anonymous said...

can you please give me an example?

Anonymous said...

I just have a question - i'm working on the exercises in the text for Chapter 3 (specifically question 3.57) and the question is asking if bonds in the benzene are molecule shorter then a C-C single bond or a C=C double bond? The back of the book says that they are shorter then a single bond but longer then a double bond...... slightly confusing. Does it mean to say that they are larger then a single C-C bond but smaller then a C=C bond?

Thank you!