Dan's Office Hours will be Thursday from 9-10 AM.

Prof. Hardy's Office Hours will be Thursday from 3-5 in ISB 325.

Final Friday May 15th 10:30 am in Totman Gym.

Prof. Hardy will hold a review session for the final in ISB 135 Wed May 13th from 8:30-10:00 am. Prof. Voigtman will hold a review session immediately afterward from 10-noon.

Dan's Office Hours will be Thursday from 9-10 AM.

Prof. Hardy's Office Hours will be Thursday from 3-5 in ISB 325.

Here is a reference sheet for assigning oxidation states and balancing electrochemical reactions.

Prof. Hardy will hold a review session for the final in ISB 135 Wed May 13th from 8:30-10:00 am. Prof. Voigtman will hold a review session immediately afterward from 10-noon.

Here is a reference sheet for assigning oxidation states and balancing electrochemical reactions.

Today is our last lecture on Thermodynamics.

You should know the relationship of Delta G, Delta Suniverse and predicting whether a reaction is spontaneous.

We will have 5 lectures on Thermodynamics. Today is the third lecture.

Exam 3key is available. (Note link at lower left)..

The exam grades have not been mailed to me yet. I will post them as soon as I have them. The exam key is here.

Professor Voigtman will review for the exam.

Emily's SI sessions next week will be Tuesday, 4/21, from 8:45-10pm in Room 1367 in the Library (Review for the exam), and (the regularly scheduled) Wednesday 4/22 from 2:45-4:00 PM, in Library room 1085.

The Equation Page for Exam 3.

Prof. Hardy's office hours this week will be Thur April 16, 2-3:45 PM, in LGRT 1021G.

We have finished chapter 17 and are moving on to chapter 18

We have finished chapter 17 and are moving on to chapter 18

The average for Exam 2 was 72.3. To get your score you can login to OWL or multiply the number of correct answers (including the Extra Credit) by 5 points.

Answer key for EXAM 2.

Review sessions for EXAM 2:
Wednesday, March 25, 7:00 - 8:30 PM. 135 ISB. (Prof. Hardy)
Thursday, March 26, 5:30 - 7:30 PM. 135 ISB. (Prof. Voigtman)

Those of you who were in class on Friday know that we watched a clip of CSI and  discussed the kinetics vs. equilibrium elements of cyanide poisoning.  I am offering up to 10 points of extra credit to be added to the next  exam for similar, well-articulated examples. In order to get all the  extra credit, you need to really show me the connection of chemistry  to the situation. I also need all the information about the situation. The example can come from any TV show or movie. I have one example from Legally Blonde!

Review sessions for EXAM 2:
Wednesday, March 25, 7:00 - 8:30 PM. 135 ISB. (Prof. Hardy)
Thursday, March 26, 5:30 - 7:30 PM. 135 ISB. (Prof. Voigtman)

We will have the 2nd exam, on Friday Mar. 27th. There will be a review session Wednesday Mar 25th at 7 pm in ISB 135.

We will have the 2nd exam, on Friday Mar. 27th. There will be a review session Wednesday Mar 25th at 7 pm in ISB 135.

We will have the 2nd exam, on Friday Mar. 27th.

We will have the 2nd exam, on Friday Mar. 27th. I really want to give students the chance to perform at their peak, and I am afraid we might have to rush through the material too much if we give for the exam on the regularly scheduled day.

Class was cancelled Mar 2nd due to snow.

Prof. Voigtman guest lectured

The next exam will be in class on Friday March 13th. Make-up exams will not be given.

Grades for exam 1 are posted in OWL.

Thank you all for your cooperation on the first exam. The grades are back and I have posted them in OWL. I curved the grades so that the average was 70%. The histogram for the exam (grade vs. number of students to earn that grade) is shown here.

We have our first exam Wednesday Feb 18th. You will only be allowed to bring a calculator and a pencil. This equation page will be provided as the last page of the exam.

There is no class Monday, Feb 16th. We have our first exam Wednesday Feb 17th. You will only be allowed to bring a calculator and a pencil. This equation page will be provided as the last page of the exam. There will be a review session Tuesday Feb 17th at 7:30 pm.

Labs begin this week. Check out http://www.chem.umass.edu/genchem for details

Labs begin this week. Check out http://www.chem.umass.edu/genchem for details

Please turn in the 3rd page of the syllabus.

Please turn in the 3rd page of the syllabus.

Please turn in the 3rd page of the syllabus.

Please be sure to register your PRS clickers in OWL using the "Clicker Registration" link. The instructions are found at:
http://courses.umass.edu/chem112j/PRS_identity.html and
http://courses.umass.edu/chem112j/PRS_StudentID.html

Even if you have used OWL in the past, you should now use your last name as the password to log in now since the passwords have been reset. If you like you can change the password once you are logged in.

I have already gotten questions about the exams. Note that one of the exams is on Friday Mar. 13th. This is the last day before spring break. We set the exam for that day so that you will have two exams graded before the last day to withdraw which is the Tuesday after spring break. Going on vacation is not a university excused absence, so no make-up exams can be offered for students who miss the exam due to a vacation. This link provides a list of university excused absences: http://www.umass.edu/registrar/gen_info/class_absence.htm The best thing for you is that you will have spring break without any responsibilities for this class!

Class cancelled due to a snow day. Prof. Hardy's office hours will commence next week.

Welcome to Chem112!

The textbook is available at the UMass textbook annex,or for a discount ($154) at http://www.cengagesites.com/ichapters/micro/?cluster_id=3319 . Softcover editions of the text and PDF versions of individual chapters and the entire book can be purchased at ichapters.com. Since UMass is a test site for the electronic version of the text, the PDF version of the text is available this semester through OWL.

Dan Fowler is the TA for this course. His email is chem112j@chem.umass.edu
Emily Twaalfhoven will be leading our Supplementary Instruction (SI) sessions.
We will set a time and place for SI meetings.

We will have a photo session at the end of class.