On these pages you’ll find optional supplementary notes for Chem165. I keep stressing optional just so that in case I give some information which is not given in lecture, you know that it’s not going to be tested.
That said, most of the things I write (unless those are answers to some questions) I consider relevant for understanding, so it may be worth looking at them.
If you have any questions about anything in these notes, please feel free to email me: [email protected].
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Changelog
- Feb 26, 2024: what happens to Alizarin?
- Feb 25, 2024: notes on Calculating Any pH and Brønsted-Lowry Acid-Base Theory. Also, check out the interactive figures I made for extent of dissociation and pH of monoprotic acids, extent of dissociation for polyprotic acids, and buffer solutions.
- Feb 24, 2024: notes on Brønsted-Lowry Acid-Base Theory and Calculating pH for monoprotic acids
- Feb 23, 2024: notes on Arrhenius Theory of Acids and Bases, When Equilibrium meets Arrhenius
- Feb 22, 2024: notes on Acids and Bases Overview and Question 3, Section 5
- Feb 13, 2024: notes for Review for Exam 1
- Feb 9, 2024: notes on Problem-Solving Strategies
- Feb 7, 2024: notes on Le-Chatelier Principle
- Jan 31, 2024: notes on Multi-step Reactions (Lecture 6) which repeat the argument made in class and provide an alternative, completely optional mathematical & rigorous derivation. Also notes on Chemical Equilibrium (Lecture 7) which I strongly recommend!
- Jan 30, 2024: notes on the Transition State — probably the best note I’ve written so far!
- Jan 26, 2024: notes on Arrhenius law and optional derivation of Collision Theory
- Jan 25, 2024: some updates to Integrated Rate Laws and notes for Lecture 4
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