CHEM 120B Berkeley

Chem 120B Problem Set 1 Due: February 1, 2008 1. (i) Problem 16-6 in McQuarrie & Simon\'s Physical Chemistry textbook. (ii) Let N be the number of molecules contained in the ultra-high vacuum chamber of Problem 16-6. How large are typical fluctuati

Chem 120B Problem Set 2 Due: February 8, 2008 1. Problems 17-8 and 17-43 in McQuarrie & Simon\'s Physical Chemistry textbook. For problem 17-8, note that the two spin states of a proton in a magnetic field have energies Bz /2. Calculate the field

Chem120B Problem Set 3 Due: February 15, 2008 1. Problems 17-33, 17-37, 17-38, 17-39, I-1, I-2, I-3, I-13, 27-2, 27-3, 27-4, and 27-5 in McQuarrie & Simon\'s Physical Chemistry textbook. For problem 17-37 explain why fJ /f0 has a local maximum. For

Chem120B Problem Set 4 Due: February 22, 2008 1. Problems 18-37, and 18-39 in Simon and McQuarrie\'s Physical Chemistry. 2. Rotations about a covalent bond, such as the carbon-carbon bond in ethane, are hindered by forces between other chemical gro

#2 #3 #4 iii) In summary, the feature of a probability distribution that leads to large values of S is that the probability is spread out over a large range of values. This is consistent with the result from the next problem set, where it is deter

Chem120B Problem Set 5 Due: February 29, 2008 1. Problems 19-7, 19-13, 19-14, and 19-34 in Simon and McQuarrie\'s Physical Chemistry. For problem 19-34, notice that the heat capacity Cp = H T p,N is very large at the transitions between different