Physical chemistry : developing a dynamic curriculum / Richard W. Schwenz, editor, Robert J. Moore, editor.

"Developed from a symposium sponsored by the divisions of Chemical Education and Physical Chemistry of the American Chemical Society at the Fourth Chemical Congress of North America (202nd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society), New York, August 25-30, 1991."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contributors Preface Laboratory Safety The Laboratory Notebook Today's Physical Chemistry Classroom 1. Computational Chemistry in the Physical Chemistry Laboratory: Ab Initio Molecular Orbital Calculations / Franklin B. Brown 2. State-to-State Dynamics / Richard W. Schwenz 3. Atmospheric Chemistry / Don Stedman 4. Aspects of Surface Science for Emphasis in the Physical Chemistry Curriculum / A. W. Czanderna Why Modernize the Laboratory? 5. A Consortium-Based Approach to Laboratory Modernization: The Pew Physical Chemistry Project / Colin F. MacKay Laser Experiments 6. A Hands-on Helium-Neon Laser for Teaching the Principles of Laser Operation / William F. Polik 7. Basic Laser Spectroscopy for the Physical Chemistry Laboratory / Jack K. Steehler 8. Three Applications of a Nitrogen-Laser-Pumped Dye Laser in the Undergraduate Laboratory: From Spectroscopy to Photochemistry / Julio C. de Paula, Jeffrey Lind, Matthew Gardner, Valerie A. Walters, Kristen Brubaker, Mark Ledeboer, Marianne H. Begemann 9. Flash Photolysis of Benzophenone / Patrick L. Holt 10. Laser Photooxidative Chemistry of Quadricyclane / Joseph J. BelBruno 11. Multiphoton Ionization Spectroscopy of Cesium Atoms / Charles S. Feigerle, Robert N. Compton 12. Picosecond Laser Spectroscopy / Weining Wang, Andrew R. Cook, Keith A. Nelson, J. I. Steinfeld 13. Experiments in Laser Raman Spectroscopy for the Physical Chemistry Laboratory / Robert J. Moore, Jane F. Trinkle, Alpa J. Khandhar, Marsha I. Lester Laser Experiments in Thermodynamics 14. Time-Resolved Thermal Lens Calorimetry with a Helium-Neon Laser / J. E. Salcido, J. S. Pilgrim, M. A. Duncan 15. Determination of Thermodynamic Excess Functions by Combination of Several Techniques Including Laser Light Scattering / Gerald R. Van Hecke Fluorescence Probes 16. Fluorescence Probes of [beta]-Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complexes / Virginia M. Indivero, Thomas A. Stephenson 17. Measurements of Fluorescence Intensity and Lifetime / Lee K. Fraiji, David M. Hayes, T. C. Werner A New Look at Classical Topics 18. Huckel Molecular Orbitals / Richard S. Moog 19. Measurement of the Photoelectric Effect / Andrew Loomis, Richard W. Schwenz 20. High-Resolution Vibration - Rotation Spectra of Deuterated Acetylenes / J. I. Steinfeld, Keith A. Nelson 21. NMR Relaxation Times / Kathryn R. Williams, Roy W. King Polymer Experiments 22. Polymers in the Physical Chemistry Laboratory: An Integrated Experimental Program / Donald A. Tarr, George L. Hardgrove, Gary L. Miessler 23. Determination of Polymer Molecular Weight in an Aqueous-Based Solvent System by Gel Permeation Chromatography / Susan Mathison, Dennis Huang, Arvind Rajpal, Robert G. Kooser 24. Thermodynamic Properties of Elastomers / Kathryn R. Williams Incorporating Modern Instrumentation 25. Oxygen Binding to Hemoglobin / Betty J. Gaffney, Paul J. Dagdigian 26. Mass Spectrometer or Mass Selective Detector Used To Study Gas-Phase Reactions / Colin F. MacKay 27. An Introductory Experiment in Cyclic Voltammetry: The Oxidation of Ferrocene / David A. Van Dyke Thermodynamics Experiments Without Lasers 28. Critical Point and Equation of State Experiment / Ken Morton 29. Joule-Thomson Refrigerator and Heat Capacity Experiment / Richard A. Butera Try a Different Approach 30. A Monte Carlo Method for Chemical Kinetics / S. Bluestone 31. An Integrated Writing Program in the Physical Chemistry Laboratory / Thomas M. Ticich Author Index Affiliation Index Subject Index