Welcome to Chem 1220 - Summer Semester 2019

robert zellmer zellmer.1 at osu.edu
Sun Jun 2 00:36:42 EDT 2019


Hello.  I am Dr. Zellmer.  I am teaching Chem 1220 Summer Semester.
I apologize if you are getting this and you are not signed up for Chem 1220.
I got the current roster with your e-mails from the registrar (SIS, 
Buckeyelink).

I've activated Carmen.  I'll send more on that, the textbook, on-line
homework system in subsequent e-mails.

You will be getting a lot of e-mail from me throughout the semester.  It
is meant to inform and help you about the course and lab.  You can
read it or not but if you miss something because you haven't it's your
responsibility.  You may not need something in an e-mail immediately when
you get the e-mail but you should save it.  There's also links on my
Chem1220 pages (not Carmen) for every e-mail I will send.

If you are on a wait list I'm sending this info to you as well so you know
it if and when you get in the course.  You can get to all the material on
my web pages but you won't have access to Carmen.  If you are still on
the wait list when we start next week you can not go to lab but come to
lecture and the recitation you're trying to get into.

The semester technically starts on Tuesday, 6/4/19.  That would be
lab and recitation.  We will NOT have lab or recitation that day and
will begin with lecture on Wed., 6/5/19.  However, I will be holding a
voluntary session starting at 10 AM in which I will go over how to study
and best approach this course (especially during summer semester) and
perhaps review some things from Chem 1210 (particularly ch 11
material).  This will be in *130 CBEC 
<https://www.osu.edu/map/building.php?building=248>*.  This is the 
Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering building on Woodruff Ave.  It as across 19th Ave from Smith
Lab and next to the Department of Physics.

The links to my homepage and the class link (which can be found at
my homepage) are,

*http://chemistry.osu.edu/~rzellmer/ 
<https://www.asc.ohio-state.edu/zellmer.1/>*

_*Chemistry 1220 - Su18*_ 
<https://www.asc.ohio-state.edu/zellmer.1/chem1220/chem1220.htm>

There you will find the lecture and lab syllabi.  I'm working on an
audio/visual edition of the syllabus and will let you know when it's done.
There's also a "little" note to let you know a few things about 1220.
Read the WHOLE message at the link listed below and any to follow:

*Welcome to Chem 1220* 
<https://www.asc.ohio-state.edu/zellmer.1/chem1220/chem1220_intro.txt>

This will make things easier for you when we start on Wed, 6/5/19.
If you notice a mistake or something that looks "strange" (reference to
quarters, incorrect dates, etc.) let me know.

You can find further details at the link above.

Then go to the "Notes" link.  There you will find a copy of the notes
(overheads) I will be using in lecture.  I highly suggest you print them
and bring them with you (print them with two pages to a single physical
page to save paper).  Technically, we start with chapter 13 but I may
cover a few things you need from ch 11 first.  Just print Ch 13 for
now since I may be making some minor changes to some of the later
chapters.  You will also see what sections from 1210 you should review.
Do that now before we start rather than starting chapter 13.  Pay
particular attention to ch 11 (attractive forces, properties of liquids,
vapor pressure, heat of vaporization, boiling point - things needed for
exp 14 and ch 13) and ch 12 (which is the material you need to know
concerning solids and taken from ch 11 of the 11th edition of the
textbook).  There's also a link to a table about the types of solids, their
attractive forces and their properties (which depend on their AF).

*Types of Solids and Their Properties* 
<https://www.asc.ohio-state.edu/zellmer.1/chem1220/notes/Table_13-10_solids_no_lines.pdf>

I won't lie to you.   This class will be tough.  This class is going to move
pretty quickly and the material is generally more difficult than the 
material
you covered in Chem 1210.  You saw most of the 1210 material in high
school.  Most of you will not have seen the material in 1220 in high school,
especially at the level at which we cover it.  During a normal 14-week 
semester
you should plan on spending 12-15 hours a week outside of class just on
lecture material and homework and another 3-4 or so on lab work 
(preparation,
reports, etc.).  Since Summer Session moves twice as fast, 14 weeks in an
8 week span, you need to double the hours I've just listed.  That means 
about
36 hours per week working on lecture material and lab material. If you miss
a single lecture that's like missing almost a normal week's worth of 
lecture.

*Studying Methods - 1220* 
<https://www.asc.ohio-state.edu/zellmer.1/studying/studying_1220_summer.txt>

I've been teaching most of this material for more than 27 years.  I know 
very
well what things you need from this course for courses down the road and
exams you may some day take to get into graduate or professional school.

Everyone will be doing check-in and an introductory lab (CKN) during the
first lab session on Thursday.  This is to help familiarize you with the 
lab.

You can find guidelines of what should be in the notebook in the lab manual,
the lab syllabus, my web page and the link below.  The link below is very
important and will take you to a lab page.  You'll see several things 
there dealing
with lab.

https://uglabs.cbc.osu.edu/1220

I also have some things on my class web page (not Carmen) that will help
with lab.  The first link is the Chem departments web site which can be
found at the above link.  It has extensive instructions concerning the 
notebook
with an example.  The second link is my suggestions for how to break down
the procedure into an easy outline to follow in lab (based on an old 
exp, exp 14).
Mine is just a shortened example and is similar to the first one.

*Chem Lab Notebook Exercise - Guidelines for Lab Notebooks* 
<https://uglabs.cbc.osu.edu/gc-labnotebook/>

*My Suggestions for Writing a Notebook Procedure* 
<https://www.asc.ohio-state.edu/zellmer.1/chem1220/lab/notebook_proc_1220.pdf> 


You should write your procedure in your own words in an outline form as 
shown
in the examples above.  Concise steps (only 1 or 2 things to do per step).

You should bring your goggles from 1210, if you still have them.  If not you
can borrow a pair or will be given pair in lab (if you didn't take chemistry
here) so don't worry about that.  We are concerned about lab attire.  You
must wear the proper lab attire.  If you wear things such as spandex, 
shorts,
short skirts, sandals, open-toed shoes you will not be allowed. There's 
a more
extensive list in the lab safety statement on Carmen (essentially your 
body from
shoulders to the ankles and feet must be covered).  The best things to wear
are jeans, a long-sleeved shirt and shoes which cover your whole foot.  We
are concerned about your protection.

I mentioned Carmen above.  The learning management system for Carmen
is Canvas.  It is ready now.

Okay, that's it for this e-mail.  Many more will follow later and 
throughout the
semester.  I will work very hard for you and I expect the same from you.

Dr. Zellmer
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