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Many recitation problems are from the following textbooks:
[SAB] Silbey, R., R. Alberty, and M. Bawendi. Physical Chemistry. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2004. ISBN: 9780471215042.
[DB] Dill, Ken A., and Sarina Bromberg. Molecular Driving Forces: Statistical Thermodynamics in Chemistry and Biology. New York, NY: Routledge, 2002. ISBN: 9780815320517.
Course recitations.
| SES # |
PROBLEMS |
| 1 |
Problem 2.1 in: Gaskell, David R. Introduction to the thermodynamics of materials. Washington, DC: Taylor & Francis, 1995. ISBN: 9781560324324.
SAB 2.10, 2.18, 2.19 |
| 2 |
Systems: Seltzer water demo
Example 2.1 in: Tinoco, Ignacio, Jr. Physical Chemistry: Principles and Applications in Biological Sciences. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2001. ISBN: 9780130959430. |
| 3-4 |
SAB 2.28, 2.31
Recitation Problems 3-4 (PDF) |
| 5 |
SAB 3.16, 3.23 |
| 6 |
SAB 4.12, 4.14 |
| 9 |
DB Examples 1.15, 1.17 and Problem 1.2 |
| 10 |
Derivations for <ε>, S, A, μ, P
DB Example 10.5 |
| 11 |
Recitation Problem 11 (PDF) |
| 12 |
SAB 3.24
Example 1 in: Levine, Ira N. Physical Chemistry. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1994. ISBN: 9780070375284.
Find the melting point of ice at 100 atm. Δfus H = 79.7 cal/g, Ρliq=1.000 g/cm3, Ρice = 0.917 g/cm3.
SAB Example 6.4 |
| 15 |
Recitation Problem 15 (PDF)# |
| 16 |
Recitation Problem 16 (PDF) |
| 17-18 |
DB 32.6, 10.11
Problem 2.13 in: Boal, David H. Mechanics of the Cell. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780521796811.
Recitation Problems 17-18 (PDF) |
| 19 |
Recitation Problem 19 (PDF) |
| 20 |
Recitation Problem 20 (PDF) |