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Introduction to Solid State Chemistry (00:08:14)

The Missing Link to Renewable Energy (00:15:15) 		Transcript (PDF)

Structure of the Atom

TITLES READINGS LECTURE VIDEOS LECTURE RESOURCES HOMEWORK FOR FURTHER STUDY
Introduction to Solid State Chemistry [Saylor] 1, "Introduction to Chemistry." Lecture 1: Introduction to Solid State Chemistry (00:48:15) Lecture Slides (PDF - 3.2MB)

Problems (PDF)

Solutions (PDF)

› Textbook Problems

[Saylor] 1.3, "A Description of Matter."

[Saylor] 1.4, "A Brief History of Chemistry."

[Saylor] 1.5, "The Atom."

[Saylor] 1.6, "Isotopes and Atomic Masses."

[Saylor] 1.7, "Introduction to the Periodic Table."

[Saylor] 3.1, "The Mole and Molar Masses."

› Supplemental Readings

Buy at Amazon Davies, D. A. Waves, Atoms and Solids. Harlow Essex, UK: Longman Group United Kingdom, 1978. ISBN: 9780582441743.

Buy at Amazon Brown, T. L., H. E. Lemay, and B. E. Bursten. Chemistry: The Central Science. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1999. ISBN: 9780130103109.

How Batteries Work

› People

Democritus; Aristotle; John Dalton; Dmitri Mendeleev; Johann Dobereiner; John Newlands; Julius Meyer

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5.111 Principles of Chemical Science: Lecture 1: The Importance of Chemical Principles
The Periodic Table

› Readings

[Saylor] 1.6, "Isotopes and Atomic Masses."

[Saylor] 1.7, "Introduction to the Periodic Table."

[Saylor] 3.1, "The Mole and Molar Masses."

[Saylor] 3.2, "Determining Empirical and Molecular Formulas."

[Saylor] 3.3, "Chemical Equations."

[Saylor] 3.4, "Mass Relationships in Chemical Equations."

[Saylor] 7.1, "The History of the Periodic Table." (only read until "Mendeleev's Periodic Table")

 Lecture 2: The Periodic Table (00:48:57)

Lecture Slides (PDF - 6.0MB)

Problems (PDF)

Solutions (PDF)

› Textbook Problems

[Saylor] 1.6, "Isotopes and Atomic Masses."

[Saylor] 3.3, "Chemical Equations."

[Saylor] 3.4, "Mass Relationships in Chemical Equations."

› Supplemental Readings

Buy at Amazon Emsley, J. The Elements. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN: 9780198558187.

Buy at Amazon Weeks, M. E. Discovery of the Elements. Madison, WI: Journal of Chemical Education, 1968.

Buy at Amazon Seaborg, Glenn T., and E.G. Valens. Elements of the Universe. New York, NY: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1958. ISBN: 9789999238939.

Buy at Amazon Strathern, P. Mendeleyev's Dream: The Quest for the Elements. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 2001. ISBN: 9780140284140.

Buy at Amazon Gordin, M. A Well-Ordered Thing: Dmitrii Mendeleev and the Shadow of the Periodic Table. New York, NY: 2004. ISBN: 9780465027750.

Buy at Amazon Mendeleyev, Dmitri. The Principles of Chemistry. New York, NY: Longmans Green and Co., 1897.

Buy at Amazon Dalton, John. A New System of Chemical Philosophy. New York, NY: Philosophical Library, 1964.

Buy at Amazon Cardwell, D. John Dalton and the Progress of Science. New York, NY: Barnes and Noble, 1968.

Buy at Amazon Kargon, Robert H. The Rise of Robert Millikan: Portrait of a Life in American Science. New York, NY: Cornell University Press, 1982. ISBN: 9780801414596.

Buy at Amazon Millikan, Robert A. Electrons, Protons, Photons, Neutrons, Mesotrons, and Cosmic Rays. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1947.

How Atoms Work

How the Periodic Table Works

› People

John Dalton; Jöns Berzelius; Amedeo Avogadro; Michael Faraday; Robert Millikan - 1923 Nobel Prize in Physics; Democritus; Aristotle; Dmitri Mendeleev; Alexander Borodin; Charles-Augustin de Coulomb; William Thomson, Lord Kelvin

› Culture

Borodin, Alexander P. "Polovtsian Dances." Prince Igor. Available as Buy at Amazon Ballet Music from Operas. Performed by New York Philharmonic, conducted by Leonard Bernstein. New York, NY: Sony, 1993.

Buy at Amazon Lehrer, T. The Remains of Tom Lehrer. Los Angeles, CA: Warner Archives/Rhino, 2000.

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5.111 Principles of Chemical Science: Lecture 2: Discovery of Electron and Nucleus, Lecture 9: Periodic Trends, and Lecture 10: Covalent Bonds

Stoichiometry Tutorial

Atoms and Elements, The Periodic Table
Atomic Models: Rutherford & Bohr

› Readings

Archived Lecture Notes #1 (PDF), Sections 1-3

[Saylor] 1.5, "The Atom."

[Saylor] 6.2, "The Quantization of Energy."

[Saylor] 6.3, "Atomic Spectra and Models of the Atom."

 Lecture 3: Atomic Models: Rutherford & Bohr (00:50:26)

This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture Slides (PDF - 9.3MB)

Problems (PDF)

Solutions (PDF)

› Textbook Problems

[Saylor] 1.5, "The Atom."

[Saylor] 1.6, "Isotopes and Atomic Masses."

[Saylor] 6.1, "Waves and Electromagnetic Energy."

[Saylor] 6.2, "The Quantization of Energy."

› Supplemental Readings

Buy at Amazon Ottaviani, J. Suspended in Language: Niels Bohr's Life, Discoveries, and the Century He Shaped. GT Labs: Ann Arbor, MI, 2004. ISBN: 9780978803728.

Buy at Amazon Rozental, S. Niels Bohr: His Life and Work as Seen by His Friends and Colleagues. New York, NY: Wiley, 1967.

Buy at Amazon Bohr, Niels H. D. On the Constitution of Atoms and Molecules. New York, NY: W.A. Benjamin, 1963.

Buy at Amazon Bohr, Niels H. D. Atomic Physics and Human Knowledge. New York, NY: Wiley, 1958.

Bohr, Niels. "On the Constitution of Atoms and Molecules." Philosophical Magazine Series 6 26 (July 1913): 1-15.

Buy at Amazon Cathcart, B. The Fly in the Cathedral: How a Small Group of Cambridge Scientists Won the Race to Split the Atom. New York, NY: Penguin, 2005. ISBN: 9780670883219.

Buy at Amazon Andrade, E. N. R utherford and the Nature of the Atom. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1964.

Buy at Amazon Frayn, M. Copenhagen: A Play in Two Acts. New York, NY: S. French, 2000.

Buy at Amazon Miller, D. P. Discovering Water: James Watt, Henry Cavendish and the Nineteenth Century Water Controversy. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2004. ISBN: 9780754631774.

Cavendish Laboratory

How Atoms Work

› People

Joseph Thompson - 1906 Nobel Prize in Physics; Ernest Rutherford - 1908 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Johannes Geiger; Ernest Marsden; Max Planck - 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics; Albert Einstein - 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics; Niels Bohr - 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics; Robert Millikan - 1923 Nobel Prize in Physics; Henry Cavendish; Werner Heisenberg - 1932 Nobel Prize in Physics; Harold Urey - 1934 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Charles-Augustin de Coulomb; James Prescott Joule

› Other OCW and OER Content

5.111 Principles of Chemical Science: Lecture 2: Discovery of Electron and Nucleus and Lecture 5: Hydrogen Atom Energy Levels

The Bohr Model
Matter/Energy Interactions: Atomic Spectra

› Readings

Archived Lecture Notes #1 (PDF), Sections 3, 5

[Saylor] 6.3, "Atomic Spectra and Models of the Atom."

 Lecture 4: Matter/Energy Interactions: Atomic Spectra (00:51:43)

This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture Slides (PDF - 1.3MB)

Problems (PDF)

Solutions (PDF)

› Textbook Problems

[Saylor] 6.3, "Atomic Spectra and Models of the Atom."

› Supplemental Readings

Buy at Amazon Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia H. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: An Autobiography and Other Recollections. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1996. ISBN: 9780521482516.

Buy at Amazon Baade, W., and Cecilia Payne. Evolution of Stars and Galaxies. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1963.

Buy at Amazon Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia H. Stars and Clusters. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1979. ISBN: 9780674834408.

How Atoms Work

› People

Niels Bohr - 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics; Max Planck - 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics; Johann Balmer; Amedeo Avogadro; Michael Faraday; Cecilia Payne; Ernest Rutherford - 1908 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Anders Jonas Ångström; James Prescott Joule; Charles-Augustin de Coulomb; Alessandro Volta

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5.111 Principles of Chemical Science: Lecture 5: Hydrogen Atom Energy Levels

The Hydrogen Atom
Electron Shell Model & Quantum Numbers

› Readings

Archived Lecture Notes #1 (PDF), Section 3

[Saylor] 6.5, "Atomic Orbitals and Their Energies."

[Saylor] 6.6, "Building Up the Periodic Table."

 Lecture 5: Electron Shell Model & Quantum Numbers (00:52:08)

This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture Slides (PDF - 2.0MB)

Problems (PDF)

Solutions (PDF)

› Textbook Problems

[Saylor] 6.5, "Atomic Orbitals and Their Energies."

› Supplemental Readings

Buy at Amazon Michelson, Albert A. Studies in Optics. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1927.

Buy at Amazon Sommerfeld, Arnold. Atomic Structure and Spectral Lines. New York, NY: E.P. Dutton, 1931.

Buy at Amazon Sommerfeld, Arnold. Optics. New York, NY: Academic Press, 1964.

Buy at Amazon Dick, Harold G. The Golden Age of the Great Passenger Airships, Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985. ISBN: 9781560982197.

How Atoms Work

› People

Niels Bohr - 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics; Max Planck - 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics; Johann Balmer; Johannes Rydberg; Otto Stern - 1943 Nobel Prize in Physics; Walter Gerlach; James Franck, Gustav Hertz - 1925 Nobel Prize in Physics; Albert Michelson - 1907 Nobel Prize in Physics; Edward Morley; Pieter Zeeman, Hendrik Lorentz - 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics; Johannes Kepler; Arnold Sommerfeld; Anders Jonas Ångström; Alessandro Volta

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5.111 Principles of Chemical Science: Lecture 6: Hydrogen Atom Wavefunctions

Atomic Structure, The Hydrogen Atom
Particle-Wave Duality

› Readings

Archived Lecture Notes #1 (PDF), Section 3

Archived Lecture Notes #2 (PDF), Section 3

[Saylor] 6.4, "The Relationship between Energy and Mass."

[Saylor] 6.6, "Building Up the Periodic Table."

 Lecture 6: Particle-Wave Duality (00:50:58) Lecture Slides (PDF - 1.7MB)

Problems (PDF)

Solutions (PDF)

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[Saylor] 6.4, "The Relationship between Energy and Mass."

› Supplemental Readings

Buy at Amazon Schrödinger, Erwin. My View of the World. Cambridge, MA: University Press, 1964.

Buy at Amazon Schrödinger, Erwin. Collected Papers on Wave Mechanics: Together With His Four Lectures on Wave Mechanics. New York, NY: Chelsea Publications, 1982. ISBN: 9780821829769.

Buy at Amazon Peat, F. David. From Certainty to Uncertainty: The Story of Science and Ideas in the Twentieth Century. Washington, DC: Joseph Henry Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780309076418.

Buy at Amazon Rigden, John S. Hydrogen: The Essential Element. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780674012523.

Buy at Amazon Frayn, M. Copenhagen: A Play in Two Acts. New York, NY: S. French, 2000.

Buy at Amazon Powers, Thomas. Heisenberg's War: The Secret History of the German Bomb. New York, NY: Knopf, 1993. ISBN: 9780306810114.

How Atoms Work

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Louis de Broglie - 1929 Nobel Prize in Physics; Werner Heisenberg - 1932 Nobel Prize in Physics; Erwin Schrödinger - 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics; Wolfgang Pauli - 1945 Nobel Prize in Physics; Friedrich Hund; Clinton Davisson - 1937 Nobel Prize in Physics; Lester Germer

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5.111 Principles of Chemical Science: Lecture 3: Wave-Particle Duality of Light and Lecture 4: Wave-Particle Duality of Matter

 

Atomic Structure, The Schrödinger Equation
The Aufbau Principle; Photoelectron Spectroscopy

› Readings

Archived Lecture Notes #1 (PDF), Section 4

[Saylor] 6.6, "Building Up the Periodic Table."

[Saylor] 7.3, "Energetics of Ion Formation."

 Lecture 7: The Aufbau Principle; Photoelectron Spectroscopy (00:47:59)

This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture Slides (PDF - 1.1MB)

› Textbook Problems

[Saylor] 8.1, "An Overview of Chemical Bonding."

[Saylor] 8.2, "Ionic Bonding."

[Saylor] 8.3, "Lattice Energies in Ionic Solids."

[Saylor] 12.5, "Correlation Between Bonding and the Properties of Solids."

People

Erwin Schrödinger - 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics

Self-Assessment: Structure of the Atom

SCOPE WEEKLY QUIZ EXAM PROBLEMS EXAM HELP SESSION VIDEOS SUPPLEMENTAL PROBLEMS
Structure of the Atom

Quiz Problems (PDF)

Quiz Solutions Key (PDF)

Exam Problems (PDF)

Exam Solutions Key (PDF)

› Video Clips

Clip 1: Exam 1, Problem 1 (00:10:00)

Clip 2: Exam 1, Problem 2 (00:20:00)

Clip 3: Exam 1, Problem 4 (00:14:00)

Clip 4: Exam 1, Problem 6 (00:16:00)

Clip 5: Exam 2, Problem 2 (00:27:00)

Supplemental Exam Problems (PDF)

Supplemental Exam Solutions key (PDF - 1.4MB)

Bonding and Molecules

TITLES READINGS LECTURE VIDEOS LECTURE RESOURCES HOMEWORK FOR FURTHER STUDY
Ionic Crystals; Born-Haber Cycle

› Readings

Archived Lecture Notes #1 (PDF), Sections 6, 7

Archived Lecture Notes #2 (PDF), Sections 1, 2

[Saylor] 7.3, "Energetics of Ion Formation."

[Saylor] 8.1, "An Overview of Chemical Bonding."

[Saylor] 8.2, "Ionic Bonding."

[Saylor] 8.3, "Lattice Energies in Ionic Solids."

[Saylor] 12.5, "Correlation between Bonding and the Properties of Solids."

 Lecture 8: Ionic Crystals; Born-Haber Cycle (00:50:30) Lecture Slides (PDF - 1.2MB)

Problems (PDF)

Solutions (PDF)

› Textbook Problems

[Saylor] 8.3, "Lattice Energies in Ionic Solids."

[Saylor] 8.4, "Lewis Electron Dot Structures."

[Saylor] 8.5, "Lewis Structures and Covalent Bonding."

[Saylor] 8.6, "Exceptions to the Octet Rule."

[Saylor] 9.1, "Predicting the Geometry of Molecules and Polyatomic Ions."

› Supplemental Readings

Buy at Amazon Born, Max. My Life: Recollections of a Nobel Laureate. New York, NY: Scribner, 1978. ISBN: 9780684156620.

Buy at Amazon Born, Max. Physics in My Generation. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 1969.

Buy at Amazon Born, Max. Atomic Physics. New York, NY: Hafner Publications, 1970. ISBN: 9780486659848.

Buy at Amazon Stoltzenberg, Dietrich. Fritz Haber: Chemist, Nobel Laureate, German, Jew. Philadelphia, PA: Chemical Heritage Press, 2004. ISBN: 9780941901246.

Buy at Amazon Charles, Daniel. Master Mind: The Rise and Fall of Fritz Haber, the Nobel Laureate who Launched the Age of Chemical Warfare. New York, NY: Ecco, 2005. ISBN: 9780060562724.

› People

Fritz Haber - 1918 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Charles Hall; Paul Heroult; Germain Hess; Erwin Madelung; Max Born - 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics

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5.111 Principles of Chemical Science: Lecture 10: Covalent Bonds, Lecture 11: Lewis Structures, and Lecture 12: Ionic Bonds

Chemical Bonds
Drawing Lewis Structures

› Readings

Archived Lecture Notes #2 (PDF), Section 3

[Saylor] 7.3, "Energetics of Ion Formation."

[Saylor] 8.4, "Introduction to Lewis Dot Structures."

[Saylor] 8.5, "Lewis Structures and Covalent Bonding."

[Saylor] 8.6, "Exceptions to the Octet Rule."

[Saylor] 8.8, "Properties of Covalent Bonds."

[Saylor] 8.9, "Polar Covalent Bonds."

 Lecture 9: Drawing Lewis Structures (00:52:01)

This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture Slides (PDF - 2.9MB)

Problems (PDF)

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› Textbook Problems

[Saylor] 7.3, "Energetics of Ion Formation."

[Saylor] 8.2, "Ionic Bonding."

[Saylor] 8.6, "Exceptions to the Octet Rule."

[Saylor] 8.9, "Polar Covalent Bonds."

[Saylor] 9.1, "Predicting the Geometry of Molecules and Polyatomic Ions."

› Supplemental Readings

Molina, Mario J. and Rowland, F. S. "Stratospheric sink for chlorofluoromethanes: chlorine atomc-atalysed destruction of ozone." Nature 249 (June 28, 1974): 810-812.

› People

Gilbert Lewis; Linus Pauling - 1954 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1962 Nobel Prize in Peace; Arnold Sommerfeld; Fritz Haber - 1918 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Erwin Madelung; Thomas Midgley

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5.111 Principles of Chemical Science: Lecture 12: Ionic Bonds, Lecture 13: Polar Covalent Bonds and VSEPR Theory, and Lecture 14: Molecular Orbit Theory
Hybridized & Molecular Orbitals; Paramagnetism

› Readings

Archived Lecture Notes #2 (PDF), Section 3

[Saylor] 9.2, "Localized Bonding and Hybrid Atomic Orbitals."

[Saylor] 9.3, "Delocalized Bonding and Molecular Orbitals."

[Saylor] 9.4, "Combining the Valence Bond and Molecular Orbital Approaches."

 Lecture 10: Hybridized & Molecular Orbitals, Paramagnetism (00:50:50) Lecture Slides (PDF - 2.1MB)

Problems (PDF)

Solutions (PDF)

› Textbook Problems

[Saylor] 9.2, "Localized Bonding and Hybrid Atomic Orbitals."

[Saylor] 9.3, "Delocalized Bonding and Molecular Orbitals."

People

Wolfgang Pauli - 1945 Nobel Prize in Physics

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5.111 Principles of Chemical Science: Lecture 14: Molecular Orbital Theory and Lecture 15: Valence Bond Theory and Hybridization

 
The Shapes of Molecules

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[Saylor] 9.1, "Predicting the Geometry of Molecules and Polyatomic Ions."

 Lecture 11: The Shapes of Molecules (00:47:03) Lecture Slides (PDF - 1.2MB)

Problems (PDF)

Solutions (PDF)

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[Saylor] 9.1, "Predicting the Geometry of Molecules and Polyatomic Ions."

[Saylor] 9.4, "Polyatomic Systems with Multiple Bonds."

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5.111 Principles of Chemical Science: Lecture 15: Valence Bond Theory and Hybridization and Lecture 16: Thermochemistry
Intermolecular Forces

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Archived Lecture Notes #2 (PDF), Section 4

[Saylor] 11.2, "Intermolecular Forces."

Buy at Amazon [JS] 2.5, "The Secondary, or van der Waals, Bond."

 Lecture 12: Intermolecular Forces (00:34:47) Lecture Slides (PDF)

Problems (PDF)

Solutions (PDF)

› Textbook Problems

[Saylor] 11.2, "Intermolecular Forces."

› Supplemental Readings

Buy at Amazon Gavroglu, Kostas. Fritz London: A Scientific Biography. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1995. ISBN: 9780521023191.

Buy at Amazon Israelachvili, Jacob. Intermolecular and Surface Forces. New York, NY: Academic Press, 1992. ISBN: 9780123751812.

› People

Fritz London; Johannes Diderik van der Waals – 1910 Nobel Prize in Physics

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Properties of Water

 

Intermolecular Forces - Grade 11

5.112 Principles of Chemical Science: Starts - 25:15 in Lecture 16: Intermolecular Interactions and End - 38:15 in Lecture 17: Polarizability

7.012 Introduction to Biology: Lecture 2: Biochemistry 1

Self-Assessment: Bonding and Molecules

SCOPE WEEKLY QUIZ EXAM PROBLEMS EXAM HELP SESSION VIDEOS SUPPLEMENTAL PROBLEMS
Bonding and Molecules

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Exam Problems (PDF)

This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Exam Solutions Key (PDF)

› Video Clips

Clip 1: Exam 1, Problem 3 (00:24:00)

Clip 2: Exam 1, Problem 5 (00:12:00)

Clip 3: Exam 2, Problem 4 (00:15:00)

Clip 4: Exam 2, Problem 5 - Part One (00:09:00)

Clip 5: Exam 2, Problem 5 - Part Two (00:06:00)

Supplemental Exam Problems (PDF)

This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Supplemental Exam Solutions Key (PDF - 1.4MB)

Electronic Materials

TITLES READINGS LECTURE VIDEOS LECTURE RESOURCES HOMEWORK FOR FURTHER STUDY
Band Theory of Solids

› Readings

Archived Lecture Notes #3 (PDF)

[Saylor] 12.5, "Correlation Between Bonding and the Properties of Solids."

[Saylor] 12.6, "Bonding in Metals and Semiconductors."

Buy at Amazon [JS] 2.4, "The Metallic Bond."

Buy at Amazon [JS] 15.1, "Charge Carriers and Conduction."

Buy at Amazon [JS] 15.2, "Energy Levels and Energy Bands."

 Lecture 13: Band Theory of Solids (00:49:57) Lecture Slides (PDF)

Problems (PDF)

Solutions (PDF)

› Supplemental Readings

Bloch, Felix. "Über die Quantenmechanik der Elektronen in Kristallgittern." Zeitschrift für Physik A: Hadrons and Nuclei 52 (1928): 555-600. (Note: this article is in German.)

Heitler, Walter, and Fritz London. "Wechselwirkung neutraler Atome und homöopolare Bindung nach der Quantenmechanik." Zeitschrift für Physik A: Hadrons and Nuclei 44 (1927): 455-472. (Note: this article is in German.)

› People

Felix Bloch – 1952 Nobel Prize in Physics; Paul Drude; Walter Heitler; Fritz London

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Introduction to Semiconductors: "Introduction to Energy Bands."

5.112 Principles of Chemical Science: Starts - 8:15 in Lecture 34: Bonding in Metals and Semiconductors
Semiconductors

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Archived Lecture Notes #3 (PDF)

[Saylor] 12.6, "Bonding in Metals and Semiconductors."

 Lecture 14: Semiconductors (00:47:16) Lecture Slides (PDF - 2.5MB)

Problems (PDF)

Solutions (PDF)

› Supplemental Readings

Heitler, Walter, and Fritz London. "Wechselwirkung neutraler Atome und homöopolare Bindung nach der Quantenmechanik." Zeitschrift für Physik A: Hadrons and Nuclei 44 (1927): 455-472. (Note: this article is in German.)

› People

James Clerk Maxwell; Ludwig Boltzmann; William Shockley, John Bardeen, Walter Brattain – 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics

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The resources listed below are selected from a wide variety of sites covering semiconductors and their applications. Motivated users are encouraged to search MIT OpenCourseWare and other sites for more advanced material based on their specific interests.

Semiconductor Concepts

Introduction to Semiconductors

PV CDROM: Module 3: PN Junction

Introduction to Semiconductors, Doped Semiconductors

5.112 Principles of Chemical Science: Lecture 14: Distribution of Molecular Energies and Starts 8:15 in Lecture 34: Bonding in Metals and Semiconductors

6.012 Microelectronic Devices and Circuits: Spring 2009, Fall 2009

6.152J/3.155J Micro/Nano Processing Technology

Self-Assessment: Electronic Materials

SCOPE WEEKLY QUIZ EXAM PROBLEMS EXAM HELP SESSION VIDEOS SUPPLEMENTAL PROBLEMS
Electronic Materials

Quiz Problems (PDF)

Quiz Solutions Key (PDF)

Exam Problems (PDF)

This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Exam Solutions Key (PDF) 		Clip 1: Exam 2, Problem 3 (00:20:00)

Supplemental Exam Problems (PDF)

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Crystalline Materials

TITLES READINGS LECTURE VIDEOS LECTURE RESOURCES HOMEWORK FOR FURTHER STUDY
Introduction to Crystallography

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Archived Lecture Notes #4 (PDF), Sections 1-3

[Saylor] 12.1, "Crystalline and Amorphous Solids."

[Saylor] 12.2, "The Arrangement of Atoms in Crystalline Solids."

Buy at Amazon [JS] 3.1, "Seven Systems and Fourteen Lattices."

Buy at Amazon [JS] 3.2, "Metal Structures."

 Lecture 15: Introduction to Crystallography (00:52:51)

Lecture Slides (PDF - 3.2MB)

Problems (PDF)

Solutions (PDF)

› Textbook Problems

[Saylor] 12.2, "The Arrangement of Atoms in Crystalline Solids."

[Saylor] 12.3, "Structures of Simple Binary Compounds."

› Supplemental Readings

Buy at Amazon Hooke, Robert. Micrographia; or, Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses, with Observations and Inquiries. London, England: J. Martyn and J. Allestry, 1665. [View on Project Gutenberg]

Buy at Amazon Chapman, Allan. England's Leonardo: Robert Hooke and the Seventeenth-Century Scientific Revolution. Philadelphia, PA: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2005. ISBN: 9780750309875.

Buy at Amazon Steno, Nicolaus. The Prodromus of Nicolaus Steno's Dissertation Concerning a Solid Body Enclosed by Process of Nature within a Solid. Translated by John Garrett Winter. New York, NY: Macmillan, 1916.

Buy at Amazon Cutler, Alan. The Seashell on the Mountaintop: A Story of Science, Sainthood, and the Humble Genius Who Discovered a New History of the Earth. New York, NY: Plume, 2004. ISBN: 9780452285460.

Buy at Amazon Dijksterhuis, Fokko Jan. Lenses and Waves: Christiaan Huygens and the Mathematical Science of Optics in the Seventeenth Century. Boston, MA: Kluwer, 2004. ISBN: 9789048167067.

› People

Auguste Bravais; René Just Haüy; Robert Hooke; Christiaan Huygens; Niels Steensen (Nicolaus Steno)

› Culture

M. C. Escher

Georges Braque

Buy at Amazon Vallier, Dora. Braque: The Complete Graphics: Catalogue Raisonne. New York, NY: Alpine Fine Arts Collection, 1988. ISBN: 9780881680065.

Buy at Amazon Talking Heads. "Burning Down the House." Speaking in Tongues. Sire Records, 1983.

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Crystallography

Crystal Structure

3.60 Symmetry, Structure, and Tensor Properties of Materials

 
Crystallographic Notation & X-Rays

› Readings

Archived Lecture Notes #4 (PDF), Section 4

Archived Lecture Notes #5 (PDF), Section 1

[Saylor] 12.2, "The Arrangement of Atoms in Crystalline Solids."

Buy at Amazon [JS] 3.2, "Metal Structures."

Buy at Amazon [JS] 3.6, "Lattice Positions, Directions, and Planes."

 Lecture 16: Crystallographic Notation & X-Rays (00:45:44) Lecture Slides (PDF)

Problems (PDF)

Solutions (PDF)

› Textbook Problems

Buy at Amazon [JS] Chapter 3, Sample Problems 8-10, 13-19; Practice Problems 11-14, 16-21

› Supplemental Readings

Buy at Amazon Thomas, A. M. K. The Invisible Light: 100 Years of Medical Radiology. Cambridge, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 1995. ISBN: 9780865426276.

› People

William Hallowes Miller; Wilhelm Röntgen – 1901 Nobel Prize in Physics

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Lattice Planes and Miller Indices

Crystal Structure
X-Ray Emission & Absorption

› Readings

Archived Lecture Notes #5 (PDF), Section 2

[Saylor] 7.1, "The Role of Atomic Number in the Periodic Table." (only read until Example 1)

Buy at Amazon [C&S] 1, "Properties of X-Rays."

 Lecture 17: X-Ray Emission & Absorption (00:51:15) Lecture Slides (PDF - 3.5MB)

Problems (PDF)

Solutions (PDF)

› Textbook Problems

[Saylor] 12.3, "Structures of Simple Binary Compounds."

› Supplemental Readings

Moseley, H. G. J. "The High-Frequency Spectra of the Elements." Philosophical Magazine Series 6 26 (December 1913): 1024-1034.

Buy at Amazon Heilbron, John Lewis. H. G. J. Moseley: The Life and Letters of an English Physicist, 1887-1915. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1974. ISBN: 9780520023758.

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Henry Moseley; William Coolidge

› Culture

Jean Francois Millet

Buy at Amazon Bacou, Roseline. Millet: One Hundred Drawings. New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1975. ISBN: 9780064303408.

Salvador Dali

Buy at Amazon Lubar, Robert S. Dali: The Salvador Dali Museum Collection. Boston, MA: Bullfinch Press, 2000. ISBN: 9780821227152.

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X-Ray Diffraction Techniques: "Experimental Matters."
X-Ray Diffraction Techniques

› Readings

Archived Lecture Notes #5 (PDF), Sections 4-6

[Saylor] 12.3, "Structures of Simple Binary Compounds."

Buy at Amazon [JS] 3.7, "X-Ray Diffraction."

 Lecture 18: X-Ray Diffraction Techniques (00:45:28)

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Problems (PDF)

Solutions (PDF)

› Textbook Problems

Buy at Amazon [JS] Chapter 3, Sample Problems 20, 21

[Saylor] 12.3, "Structures of Simple Binary Compounds."

› People

William Henry Bragg, William Lawrence Bragg – 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics; Max von Laue – 1914 Nobel Prize in Physics; Dan Shechtman; Roger Penrose; Peter Debye – 1936 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Paul Scherrer

› Culture

Mozart, Wolfgang. "Rondo Alla Turca." Piano Sonata no. 11 in A major, K. 331.

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X-Ray Diffraction Techniques
Point & Line Defects

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Archived Lecture Notes #6 (PDF), Sections 1-2

[Saylor] 12.4, "Defects in Crystals."

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Buy at Amazon [JS] 4.2, "Point Defects – Zero-Dimensional Imperfections."

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 Lecture 19: Point & Line Defects (00:49:21)

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Problems (PDF)

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› Textbook Problems

Buy at Amazon [JS] Chapter 5, Sample Problem 2, Practice Problem 2

[Saylor] 12.4, "Defects in Crystals."

› Supplemental Readings

Buy at Amazon Hull, Derek, and David J. Bacon. Introduction to Dislocations. Boston, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2001. ISBN: 9780750646819.

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Yakov Frenkel; Walter Schottky; Jan Burgers

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Francois Dallegret

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Introduction to Dislocations

3.14/3.40J/22.71J Physical Metallurgy

Crystal Structure
Line, Interface & Bulk Defects

› Readings

Archived Lecture Notes #6 (PDF), Sections 3-4

[Saylor] 12.4, "Defects in Crystals."

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 Lecture 20: Line, Interface & Bulk Defects (00:48:11) Lecture Slides (PDF)

Problems (PDF)

Solutions (PDF)

› Textbook Problems

[Saylor] 12.4, "Defects in Crystals."

› Supplemental Readings

Buy at Amazon Hull, Derek, and David J. Bacon. Introduction to Dislocations. Boston, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2001. ISBN: 9780750646819.

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Egon Orowan; Geoffrey Ingram Taylor; Robert Hooke; Tim Foecke

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Introduction to Dislocations

3.14/3.40J/22.71J Physical Metallurgy

Crystal Structure

Self-Assessment: Crystalline Materials

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Crystalline Materials

Quiz Problems (PDF)

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Exam Problems (PDF)

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› Video Clips

Clip 1: Exam 2, Problem 1 (00:23:00)

Clip 2: Exam 2, Problem 2 (00:27:00)

Clip 3: Exam 3, Problem 1 (00:16:00)

Clip 4: Exam 3, Problem 2B (00:05:00)

Supplemental Exam Problems (PDF)

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Amorphous Materials

TITLES READINGS LECTURE VIDEOS LECTURE RESOURCES HOMEWORK FOR FURTHER STUDY
Introduction to Glasses

› Readings

Archived Lecture Notes #7 (PDF)

Buy at Amazon [JS] 4.5, "Noncrystalline Solids – Three-Dimensional Imperfections."

Buy at Amazon [JS] 12.2, "Glasses – Noncrystalline Materials."

 Lecture 21: Introduction to Glasses (00:47:51) Lecture Slides (PDF)

Problems (PDF)

Solutions (PDF)

› Supplemental Readings

Stookey, Stanley Donald. The Hydrogen-Lead, Hydrogen-Palladium, and Deuterium-Palladium Equilibria. Ph. D. thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1940.

Chang, Kenneth. "The Nature of Glass Remains Anything But Clear." New York Times, July 29, 2008.

› Culture

Dale Chihuly

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Fracture of Glass
Engineering Glass Properties; Introduction to Kinetics

› Readings

Archived Lecture Notes #7 (PDF)

Archived Lecture Notes #8 (PDF)

[Saylor] 14.5, "Half-Lives and Radioactive Decay Kinetics."

[Saylor] 14.6, "Reaction Rates – A Microscopic View."

[Saylor] 14.7, "The Collision Model of Chemical Kinetics."

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 Lecture 22: Engineering Glass Properties, Introduction to Kinetics (00:52:40)

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› Homework

Problems (PDF)

Solutions (PDF)

MATDL VirtualDL Lessons 1-4

› Textbook Problems

[Saylor] 14.2, "Reaction Rates and Rate Laws."

[Saylor] 14.6, "Reaction Rates – A Microscopic View."

[Saylor] 14.7, "The Collision Model of Chemical Kinetics."

[Saylor] 14.9, "End-of-Chapter Material."

› Supplemental Readings

Buy at Amazon Libby, Willard F. Radiocarbon Dating. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1969.

› People

Svante Arrhenius – 1903 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Willard Libby – 1960 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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Buy at Amazon Chambers, Joe, and Willie Chambers. "Time Has Come Today." The Time Has Come. Performed by The Chambers Brothers. Columbia Records, 1967.

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Fracture of Glass

5.60 Thermodynamics and Kinetics: Lecture 30: Introduction to Reaction Kinetics

Self-Assessment: Amorphous Materials

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Amorphous Materials

Quiz Problems (PDF)

Quiz Solutions Key (PDF)

Exam Problems (PDF)

Exam Solutions Key (PDF) 		Clip 1: Exam 3, Problem 2A (00:04:00)

Supplemental Exam Problems (PDF)

Supplemental Exam Solutions Key (PDF)

Reactions and Kinetics

TITLES READINGS LECTURE VIDEOS LECTURE RESOURCES HOMEWORK FOR FURTHER STUDY
Reaction Rates

› Readings

Archived Lecture Notes #8 (PDF), Sections 4-7

Archived Lecture Notes #9 (PDF), Section 1

[Saylor] 10.7, "The Kinetic Molecular Theory of Gases."

[Saylor] 14.1, "Factors That Affect Reaction Rates."

[Saylor] 14.2, "Reaction Rates and Rate Laws."

[Saylor] 14.3, "Methods of Determining Reaction Orders."

[Saylor] 14.4, "Using Graphs to Determine Rate Laws, Rate Constants, and Reaction Orders."

Buy at Amazon [JS] 5.1, "Thermally Activated Processes."

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 Lecture 23: Reaction Rates (00:52:49)

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Problems (PDF)

Solutions (PDF)

› Homework Problems

[Saylor] 14.3, "Methods of Determining Reaction Orders."

[Saylor] 14.4, "Using Graphs to Determine Rate Laws, Rate Constants, and Reaction Orders."

[Saylor] 14.5, "Half-Lives and Radioactive Decay Kinetics."

[Saylor] 14.9, "End-of-Chapter Material."

› Supplemental Readings

Fick, Adolf. "Ueber Diffusion." Annalen der Physik 170 (1855): 59-86. (Note: this article is in German.)

› People

Adolf Fick; Thomas Graham

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Buy at Amazon Lennon, John, and Paul McCartney. "Baby You Can Drive My Car." Rubber Soul. Performed by The Beatles. EMI, 1965.

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5.60 Thermodynamics and Kinetics: Lecture 30: Introduction to Reaction Kinetics

Diffusion

Diffusion
Diffusion

› Readings

Archived Lecture Notes #9 (PDF)

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 Lecture 24: Diffusion (00:50:49)

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Problems (PDF)

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› Supplemental Readings

Fick, Adolf. "Ueber Diffusion." Annalen der Physik 170 (1855): 59-86. (Note: this article is in German.)

Buy at Amazon Carslaw, Horatio S., and John C. Jaeger. Conduction of Heat in Solids. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 2004. ISBN: 9780198533689.

› People

Adolf Fick; Peter Debye

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Wagner, Richard. "Ride of the Valkyries." Die Walküre, WWV 86B.

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Diffusion

Diffusion

1.061/1.61 Transport Processes in the Environment: Lecture notes, animations, and worked examples

Self-Assessment: Reactions and Kinetics

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Reactions and Kinetics

Quiz Problems (PDF)

Quiz Solutions Key (PDF)

Exam Problems (PDF)

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› Video Clips

Clip 1: Exam 3, Problem 4 (00:14:00)

Clip 2: Exam 3, Problem 5 (00:14:00)

Clip 3: Final Exam, Problem 11a (00:07:00)

Supplemental Exam Problems (PDF)

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Aqueous Solutions

TITLES READINGS LECTURE VIDEOS LECTURE RESOURCES HOMEWORK FOR FURTHER STUDY
Introduction to Aqueous Solutions

› Readings

[Saylor] 13.1, "Factors Affecting Solution Formation."

[Saylor] 13.2, "Solubility and Molecular Structure."

[Saylor] 13.3, "Units of Concentration."

[Saylor] 17.1, "Determining the Solubility of Ionic Compounds."

[Saylor] 17.4, "Solubility and pH."

 Lecture 25: Introduction to Aqueous Solutions (00:50:42)

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Problems (PDF)

Solutions (PDF)

› Textbook Problems

[Saylor] 17.1, "Determining the Solubility of Ionic Compounds."

› Supplemental Readings

Chang, Kenneth. "The Nature of Glass Remains Anything but Clear." The New York Times, July 29, 2008.

› People

Svante Arrhenius — 1903 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Acids & Bases

› Readings

[Saylor] 4.6, "Acid-Base Reactions."

[Saylor] 8.7, "Lewis Acids and Bases."

[Saylor] 16.1, "The Autoionization of Water."

[Saylor] 16.2, "A Qualitative Description of Acid-Base Equilibria."

[Saylor] 16.3, "Molecular Structure and Acid-Base Strength."

[Saylor] 16.4, "Quantitative Aspects of Acid-Base Equilibria."

 Lecture 26: Acids & Bases (00:52:37)

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Problems (PDF)

Solutions (PDF)

› Textbook Problems

[Saylor] 4.6, "Acid-Base Reactions."

[Saylor] 16.2, "A Qualitative Description of Acid-Base Equilibria."

[Saylor] 16.3, "Molecular Structure and Acid-Base Strength."

[Saylor] 16.4, "Quantitative Aspects of Acid-Base Equilibria."

[Saylor] 16.5, "Acid-Base Titrations."

[Saylor] 16.6, "Buffers."

› Supplemental Readings

Buy at Amazon Djerassi, C., and R. Hoffmann. Oxygen: A Play in Two Acts. New York, NY: Wiley-VCH, 2001. ISBN: 9783527304134. See also the study guide and other publisher resources.

Brandis, Kerry. Acid-Base Physiology. See Chapter 1 of this online tutorial/textbook, which applies acid-base chemistry to physiology.

› People

Antoine Lavoisier; Svante Arrhenius — 1903 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted; Martin Lowry; Gilbert N. Lewis

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5.111 Principles of Chemical Science: Lecture 21: Acid-Base Equilibrium and Lecture 22: Chemical and Biological Buffers

Acid-Base Equilibrium

Self-Assessment: Aqueous Solutions

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Aqueous Solutions

Quiz Problems (PDF)

Quiz Solutions Key (PDF)

Exam Problems (PDF)

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Clip 1: Exam 3, Problem 3 (00:13:00)

Clip 2: Final Exam, Problem 10 (00:22:00)

Supplemental Exam Problems (PDF)

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Organic Materials

TITLES READINGS LECTURE VIDEOS LECTURE RESOURCES HOMEWORK FOR FURTHER STUDY
Introduction to Organic Chemistry

› Readings

[Saylor] 24.1, "Functional Groups and Classes of Organic Compounds."

[Saylor] 24.2, "Isomers of Organic Compounds."

 Lecture 27: Introduction to Organic Chemistry (00:52:09) Lecture Slides (PDF - 1.6MB) None

› People

August Kekulé

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5.12 Organic Chemistry I
Polymers: Structure & Composition

› Readings

[Saylor] 12.8, "Polymeric Solids."
 Lecture 28: Polymers: Structure & Composition (00:48:46) Lecture Slides (PDF)

Problems (PDF)

Solutions (PDF)

› Textbook Problems

[Saylor] 24.2, "Isomers of Organic Compounds."

[Saylor] 24.5, "Common Classes of Organic Compounds."

› Culture

Buy at Amazon The Beatles. "Polythene Pam." Abbey Road. Apple Records, 1969.

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Polymer Basics

 
Polymers: Synthesis, Properties & Applications

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Buy at Amazon [PB-OC] 28, "Synthetic Polymers."

Buy at Amazon [JS] 13.1, "Polymerization."

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 Lecture 29: Polymers: Synthesis, Properties & Applications (00:48:50)

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Problems (PDF)

Solutions (PDF)

› Textbook Problems

Buy at Amazon [JS] Chapter 13, Sample Problems 13.1 and 13.4

› Supplemental Readings

Buy at Amazon Perree, R. Bakelite: The Material of a Thousand Uses. Amsterdam, NL: Cadre, 1996. ISBN: 9789053492338.

Buy at Amazon Meikle, J. American Plastic: A Culture History. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1995. ISBN: 9780813522357.

Buy at MIT PressBuy at Amazon Brown, D. E. Inventing Modern America: From the Microwave to the Mouse. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2001. ISBN: 9780262523493. [Companion website]

Buy at Amazon Carothers, W.H. Collected Papers of Wallace Hume Carothers on High Polymeric Substances. New York, NY: Interscience Publishers, 1940. ISBN: 9781406759259. [Download or view complete work from Internet Archive]

Buy at Amazon Furukawa, Y. Inventing Polymer Science: Staudinger, Carothers, and the Emergence of Macromolecular Science. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998. ISBN: 9780812233360.

› People

Wallace Carothers

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Buy at Amazon "Mr. Cellophane." Chicago. DVD. Miramax, 2003.

Buy at Amazon The Graduate. Directed by M. Nichols. DVD. MGM, 1967.

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Polymer Basics, The Glass Transition in Polymers, Crystallinity in Polymers

3.063 Polymer Physics

3.064 Polymer Engineering

10.467 Polymer Science Laboratory

10.569 Synthesis of Polymers

Introduction to Polymers
Biochemistry: Amino Acids

› Readings

[Saylor] 12.8, "Polymeric Solids."

[Saylor] 24.6, "The Molecules of Life."

Buy at Amazon [PB-EOC] 17-1 through 17-4 in Chapter 17, "Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins."

Buy at Amazon [RH] 3, "Amino Acids and the Primary Structures of Proteins."

 Lecture 30: Biochemistry: Amino Acids (00:51:20)

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Problems (PDF)

Solutions (PDF)

› Textbook Problems

[Saylor] 12.8, "Polymeric Solids."

› Supplemental Readings

Halifax Explosion

Thalidomide

› Culture

Buy at Amazon Michael Jackson. "Man in the Mirror." Bad. Epic Records, 1987.

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7.01SC Fundamentals of Biology: Unit 1: Biochemistry
Biochemistry: Protein Structure

› Readings

Buy at Amazon [PB-EOC] 17-6 through 17-12 in Chapter 17, "Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins."

 Lecture 31: Biochemistry: Protein Structure (00:50:38)

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Problems (PDF)

Solutions (PDF)

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7.01SC Fundamentals of Biology: Unit 1: Biochemistry

7.343 Protein Folding, Misfolding and Human Disease
Biochemistry: Lipids, Nucleic Acids & DNA

› Readings

[Saylor] 24.6, "The Molecules of Life."

Buy at Amazon [PB-EOC] 20-1 through 20-5 in Chapter 20, "Lipids."

Buy at Amazon [PB-EOC] 21-2, 21-5, and 21-8 in Chapter 21, "Nucleosides, Nucleotides, and Nucleic Acids."

 Lecture 32: Biochemistry: Lipids, Nucleic Acids & DNA (00:51:25)

Lecture Slides (PDF - 4.1MB)

Problems (PDF)

Solutions (PDF)

› Supplemental Readings

Watson, J. D., and F. H. C. Crick. "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids." Nature 171 (1953): 737-738. (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)

Franklin, R., and R. G. Gosling. "Molecular Configuration in Sodium Thymonucleate." Nature 171 (1953): 740-741. (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)

Buy at Amazon Judson, Horace Freeland. The Eighth Day of Creation: Makers of the Revolution in Biology. 25th anniversary edition. Woodbury, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 1996. ISBN: 9780879694784.

Buy at Amazon Maddox, Brenda. Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA. New York, NY: HarperCollins, 2002. ISBN: 9780060184070.

Buy at Amazon Watson, James D. The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA. New York, NY: Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 2001 (original publication 1968). ISBN: 9780743216302.

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Oswald Avery; Erwin Chargaff; Francis Crick, James Watson, Maurice Wilkins — 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; Rosalind Franklin

› Culture

Buy at Amazon "It's a Chemical Reaction, That's All." Music and lyrics by Cole Porter. From Silk Stockings. Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse; directed by Rouben Mamoulian and Roy Mack. Original film release MGM, 1957. DVD, Warner Home Video, 2003.

Hank Ballard and the Midnighters. "The Twist." (B-side with "Teardrops on Your Letter.") Original release: King Records, 1959. Available on many reissue compilations, such as Buy at Amazon Their Very Best: Hank Ballard & The Midnighters. K-Tel, 2007.

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7.01SC Fundamentals of Biology: Unit 1: Biochemistry

Self-Assessment: Organic Materials

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Organic Materials

Quiz Problems (PDF)

Quiz Solutions Key (PDF)

Exam Problems (PDF)

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Clip 1: Final Exam, Problem 5 (00:20:00)

Clip 2: Final Exam, Problem 13 (00:15:00)

Supplemental Exam Problems (PDF)

Supplemental Exam Solutions Key (PDF)

Solid Solutions

TITLES READINGS LECTURE VIDEOS LECTURE RESOURCES HOMEWORK FOR FURTHER STUDY
Unary Phase Diagrams

› Readings

Archived Lecture Notes #10 (PDF), Part A

[Saylor] 11.6, "Critical Temperature and Pressure."

[Saylor] 11.7, "Phase Diagrams."

 Lecture 33: Unary Phase Diagrams (00:51:21) Lecture Slides (PDF - 3.0MB)

Problems (PDF)

Solutions (PDF)

› Culture

Queen. "'Under Pressure' (Live at Wembley)." June 16, 2009. YouTube. Accessed November 18, 2010. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJCTgtDU-74.

Alexander Calder, Mercury Fountain, 1937. Fundació Joan Miró. Barcelona, Spain.

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3.012 Fundamentals of Material Science: Thermodynamics lectures 15-16
Binary Phase Diagrams: Complete Solubility

› Readings

Archived Lecture Notes #10 (PDF), Part B and #10 Supplement (PDF)

Buy at Amazon [JS] 9.1, "The Phase Rule."

Buy at Amazon [JS] 9.2, "The Phase Diagram."

 Lecture 34: Binary Phase Diagrams: Complete Solubility (00:49:33) Lecture Slides (PDF - 2.5MB)

Problems (PDF)

Solutions (PDF)

› Supplemental Readings

Carter, Kelley. "Absinthe flows again, more stylish than ever." USA Today, September 27, 2007.

Absinthe

› People

William Hume-Rothery

› Culture

The Manchurian Candidate. Directed by John Frankenheimer. MGM, 1962.

Moulin Rouge! Directed by Baz Luhrmann. 20th Century Fox, 2001.

› Other OCW and OER Content

3.012 Fundamentals of Material Science: Thermodynamics lectures 17-19

Phase Diagrams and Solidification, Solid Solutions
Binary Phase Diagrams: Limited Solubility

› Readings

Archived Lecture Notes #10 (PDF), Part B and #10 Supplement (PDF)

Buy at Amazon [JS] 9.1, "The Phase Rule."

Buy at Amazon [JS] 9.2, "The Phase Diagram."

 Lecture 35: Binary Phase Diagrams: Limited Solubility (00:47:58)

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Problems (PDF)

Solutions (PDF)

› People

Daniel Fahrenheit; Nicole Barbe Ponsardin (Madame Ponsardin Cliquot)

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3.012 Fundamentals of Material Science: Thermodynamics lectures 17-19

Phase Diagrams and Solidification, Solid Solutions

Self-Assessment: Solid Solutions

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Solid Solutions

Quiz Problems (PDF)

Quiz Solutions Key (PDF)

Exam Problems (PDF)

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Clip 1: Final Exam, Problem 7 (00:13:00)

Clip 2: Final Exam, Problem 9 (00:15:00)

Supplemental Exam Problems (PDF)

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Final Exam

FINAL EXAM STUDY MATERIALS FINAL EXAM AND SOLUTIONS
Final Exam Lecture Summary Notes (PDF - 4.8MB)

Final exam (PDF - 1.5MB)

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