Problem Sets are assigned once per week, and are listed as to content on the last page of the Class and Lab Calendar. Each problem set covers material we will be developing in class for the week assigned. The problems are taken from the class textbook, Quantitative Chemical Analysis, by Daniel C. Harris. The problems are to be done individually, and each person in the company will receive an individual grade for each set. This does not mean that you should ignore opportunities to discuss problems within your company or with others in the class!

A typical problem set will usually contain around 10 multi-part problems, and will be graded to a normalized total of 15 points. Punctuality will be highly valued. Each of these will be weighted equally (say one point), no matter what their relative complexity is, and broken down as follows:

  1. Wrong answer, but a sincere effort made = 33%
  2. Wrong final answer, but at least half of the problem right = 50%
  3. Right answer, with work shown = 100%
  4. Punctuality factor:
  5. Handed in at the precise end of class on the due date = 1.00
  6. Handed in between zero and one class periods late = 0.50
  7. Handed in more than one class period late = 0.25

The individual parts of each problem will be scored this way, and the individual scores added to get a total (Example: 16 for a set with 9 problems and 2 parts per problem). This final score will then be expressed in terms of 15 points (16/18 = 0.888 and 0.888 * 15 = 13.3 points). In this way you will get the same amount of credit for working a simple problem as you do for working a complex one, making it a management decision on your part as to how much time to spend on any one problem, compared to another, both to accumulate a score and to prepare for the final examination.

Problem Set 1

p65;2ace

p65;4

p65;7acg

p66;11

p66;14abf

p86;ExA

p88;9

p89;13

p89;17

 

SpreadSheet

Wendy

p88;6

Laura

p88;7

Bruce

S4-10

Deano

S4-10

 


Problem Set 2

p140;ExD

p140;ExE

p141;3

p143;13

p143;14

p143;18

p206;ExA

p206ExC

p207;14

 

SpreadSheet

Wendy

handout

Laura

handout

Bruce

handout

Deano

handout

 

Problem Set 3

p207;18

p207;21

p208;22

p186;ExC

p187;7

p187;10

p188;12

p188;19

 

 

SpreadSheet

Wendy

p208;25

Laura

p188;16

Bruce

p188;17

Deano

p208;27

 

Problem Set 4

p140;ExH

p145;51

p234;3

p235;6

p235;13a

p235;18

p236;37ab

p260;4

p261;10

p261;12

SpreadSheet

Wendy

p262;34

Laura

p262;33

Bruce

p262;33

Deano

p262;34

 

Problem Set 5

p260;8

p261;14

p261;21

p262;31

p298;ExD

p298;ExF

p301;24

p301;28

p301;31

p302;41

SpreadSheet

Wendy

Fig10-1

Laura

p260;9

Bruce

p237;43

Deano

Fig10-1

 

Problem Set 6

p535;ExC

p537;3

p537;4

p539;19

p636;ExA

p636;ExB

p636;2

p637;16

p638;18

 

SpreadSheet

Wendy

p303;62

Laura

p304;64

Bruce

p304;63

Deano

p304;64

 

Problem Set 7

p609;ExDacd

p609;ExE

p609;ExG

p610;13

p611;17

p611;20

p612;28

p564;ExA

p565;2

p574;19

SpreadSheet

Wendy

p304;67

Laura

p304;67

Bruce

p304;66

Deano

p304;66

 

Problem Set 8

p364;ExBadf

p364;ExD

p366;3

p367;9

p367;12

p368;16

p371;47

p408;21

p407;6

p408;24

SpreadSheet

Wendy

S20-4

Laura

p610;11

Bruce

p610;11

Deano

S20-4

 

Problem Set 9

p436;ExA

p437;ExE

p437;4

p437;5

p438;18

p668;ExE

p668;ExF

p670;15

p670;16

p671;26

SpreadSheet

Wendy

p409;38

Laura

p409;38

Bruce

p409;38

Deano

p409;38

 

Problem Set 10

p671;32

p671;42

p672;43

p707; ExD

p708;2

p708;5

p708; 8

p708;12

p708;16

p709;17

SpreadSheet

Wendy

p673;46

Laura

p673;45

Bruce

p673;45

Deano

p673;46

 

Problem Set 11

p750;ExB

p750;ExD

p750;1

p751;4

p751;6

p751;9

p751;11

p751;17

p751;24

p751;25

SpreadSheet

Wendy

project

Laura

project

Bruce

project

Deano

project

 

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