CHEMISTRY Professors: G. N. LEWIS, Dean of the College of Chemistry and Chairman of the Department; E. O'NEILL, W. C. BRAY, J. H. HILDEBRAND, W. C. BLASDALE, MERLE RANDALL, C. W. PORTER, G. E. GIBSON, G. E. K. BRANCH. Instructors: E. D. EASTMAN, T. D. STEWART, W. M. LATIMER. Research Associates: F. R. BICHOWSKY, A. R. OLSEN, H. E. MILLER, W. H. RODEBUSH. Facilities. In addition to the laboratories devoted to the work of instruction, a new building, Gilman Hall, has recently been completed, devoted almost entirely to research work. An illustrated description of the building has been published (Randall, J. Ind. Eng. Chem., 10, 634, 1918). This building has been designed and is being equipped with all possible attention to the needs of research work, and furnishes facilities for all types of advanced chemical investigation. The departmental library in Gilman Hall includes all of the important chemical journals and reference books. In addition to the university fellowships there are three fellowships now maintained for students of chemistry only. These are the Bruce Howard Memorial Fellowship, the DuPont Company Fellowship, and the Western Precipitation Company Fellowship. Research. Among the numerous lines of investigation carried on by the members of the department may be mentioned studies in the free energies of chemical substances; behavior of substances at low temperatures; the mechanism of reactions, both organic and inorganic; free radicals; the liquid state and laws of concentrated solutions; equilibria in salt solutions; reactions of the halogens and nitrogen compounds. Publications. The types of investigation in progress in the laboratories are further illustrated by the following list of publications by members of the department during 1918 and 1919: A preliminary study of reversible reactions of sulfur compounds (G. N. Lewis and M. Randall);. equilibrium in the reaction between water and sulfur at the boiling point of sulfur (G. N. Lewis and M. Randall); the heat capacity of electro positive metals and the thermal energy of free electrons (G. N. Lewis, E. D. Eastman and W. H. Rodebush); equilibria involving cyanogen iodide; the free energy of formation of cyanogen (G. N. Lewis and D. B. Keyes); the oxidizing power of cyanates and the free energy of formation of cyanides (G. N. Lewis and T. B. Brighton); the vapor pressure of liquid metals (J. H. Hildebrand); the extraction of potash and other constituents from sea water bittern (J. H. Hildebrand); equilibria in solutions containing mixtures of salts. I. The system water and the sulfates and chlorides of sodium and potassium (W. C. Blasdale); the separation of the chlorides and sulfates of sodium and potassium by fractional crystallization (W. C. Blasdale); equilibrium in the reaction between water and sulfur at high temperatures (M. Randall and F. R. Bichowsky); the free energy of dilution of sulfuric acid (M. Randall and O. E. Cushman); equilibrium data on the polybromides and polyiodides of potassium (G. A. Linhart); the absorption spectra of the blue solutions of certain alkali and alkaline earth metals in liquid ammonia and in methylamine (G. E. Gibson and W. L. Argo); effect of sodium on mixtures of malonic and succinic esters (G. E. K. Branch and H. E. Branch); the specific heats at low temperatures of sodium potassium, magnesium and calcium metals, and of lead sulfide (E. D. Eastman and W. H. Rodebush); the freezing points of concentrated solutions and the free energy of solutions of salts (W. H. Rodebush); solubility: III relative values of internal pressure and their practical application (J. H. Hildebrand); the applicability of the precipitated silver-silver chloride electrode to the measurement of the activity of hydrochloric acid in extremely dilute solutions (G. A. Linhart); the volumetric determination of hydroxylamine (W. C. Bray, M. E. Simpson and A. A. MacKenzie); potentials of the zinc and cadmium electrodes (W. G. Horsch); the degree of dissociation of very dilute electrolytes (G. N. Lewis and G. A. Linhart). Graduate Courses.-Higher degrees are not bestowed primarily upon the basis of fulfillment of formal unit requirements but rather on the basis of the ability of the student to do original work and independent thinking. Graduate instruction, therefore, does not consist of lectures but rather of seminar courses and research work. Students who are qualified begin the latter immediately. A weekly research conference attended by all the members of the department and graduate students is an important feature of instruction. The preliminary requirements for higher degrees are essentially those covered by graduation with honors in the College of Chemistry. Students from other institutions may be required to take certain undergraduate courses, especially in physical chemistry and advanced inorganic chemistry. A knowledge of German is essential and a knowledge of French is highly desirable. High School Teacher's Recommendation. The requirements for a high school teacher's recommendation in chemistry are courses 1A-1B, 5 or 6A-6B, 9, 110, and three further units, which must ordinarily be course 120. An examination on the fundamental principles of chemistry may also be required. Master's Degree. The master's degree is given only to those who have devoted one full year to graduate work in chemistry or in approved allied subjects. Doctor of Philosophy.-Students are admitted to candidacy for this degree after passing three oral examinations, namely, in inorganic, organic and physical chemistry. The purpose of these examinations is to determine the caliber of the student and to furnish the basis for guidance during his later work. The only other examination, except the examinations connected with seminar courses, is the final public examination for the doctor's degree. The topics of the seminars are announced at the beginning of each term. During the first term of 1919-20 the topic was "The Structure of Atoms and Molecules" (Lewis). For the second term the topics are "Thermodynamics" (Lewis). and "the Theory of Solutions" (Hilde brand). UPPER DIVISION MAJOR COURSES 100. Organic Chemistry-Advanced Laboratory. 111-111H. Physical Chemistry. 114H. Physical Chemistry-Thermodynamics. 116н. Physical Chemistry. 120-120н. Advanced Inorganic Chemistry. +121-121H. Advanced Inorganic Chemistry. STEWART. BRANCH. STEWART. EASTMAN. EASTMAN. GIBSON. GIBSON. BRAY. BRAY. BLASDALE. 122. Phase Rule. 199H. Special Problems. Not to be given, 1919-20. CIVIL ENGINEERING Professors: C. DERLETH, Jr., Dean of the College of Civil Engineering; C. G. HYDE, F. S. FOOTE, A. C. ALVAREZ, A. J. EDDY, C. T. WISKOCIL, W. F. LANGELIER. Instructors: C. J. NOBMANN, C. C. SWAFFORD. Facilities. The department has an excellent assortment of models and specimens of trade products. It has a museum of engineering materials and apparatus; also a special department library containing engineering reports and specifications of actual work, trade catalogues, and a large assortment of photographs and blue prints of existing European and American structures. These collections may be consulted by students. They are also drawn upon for illustration in the class-room. A collection of lantern slides of engineering apparatus and structures is in use by the department and represents mainly the fields of structural engineering, foundations, testing of materials, railroading, sanitation, irrigation, roads and pavements, surveying, and masonry structures. For purposes of instruction both in the regular session at Berkeley and at the Summer School of Surveying held near Santa Cruz, California, the department has a supply of surveying instruments and auxiliary equipment. It has also a collection of drawing and computing instruments, such as planimeters, specialized slide rules, and railroad curves, for the use of upper division students. The testing laboratory is fitted with apparatus to determine the elasticity and resistance of the materials used in engineering construction and for the inspection of cements and manufactured products. Testing machines of large capacity are available for practical tests of beams and columns. Facilities are offered for original investigation of the physical properties of the materials of engineering. The laboratory is provided with a well-equipped machine shop for shaping test specimens of metal or wood and for the manufacture of special apparatus. Research. The sanitary and municipal laboratories of the department afford facilities for routine and research work on problems relating to the determination of chemical, bacteriological, and physical properties of water, sewage, air, and municipal refuse. Apparatus is available for special studies of rainfall rates and run-off in streams and sewers. Practical problems in hydraulics, water and sewage purification, municipal refuse disposal, and ventilation can be studied either in the laboratories or elsewhere with the use of the laboratory equipment. The road-materials laboratory is equipped to make investigations on macadam, brick, and asphaltic pavement materials. The department staff, with the assistance of qualified senior or graduate students, has been conducting tests on reinforced concrete columns and beams, California timbers, the thermal expansion of concrete, vitrified clay and cement pipe, magnesium cement products, plain concrete, et cetera. Bulletins reporting these studies are in course of publication. There are many opportunities for qualified graduate students to engage in such investigations. The expense incurred is borne by the department. The program of work for any proposed problem is outlined by the instructor in charge. Preliminary Requirements. For complete graduate standing in civil. engineering, a student must hold the degree of Bachelor of Science in that college of this University, or he must have completed a course of study formally accepted as an equivalent. GRADUATE COURSES 206. Civil Engineering Laboratory. DERLETH, HYDE and WISKOCIL. 220A-220B. Framed Structures. DERLETH. 221A-221B. Theory of Resilience and Deflections. DERLETH. 225. Advanced Sanitary Engineering Laboratory. HYDE and LANGELIER. 299. Thesis for the Master's Degree. FOOTE, ALVAREZ, EDDY, WISKOCIL, SWAFFORD, NOB MANN, and Assistants. 107E-107F. Framed Structures. For architectural students. EDDY. |