Dr. Roderick M. Macrae

MH 356B

Ext. 6064

• Ph.D. University of Glasgow (1990)
• BSc University of Glasgow (1986)

Society memberships:

Courses:

• General Chemistry (Fall 2007 syllabus (PDF))
  Course materials and useful links:
  • Companion web site for Silberberg
  • Test 1 (Fall 2004 class exam 1 for CHE 151 - use for practice.)
  • Test 2 (Fall 2004 class exam 2 for CHE 151 - use for practice.)
  • Test 3 (Fall 2004 class exam 3 for CHE 151 - use for practice.)
  • 2004 Final (Fall 2004 final, available for practice.)
  • Note on practice exams: a different textbook was in use at that time, so the order of material may differ from this year.
  • Web page for molecular structures lab. Requires the Chime plugin (free).
  • Online periodic table (and more).
  • List of densities (includes brass and steel).
  • Vapor pressure data for various liquids - with calculator.
  • Crystal structures of the elements. (External link.) (Requires Chime.)
  • A very comprehensive set of crystal lattices at NRL.
  • More useful links to structures at LSU.
  • More structural information at IU's Molecular Structure Center.
  • Excellent primer on X-ray diffraction.
  • Database of nucleic-acid-containing structures.
• Physical Chemistry (Fall 2007 syllabus (PDF); links page (lecture), links page (lab))
• Analytical Chemistry (Fall 2006 syllabus (PDF))
  • Web site for Harris textbook. (Includes online quizzes.)
  • Useful primer on various analytical/instrumental techniques. (Scroll to the bottom of the page to see an egregious example of spamdexing.)
  • Final exam, paper 1
• Instrumental Analysis (Spring 2007 syllabus)
  Course materials:
  • Class test number 1 (2005).
  • Class test number 2 (2005).
• Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (Spring 2007 syllabus)
  Course materials and useful links:
  • Character tables for chemically important point groups - with online reduction of representations!
  • Surface Explorer - pick a crystal structure and a set of Miller indices!
• Chemistry and Society (2002-2003 syllabus) (course discontinued)
• Chemistry Senior Seminar (Fall 2007 syllabus (PDF))
• Directed research: Applied Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy (Spring 2007 syllabus (PDF); links page) - other topics also available

Research Interests:

• Structures and dynamics of simple free radicals
• Encaged atoms and point defect structures
• Molecular interactions with zeolites
• The Muon Spin Rotation technique
• Computational electronic structure methods
• The physics and chemistry of spin

Recently attended conferences:

µSR2005, - 10^th International Conference on Muon Spin Rotation, Relaxation, and Resonance, 8-12 August, 2005, Oxford, UK.

Previous ports of call:

• Check out Saint Mary's College.
• Check out Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory.
• Check out Radiation Laboratory Data Center
• Check out University of Notre Dame
• Check out RIKEN Muon Laboratory
• Check out RIKEN-RAL Muon Facility

E-mail me at: rmacrae@marian.edu 


Last modified: September 7, 2007.

R. M. Macrae, a.k.a. rmacrae@marian.edu