Susan Piepho's Websites

Chemistry Helpers

Note: The Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel documents below were written using Microsoft Office 2001, Macintosh Edition. They should work fine with PCs running Microsoft Office 2000 (or later).

• General Chemistry Worksheets (mostly Microsoft Word documents). Worksheets to supplement college and university-level general chemistry courses. Also useful for review for upper-class students.
• Searching the Chemical Literature at Sweet Briar ( HTML document).
• Microsoft Word "Extras" for Chemists (Microsoft Word document). How to customize toolbars, insert superscripts and subscripts, use the equation editor, construct tables, enter objects from Microsoft Excel, turn off "Auto-Correct" features, and paste structures from ChemDraw.
• How to do Least Squares Fits with Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Excel document). How to easily construct graphs and do least squares fits with a trend line using Microsoft Excel.
• Using Array Formulas in Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Word document). How to process data using array formulas in Microsoft Excel. Example from chemical kinetics.

Writing Papers Using the MLA Format

• Writing Papers Using the MLA Format ( HTML document). Information on the MLA format for citations and links to web sites on writing style and grammar.

Chemistry Course Handouts

• CHEM 131 - Principles of Chemistry I (Microsoft Word documents). Syllabus, daily schedule, and sample hour tests.
• CHEM 332 - Physical Chemistry II (Microsoft Word documents). Syllabus, daily schedule, and sample quizzes and tests.
• CHEM 342 - Intermediate Laboratory II (Microsoft Word documents). Handouts and references.

Websites Maintained by Susan Piepho

• Women-in-Chemistry Consortium. Web site describing low-cost inquiry-based chemistry labs with an emphasis on real-world applications for colleges, universities, and high schools.
• Sweet Briar College Chemistry Department. Home page of the Sweet Briar College Chemistry Department.
• Susan Piepho, Home Page. Home page of Dr. Susan B. Piepho, Professor of Chemistry at Sweet Briar College.