Ask a college professor anything

Do Tritium and Deuterium have different orbitals? Why or why not?

why are people so corrupt in our political system nowadays? and why is everyone being so PC?

Of course; maybe not currently discernable

This was not the op
Atoms have different electron orbitals in the sense of how far in space they reach. It also has to deal with the structure of the atom, the number of electrons in the system, and the fact that electrons repel.

What's the dumbest shit you've had to deal with?

They both have an s-orbital that extends out into space different distance. The deuterium should have a smaller s-orbital.

Each object takes up space such that another object cannot b there and forces are depleted when interacting with 1

What bribes would you take to give an A?

I had to deal with a super bitch student who was older than me. I bitched her out infront of my class and she tried to get me in trouble.

None. I hate cheaters

Do u teach physics? Why did i give a better answer then u?

Everyone has a price

hey, you mistyped there.

I teach physical chemistry. And if you consider an incomplete and incorrect answer better, go for it.

People are corrupt because people's natures have been corrupt but technology has led to power of the collective

I literally have my dream job and everything I could want.

Does chemistry deal with sub electron, sub neutron, sub proton?

I do not know or really do not care.

Nuclear chemistry does. Mainly it is particle physics which studies this.

What special things can happen if one attaches an accelerator to a cetrifuge?

I am not sure. I have limited experience with centrifuge. I am also not sure what you mean by an accelerator? Just something to speed up the centrifuge? I just guess make it spin faster....

How Jewish are you?

No a particle accelerator

Do you get along with your college dean and dean of students?

I had a prof that was always vocal about their hatred for our dean and one day that prof told us they claimed to have gotten a different job and were replaced mid semester. Though we all knew they had been fired.

You should be able just to separate sub atomic particles, however this is kinda out of data technology. However, this is not my field of experience and I have not touched particle physics since being an undergrad.

If you can't create mass or energy, hoe did the Bing bang happen?

I am Polish... so maybe my family was Jewish before ww2. My grandfather and everyone since has been Roman Catholic.

What's the best major and why is it Maths

Do u know if in a linear accelerator the particles are not spinning? Would a centrifuge make them spin thus revealing new sides?

I do get along well with my school dean. I do not think we have a dean of students or it goes by something else...

He sounds like a shitty professor.

You can create mass from energy though... and to be honest I do not know.

how many students have you fucked

are any female ?

I like chemistry more. However, I do not know why people major in math as they obviously have no limitations to their abilities.

>You can create mass from energy
Really?

None, but many have offered

Through what processes? Photon clumping? What is the nuclear, electroweak field particles?

Does proton acceleration cause an antielectrical/magnetic field?

Yes, check out Feymann diagrams.

Why do niggers exist?

Where do you teach? What degrees do you have and from where? How much do you make? How long have you been a professor? Are you tenured?

no way i could turn down dat kind of ass

your a strong willed man sir

I have to thank u, being a nonscientist, you are what keeps me alive :)

What are you a professor of?

How have they offered? Straight out propositioned you for sex, or just made some comment that insinuated?

No, if you get a photon with the correct energy it can make a positron and electron. Check out Hawking radiation/

what field of research are you in?

Who's more annoying, the idiots who have no business being in college (or just in a science degree) in the first place? Or the overachieving premed students who freak out and quibble over every little question on the test when they are already making an A?

Chemistry. I have a BS and PhD. I make about 54k.

Usually it is. They usually want to fuck for a good grade or just to nail a professor.

What was ur phd on? I wont look u up, jw

I am a theoretical chemist who uses DFT to study metal-organic interactions

Students who have no business being in college.

It was on using calculations to look at metal organic interfaces.

Do you actually enjoy teaching? Or is it a necessary evil just to continue doing research?

I love teaching. Research makes the job more interesting/random though.

What's the most interesting fact you want every one to know?

That's it? Seems like a waste for how much you spend getting a phd.

Have you ever banged a colleague? PhD student? Anyone? Make this a little more sexy.

It's
>peoples'
, Professor.

>I'm not a robot

hello prof, serious question about chemistry
now for example
[Al(OH)4]- is this called
1) tetrahydroxoaluminaat(III)-ion
2) tetrahydroxoaluminaat(I)-ion
so do you have to write the oxidaton of the central atom or the whole complex
(notice: ...-aat (that's dutch, that is correct so don't worrt about that))

Not OP, but most PhD students are paid while getting their PhD. It's not like professional schools (law, medicine) where you still pay for your advanced degree.

Yes. But I worked 15 years to get where I am... No ass is worth that.

Do you think Brits are just trying to sound like retards when they pronounce aluminum wrong? Or is it a joke they are playing on us?

Are you a college professor?

Yes. I have banged people lol

That was not me.

True.

American English is literally a simplified version of the language.

My apologies.

Are you talking about the naming? It is based off of the metal. So it would be 1).

No I do not. I like how it sounds.

Yes.

Do you ever jerk off and think about your students? Especially the ones who propositioned you for sex?

The most interesting fact I like people to know is about the dual slit experiment. youtube.com/watch?v=2mIk3wBJDgE

Yes. And yes, those slutty ones are crazy.

What race of students is most annoying?

Smartest? Dumbest?

yes naming
then if you have
[Ag(S2O3)2]3-
1) dithiosulfatoargentaat(I)-ion --> Stocknotation
2) dithiosulfatoargentaat(3-)-ion --> Ewens-Bassett notation

are they both correct?

I did not spend anything on my education. And I would say that is not bad for only having to work 6 months out of the year. Also no one ever tells me what to do.

I would say Koreans are the most annoying. They have no personal space, try to cheat constantly, and suck up.

I constantly have black students who fail the first semester, but I think this has more to deal with their shitty highschool education and less about race.

To be honest I am not sure. Most chemists use the IUPAC conventions with naming. This is the first I have heard of these notations....

How do you make your classes not boring?

>2016
>still using IUPAC
>not using Ewens-Bassett notation or Stocknotation

lolfag

Check 'em

I usually conduct classroom demonstrations, and get my students moving. I like to blow stuff up, it usually scares the students.

outch... sweet burn broh.

Do you teach freshman classes as well as upper levels? And which do you like better/why?

No I need like a numerical value

I teach freshmen and senior level courses. Honestly I like both.

I like the senior level class because you see students grow and make it through this intellectual boot camp. However, some students get lazy and think they are owed to pass.

The freshmen level classes are fun because you get to break students, and they are really excited. However, freshmen eat up more time and energy. Usually once a semester I have a melt-down and yell at them. Also I hate how dependent freshmen are.

25%, I have a jew fro and I am skinny.

Have you ever took pictures of one of your students? Or have fantasized about one? And las question, what would you say is the major problem with the education system nowadays?

Orthodox?
How big is your nose
Where do you hide your gold?

I have never have nor would take pictures of my students.

I have fantasized.

The major problem with the education system nowadays all comes from highschools not failing students. These whiney little babies think they are owed a degree because they are paying for it.

I was raised Roman Catholic.
I have a skinny nose that does not hook.
I will never tell!

So you think kids are changing for the worse? Care to elaborate a little more?

Yes I do.

At the start of class, no one talks to anyone. They just stare at their phones. Their social skills are getting worse.

In addition, during my lab class students are extremely afraid to do anything and work independently.

They also have never failed and think they can make it through. My average is a C and they are all used to getting As. Highschools need to stop over-inflating their grades and show where students actually lie.

Who started the reighstag fire?

What do you think about the field of Materials Science? Is there a huge future in it?

lol wat?

How long have you been teaching?

I think Materials Science is literally the same thing as a chemistry degree. I see a huge future for chemistry and therefore a huge future for materials science.

I have been teaching for about 9 years, if you include graduate school.

>lol I am a professor.

Of...?

Chemistry.

That is good to hear. Currently an undergrad student doing a Mat. Sci. degree. I found myself into the mechanical properties of materials. Like fracture mechanics, failure analysis. Never done much with electronic properties. What do you think is the most interesting topic to explore in the electronic properties of materials?

I think superconductive material is pretty interesting.

In terms of electronics, I think things called catenanes are pretty sweet too. They might be used as switches.

How does it feel to teach something? And what subject do you teach?

Of read the goddamn thread you stupid fucking moron.

I feel that it is awesome to teach. Sometimes I feel like I am testing myself, othertimes I feel like I am trying to test my students. I think it is extremely rewarding profession.

I teach General Chemistry and Physical Chemistry.

Why does peepee come out purple?

because you touch yourself at night!

Mr. Wizard or Bill Nye?

Who's dick would you suck first? (keep in mind you still will get to suck the other one's dick afterward)

Ah, Chemistry is truly interesting. I've been studying the atom lately.

That sounds pretty cool. I want to say that what really blew my mind was solving the hydrogen atom. Like holy shit, whatever I learned in high school makes so much sense. Can't wait to take Solid State Physics next semester !

Roald Hoffmann. He had a better show.

I do not care for Bill Nye.

Solid State Physics is awesome. I suggest to read "Solids and Surfaces" by Roald Hoffmann. He writes very well.

I agree. All I do is study atoms and molecules lol

I think the edgelord meant to say "Reichstag," a reference to some Nazi stupidity that he thinks is cool.

Hey user, would you like to explain me the Bohr's model?

How do you use your platform to convert young minds into atheists? Do you find it's harder converting protestants or catholics?

You seem like the type I'd like to have a coffee with at a cafe. Where in the US are you located ?

Sure! Not OP, but what part of it do you have trouble with ?

(Not OP here) Why would a religious fanatic with a closed mind want to take any science class?

Just tell me the basic, I kind of didn't understand it during class.

The Bohr model of the atom is pretty weird because it has quantized energy levels. This means it can onyl take on discrete values. These values are considered energy levels. When an electron jumps from a low energy level to a high, the atom has to take in energy. When it goes from high to low it has to give up a photon. This is how neon lights work.

How much does a prof make?
State Currency... Thx

I usually do not talk about religious matters. In fact I teach at a catholic university.

I can't disclose that information.

I make 54k. I get paid more if I get a grant or teach more. I am not tenured and I am new.

Ah, thank you, user.

Well. I'll give it my best shot.

Before I start, you need to know that the Bohr's model is a completely inaccurate model of an atom. What it assumes is that electrons have a CONSTANT angular momentum. (Hence the circular orbits) This is not true at all. There is something known as the Heisenburg's Uncertainty Principle which states that the position and momentum of an electron is indeterminate. Anyways, with that out of the way, let's move on to the Bohr's model.

The point of the Bohr's model is to visualize the different energy levels that different electrons can have in an atom. Energy levels are specified by a quantum number, n. You must have heard in class that n = 1,2,3,4 ...

Remember that energy must ALWAYS be conserved. So if an electron wants to go to a higher energy level, it needs energy to do so. One way of it getting the necessary energy is by getting hit by a photon. When the electron gets hit, it goes into an "excited state" which means higher energy level. This "excited state" does not last forever. When the electron goes back down to its energy it releases energy, typically in the form of a photon. If you give an electron enough energy, it can actually escape the atom. This is called ionizing the electron.

Understood.

Thanks.

Mr lopez?

OP here. That is a good explanation.

I am a doctor, thank you.

Very well. How do you use your outlet to promote liberalism though? I do realize it may be harder as a chemistry professor, which is why I am asking.

I thought that was the whole point of e = mc^2

I usually do not. I do not see how politics or ideas about how people are treated are involved with studying the physical world. The less of that there is in science, the better.

Correction. Ionizing the atom.

Another reason why the Bohr's model doesn't work is that the electron is going in circular orbits. This means it is constantly accelerating because it is changing velocity. From electrodynamics, we know that accelerating charges radiate energy. Since energy is conserved, this means the electron has kinetic energy, so it moves closer to the nucleus of the atom. You can imagine that eventually, the electron will collide into the nucleus, which would be destructive !

Pretty much. Also the real form of that equation is:
E^2 =p^2 c^2 +m^2 c^4

*less kinetic energy

>the electron will collide into the nucleus
This is where the uncertainty principle comes into play on why the electron does not spiral into the nucleus.

Sort of. OP can shine some light here. But I feel that it just proves that Bohr's Model, while useful, is not an accurate representation of what goes on.

The reason the uncertainty principle comes into play is because it is impossible to know the location and momentum of an electron at the same time. We observe a physical system with photons (or light). But photons have enough momentum to knock an electron out of place. So whenever we make an observation, we disturb the system.

So Schrodinger had the brilliant insight of treating the electron as a WAVE and not a particle. The square of the wave function represents a probability distribution of where the particle is. Because we don't know where the particle exactly is since it is a probability distribution, you can imagine where this uncertainty comes about.

This "wave function" is governed by the Schrodinger Equation. There are 4 requirements for all wave functions. They are on Wikipedia.

Well, it's pretty simple. You explain how EM waves can enter our atmosphere as high energy, short wave lengths, then are reflected back but with some energy loss, making them longer wavelengths that can ultimately get trapped in our atmosphere by the blanket of gases such as CO2 that cover us. You can also explain that CO2 is generated by a hydrocarbon reaction which is what fossil fuels generate as waste.

Then you tell your class, "unless of course you're a republican, in which case you don't believe in long or short electromagnetic waves, you don't believe that hydrocarbons react with O2 to form CO2. Also, if you don't believe these things will fail this class. Therefore, if you're a republican you are an idiot who will fail chemistry."

Why mention the republican thing? I would just fail any student who would not accept proven experiment.

p = momentum?

lol I was the OP. This is all true, but I was saying the reason the electron does not fall into the nucleus depends on the uncertainty principle.

Basically as the electron gets closer to the nucleus its position becomes more certain, increasing the uncertainty in the momentum. It is like the nucleus does not actually know where the electron is.

I think that is a pretty huge generalization. While many republicans are pretty anti-science, many do believe in climate change and the science behind how it happens.

It is just that they feel that the effects are long term, not short term. And if severe environmental restrictions come up, that could tank the economy.

The news who perpetuates anti-science ideas likes to take advantage of uneducated people.

Yes,

Because, global warming is a hoax propogated by liberal, atheist college professors like yourself. You need to make sure the students understand that you are biased and it is the only reason you are teaching them a whole heap of lies.

Ah, makes sense.I see what you are saying.

I know I should not feed the troll but I will bite.

How is it a hoax? What do we have to gain?

Is there going to be extra credit? How badly did the class fail the midterm?

...

I only give extremely difficult questions relating to obscure cartoon characters on exams. Most of the time no one gets the extra credit question right and it is only worth 1 pt. I hate extra credit.

My students had a 75% on the first exam. I have had a more bimodal distribution than I am used to. I had a large amount of A, which is fine. The A students are who I teach to.

You teach at a CC or a State College?

You say some republicans support climate change, but there official platform (which is in writing) says that EPA is overblown, the clean air act should be done away with, environmentalism overestimates human impact on the environment, and there is no climate change crisis now or in the future.

I teach at a private university, but I used to be at a state college. I would never teach at a CC.

That official platform must not have any real experimental data in it... Therefore I reject it. Would you want methyl mercury to be injected into the watershed?

I kind of want to take your class, but I'm about to graduate non-STEM. ffs.

>Also, I need to come to your office to talk about the paper.

You poor soul.

Do you have a job lined up?

Political power. The EPA gets stronger, they control what types of energy are "approved." They take kick backs from where they want. They line their pockets with the money from wind, solar, and natural gas. They also know that america has larger reserves of natural gas compared to the rest of the world. If we lead the way, and get the rest of the world to lay off their dependence on oil and coal, it will throw the middle east into turmoil, it will keep countries like china from rising further than they already have. Think about it, a world where we develop the technology for wind and solar and sell it to the rest of the world, a world where we produce the natural gas and sell it to the rest of the world. We convince them that the oil is "evil" and will "destroy the world."

Wake up, sheeple.

I know if he was doing English, there are a lot of high-paying jobs he could do. History, I only know of one.

Not really, but the application period for one of the things I want to do has started. I have good prospects for it, but nothing's certain. Just have to get transcripts and a few letters of recommendation.

How does that influence the scientist studying climate change? You have not answered my question.

What is your major? I hope to god it isn't Gender Women's Studies.

lol, there are not many available. THere is a reason the humanities get paid less on average.

Apply to everything.

Well, I was mainly thinking something like Newspapers, Techblogs, publicists, writer for a show, etc. But you have to be talented.

Or maybe the government for an intelligence position. You need to know how to think analytically and out of the box.

Double Major: Political Science (conc. International Affairs) and Asian Studies.

I'm going to have to. I hate how so many places say I'm 'overqualified' for even the simplest of jobs.
>What 'qualifications' do I need to work at a book store?

I am teaching myself how to code though.

Why not try working with the UN and become a diplomat? Or PeaceCorps?

It's a long line of indoctrination. Why are more and more people able to go to college nowadays? Oh, big surprise, loans from the government. Who keeps pushing these loans? The democrats, they keep pushing loans, and pushing loan forgiveness programs...Bernie Sanders on the far left wanted to make college totally free, but you see the rest of the dems knew it was too obvious. The professors and administrators get all their grants and salaries from...big fucking surprise, the government. Surprise, surprise, guess what political parties most college professors are affiliated? If you said democrats you are right. Guess what political party most people who go to college are affiliated with? Again, surprise, surprise, democrats.

It's all part of the system to keep the working class down, to keep the rest of the world down. People are either a part of it, or to dumb to realize that they are. And the money keeps flowing in to those on top who trickle down their indoctrination to the idiots who are dumb enough to go to college.

Learn coding. it will be useful.

I can't do Peace Corps since I already went into the military...twice...and washed out. I want to start out doing something like teaching English in Japan, then networking while there (already did an internship with a Japanese NGO company for a year) and moving on to something else. Maybe translating or interpreting.

I am. Another, though far-off goal could be being a bilingual coder for a Japanese tech company or something.

>grants

HAHAHAHa. Do you know how little money we get for grants. It is like 5k added to my salary. We spend most of our grant money on supplies or instrumentation. Also the amount of time required to write a good grant is crazy. I could have made more at a minimum wage job for the time I had spent writing my grant.

How would you react if I came in during office hours and sucked your cock? Like not for any grade or anything. Just because I thought you were hot.

I have had many try. I would not accept. My career is more important.

Tell us the woe of the most obnoxious freshman you had the pleasure of having in your lecutres?

How does this make you feel?

That's a good answer.

(Not OP) I'd suggest adding Foreign Service as another avenue. Become a clerk or something for a consulate or embassy overseas. Very rewarding, professionally if not financially too. But you have to be diplomatic and able to cover for your colleagues.

Wow, you've only had 5k in grants? Most professors I've known have millions. How the fuck do you do any research in chemistry with 5k? How do you run a lab? Hire techs/PhDs? Does your uni give you all the money?

I had this mean cunt who was in my class. She was 2 years older than me (I am 28). She tried to turn in a homework assignment after the start of class and I told her it was a zero. She tried to challenge me infront of the class where I yelled at her and said she was completely disrespectful. She started crying and the tried to get me in trouble with my dean. My dean sided with me and laughed in her face about me yelling at her.

They get millions, but they only get about 10% of their yearly salary from the grant. The rest of the money is used for all the stuff you stated.

what type of school? R1?

Homework? In college chemistry? What the fuck?

I am a theoretical chemist so i only need programs/computers. I only have undergrads also. The university has only given me 6k to start my lab, the rest comes from grants.

Nope a primarily undergraduate institution (PUI)

Teaching is the focus, but I usually publish 2 to 3 papers a year.

Jesus. Isn't all homework like 10% of the final grade? And this was just one assignment.

Yes. I give daily problems that are due at the start of class. It is a freshmen class and it helps them start to build their academic maturity. The problems also help me figure out how I am doing teaching wise along with how students are learning.

Yes. It is like 10% or less in my class.

I give a total of 40 problems throughout the semester. Also I wanted to make her cry/challenge me so I could shred her apart. She was mean all semester long.

any advice for a person considering chem eng as major?

I love chem, but I'm torn between trying to go to grad for bio to try and get into bio research.

Ever felt the urge to fuck a student?

I would suggest to not go in the bio field. There are a ton of those guys there already. Jobs are limited and people just end up in an endless cycle of postdocs.

Yes, but I never have/will. I spent too long trying to get my dream job to waste it on some ass.

In addition to chem eng, study a lot. Meet with your professors during office hours, and enjoy pchem!

Collaborate with other people. Discuss problem sets together. As in do them by yourself first, then discuss afterwards. Helps me in materials science a lot.

THIS.

I am the OP. i used to work on problems alone... I never really needed other but plenty of people find this the best way to go.

How do you feel about students who are habitually late and just browse their phones all class?

As long as they do not interrupt my class I do not care. Those playing on their phones will not survive long, which is not my problem.