Course Level:
Third Year
Academic Year:
2005/2006
Recommended Text:
Physical Chemistry. Ira N. Levine, McGraw-Hill, 5th Ed'n (2002).
QD453.3.L48 2002
Other Useful Texts:
Physical Chemistry J.H. Noggle, Scott Foresman 3rd Edition 1996
Physical Chemistry P.W. Atkins, W.H. Freeman 6th Edition 1998
Curriculum:
| Week | Topic |
| 1 | Review of Thermodynamic definitions: Systems, Processes, Statefunctions, Differentials, Equilibrium, Phase. 0th, 1st, 2nd Law. |
| 2 | 3rd Law, Thermodynamic Potentials, Spontaneity, Math Review, Basic Equations, Maxwell Relations, Equations of State, Critical Point, Virial Expansion. |
| 3 | Condensed Matter, Open Systems, Partial Molar Quantities, Partial Pressure, Chemical Potential, Multicomponent Systems. |
| 4 | Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics: Microstates, Ensembles, Averages, Probabilities, Fundamental Postulates, Boltzmann distribution, Canonical Partition Function. |
| 5 | Mechanical and Ensemble Properties. Canonical and microcanonical Entropy, Disorder, Fluctuations, Thermodynamic Limit. |
| 6 | Kinetic Gas Theory. Independent Particle Partition Functions. Indistinguishability |
| 7 | Translational, Vibrational, Rotational Partition Functions, Equipartition Principle. |
| 8 | Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution. Chemical Equilibrium. Midterm Review. |
| 9 | Midterm Exam. Mixtures, Material Equilibrium. Standard States and Activity. |
| 10 | Phase Equilibrium. Clausius-Clapeyron, Trouton's Rule. Gas Mixtures, Solutions, Raoult's Law, Non-Ideal Solutions. Phase Diagrams, Distillation, Azeotropes. |
| 11 | Dilute Solutions, Henry's Law. Chemical Equilibrium, Van't Hoff, Standard Enthalpy of Formation. Thermodynamic Tables. Gibbs' Phase Rule. Colligative Properties. |
| 12 | Osmotic Pressure, Molecular Weight Determination, Ion Activities, Debye-Hueckel. |
| 13 | Electrochemical Potential, Donnan Membrane Equilibrium, Active and Passive Transport. Final Review. |