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CHM 205
Physical Chemistry II (2 credit units)
Course Lecturer:
Office:
Phone Number:
Email:
Usman A. A. (Mr)
Room 13, CNAS building
07058650609
[email protected]
Meeting Times:
Lecture: Thursday,10:00am – 1:00pm, LR2, CNAS Building
Laboratory Practicals: Will be arranged
Course Content:
Kinetic Theory of gases; behavior of real gases
The laws of thermodynamics
Entropy, free energy; spontaneity of chemical processes
Reactions and phase equilibria
Reaction rates; rate laws
Mechanisms and theory of elementary processes
Photochemical reactions
Basic electrochemistry
This course is handled by two lecturers, Dr Mathews and myself. Dr Mathews will take
the topics in italics while I will take the remaining topics. For my part, the topics are
divided into 7 weeks of intense lectures, tutorials and simple practicals.
COURSE OUTLINE:
Week 1-2 (4hours):
Electrochemistry
 Redox processes; balancing of redox reactions
 Mechanism of electrolysis
 Faraday’s Laws
 Importance of the laws
Week 3 (2 hours): Electrochemistry cont’d
 Conductance of electrolytes
 Specific Conductance
 Eqivalent conductance
 Strong and weak electrolytes
 Measurement of electrolytic conductance
Week4 (2 hours): Photochemistry
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 Photochemical reactions
 Grothus-Draper law
 Stark Einstein Law of photochemical equivalence
Week 5 (2hours): photochemistry cont’d
 Quantum yield
 Photosensitized reactions
 Photophysical processes
Week 6-7 (4 hours) : Chemical Kinetics
 Reaction rates
 Rate laws
 Order of a reaction
 Collision theory
 Activation energy and catalysis
RECOMMENDED TEXTS
1.
Atkins’ Physical Chemistry 8th edition. Oxford University press
2.
Advanced Chemistry by Philip Matthews:
3.
Essentials of Physical Chemistry by Shiraj
CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT (C. A)
Week 3: Assignment
(5 marks)
Week 4: Assignment
(5 marks)
Week 5: 1st C. A. test
(10 marks)
Week 6: Assignment
(5 marks)
Week 8: 2nd C. A. test (10 marks)
Week 11: Assignment
(5 marks)
The semester exam will have 60 marks.
Office Hours: I do not have office hours, as they are generally inconvenient for some
portion of the class. If you wish to discuss or need help with the course material make
an appointment to see me.
Unethical Conduct: Any unethical conduct in either lecture or laboratory will result in
immediate dismissal from the class and an “F” for the course.
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