Download CHM 222/SE 331: Basic Physical Chemistry

CHM 222/SE 331: Basic Physical Chemistry
Instructor 1: Dr. Madhav Ranaganathan
Office: FB 424
Tel: 6037
Email: [email protected]
Instructor 2: Dr. Nisanth N. Nair
Office: FB 435
Tel: 6311
Email: [email protected]
Lectures: MWTh 0800-0900 L16
Office Hours: TF 1000 - 1100 FB 424 / FB 436
No lectures: 19/01/09 - 21/01/09 - No lectures the entire week
Extra lectures: Tuesdays 30/12/08,06/01/09, 13/01/09 : 0800 L16
Course description: Chemical Thermodynamics, Electrochemistry and Kinetics
Course Contents:
1. Part I
Lecture Hours: 20
Instructor: Dr. Madhav Ranganathan
• Zeroth Law of thermodynamics: Equilibrium, State functions, temperature,
Equations of State, Calculus (3)
• First law of thermodynamics: Work, Heat, Internal Energy, Heat Capacity,
Internal Energy, First Law of thermodynamics, Concept of Enthalpy (3)
• Second law of thermodynamics: Reversible and Irreversible Processes, Heat
Engines, Carnot Cycle, Second Law statements, Spontaneous change, Entropy (3)
• Free Energy and Standard States: Free Energies and Thermodynamic potentials, Legendre Transforms, Equilibrium and Non–Equilibrium, Chemical
Potentials, Free Energy, Third Law of thermodynamics, Standard States,
Reaction Thermodynamics, Equilibrium constant(4)
• Equilibrium thermodynamics: Chemical Potential of Mixtures, Phase Equilibrium, Phase Rule,Clapeyron Equation, Phase Diagram, Phase transitions
(5)
• Real gases: Equation of state, critical states, phase transitions (2)
2. Part II
Lecture Hours: 19
Instructor: Dr. Nisanth N. Nair
• Solutions: Partial Molar Quantities, Mixing, Ideal Solutions, Non–Ideal Solutions, Electrolytes, Debye–Hückel Theory, activity, reaction equilibrium
(3)
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• Multicomponent systems: Colligative properties, Multicomponent–phase diagrams (2)
• Electrochemistry: Electrochemical Systems, Thermodynamics of Electrochemical Systems, Galvanic Cells, Applications (3)
• Kinetic Theory of Gases: Collisions, Maxwell–Boltzmann Distribution of
velocities (3)
• Transport Processes: Kinetics, Thermal/Electrical Conductivity, Viscosity,
Diffusion (3)
• Reaction Kinetics: Reaction Rates, Rate Laws, Reaction Mechanisms, Complex reactions, Catalysis, Enzyme Kinetics (5)
Books:
There is no prescribed book for this course. Listed below are some books in Physical
Chemistry and you will be well-served by reading one or more of them.
1. I.N. Levine, Physical Chemistry
2. P.W. Atkins and Julio de Paula Physical Chemistry
3. D.A. McQuarrie and J.D. Simon Physical Chemistry: A Molecular Approach
4. R.S. Berry, S.A. Rice and J.Ross Physical Chemistry
5. H.B. Callen Thermodynamics and an introduction to thermostatistics
Fun Reads
1. P.W. Atkins The Second Law
2. David Lindley Boltzmann’s atom
Internet Resources
1. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Chemistry/5-60Spring-2007/CourseHome/index.htm
MIT open course ware. The course notes are not very detailed but serve as good
revision material.
2. http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/Hbase/heacon.html A fun website to go through.
Makes connections with other areas of physics.
Grading System
1. Mid Semester 1 : 20 %
2. Mid Semester 2 : 30 %
3. Final Exam : 50 %
All exams are open notes. Only hand-written notes will be allowed. No photocopies
of books or photocopies of notes allowed
Letter Grades: Letter grades will be awarded based on the total marks out of 100.
The grades will be based on the class average(A) and the standard deviation (σ). Passing marks for the course will not be higher than A − 3σ.
Warnings: Any misdemeanor during the exams will immediately result in the student obtaining zero marks for the exam. Further misdemeanor will result in an F grade
for the student.