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CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT, PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY
CHEMISTRY 441/541, PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY (Solution Chemistry and Dynamics).
Winter 2007
Note: Lectures 12 and 21 are slated as exam periods; these will be moved to the evenings of those days so that students will have more than 50
minutes for the exam. Exams are set for 75 minutes. Students should be aware that the exams will be held from 6:45 PM to 8:15 PM on those
Monday evenings.
Venue:
SB1 304
Time table:
MWF 12:45 – 1:35 PM
Syllabus:
The chapters and page numbers referred to in this syllabus are from Physical Chemistry, 7th ed. by P. W. Atkins and J. de Paula.
Lecture No. Date
Topic
Pages
1
Mon, 1/8
Chemical equilibrium, perfect gas equilibra; equilibrium constants
222 - 230
2
Wed, 1/10
Equilibrium constants, cont’d, van’t Hoff equation,
231 - 239
3
Fri, 1/12
Acid-base equilibria and titrations, pH curve, indicators
240 – 247
Mon, 1/15
Martin Luther King’s Birthday, No university exercises
4
Wed, 1/17
Ions in solution, ion activities
252 - 258
5
Fri, 1/19
Debye-Huckel Law, Extended D-Huckel law, electrochemical cells
258 - 264
6
Mon, 1/22
Half reactions, electrodes, types of cells, cell potentials
265 - 270
7
Wed, 1/24
Standard potentials, applications of standard potentials
270 - 282
8
Fri, 1/26
Molecules in motion, kinetic theory of gases
815 - 820
9
Mon, 1/29
Collision frequency, effusion rates, Fick’s first law
820- 828
10
Wed, 1/31
Diffusion, conduction, viscosity, conductivity
828 - 834
11
Fri, 2/2
Make-up class
12
Mon, 2/5
First (in-class) exam. [covers lectures 1 - 11]
13
Wed, 2/7
Ion mobilities, Oswald’s law
834 - 839
14
Fri, 2/9
Transport numbers, diffusion
839 - 844
15
Mon, 2/12
Einstein relation, Nernst-Einstein, Stokes relation
844 - 854
16
Wed, 2/14
Rates of Chemical reactions, techniques, reaction order, rate law
862 - 869
17
Fri, 2/16
Determination of rate law, integrated rate laws
869 - 875
18
Mon, 2/19
Reactions approaching equilibrium, relaxation methods, Arrhenius
876 - 882
19
Wed, 2/21
Elementary reactions, rate-determining step, steady-state approx.
882 - 887
20
Fri, 2/23
Pre-equilibrium steps, kinetic isotope effects, Unimolecular reactions
887 - 890
21
Mon, 2/26
Second (in-class exam) [covers lectures 1-20, but will concentrate mainly on lectures 13 - 20]
22
Wed, 2/28
Lindemann scheme, complex reactions
890 - 902
23
Fri, 3/2
Chain reactions, explosions, polymerizations
902 - 908
24
Mon, 3/5
Catalysis, enzyme kinetics, Michaelis-Menten mechanism
908 - 914
25
Wed, 3/7
Enzyme inhibition, oscillating reactions, autocatalysis
914 - 919
26
Fri, 3/9
Bistability, chemical chaos, molecular dynamics
919 - 921
944 - 946
27
Mon, 3/12
Collision Theory
946 - 951
28
Wed, 3/14
Diffusion-controlled reactions
951 - 955
29
Fri, 3/16
Activated Complex Theory
956 - 963
30
Mon, 3/19
Final Exam, 12:30 PM, SB1 304.