Physical Chemistry 1, BSc Course Course prerequisites: General Chemistry 2, Calculus and Fundamental Physics 1 This course is an introduction to physical aspects of matter to justify chemical phenomena Part 1: Properties of gases Ideal gas; properties and behaviors – Equations of states of ideal and real gases – Compressibility – Critical point – Law of corresponding states Part 2: Kinetics theory of gases Kinetic theory of gases – Molecular velocity distribution – Calculating different types of molecular speeds – Mean free path – Effusion and molecular diffusion – Equipartition of energy principle – Collision rate and collision frequency Part 3: First law of thermodynamics Energy conservation principle – State functions and their properties – Enthalpy – Heat capacities in constant volume and pressure – Isothermal and adiabatic processes – Joule and Joule–Thomson effects – Reaction heat – Enthalpy and standard enthalpy of reaction – Temperature dependence of internal energy and enthalpy Part 4: Second and third laws of thermodynamics Entropy and its molecular concept – Thermodynamical definition of entropy – Calculating entropy change of a closed system, Environment, and universe – Heat engine efficiency – Third law of thermodynamics – Helmholtz and Gibbs Free Energies and maximum accessible work – Maxwell relations and thermodynamic state functions – Chemical potential of ideal and real gases – Fugacity and fugacity coefficients – Standard states of real systems – Chemical potential in open systems – Gibbs–Duhem equation Part 5: Chemical equilibrium The relation between equilibrium constant and standard Gibbs free energy of reaction – Temperature and pressure dependence of equilibrium constant
Course materials: 1) Ira. N. Levine, Physical Chemistry: The molecular nature of matter and change, 6th Edition, Mc Graw Hill, 2009 Shared box link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1qKpt8KlR6FpLvJDcR824sYpNo4n2q1hW?usp=sharing |
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Kurdistan |
Mehdi Irani Teaching duties Methods |
Session number* |
Subject |
1 |
1.1 Physical Chemistry 1.2 Thermodynamics 1.3 Temperature 1.4 The Mole |
2 |
1.5 Ideal Gases 1.6 Differential Calculus 1.7 Equations of State |
3 |
Solving problems of Chapter 1 |
4 |
2.1 Classical Mechanics 2.2 P-V Work 2.3 Heat 2.4 The First Law of Thermodynamics |
5 |
2.5 Enthalpy 2.6 Heat Capacities 2.7 The Joule and Joule–Thomson Experiments 2.8 Perfect Gases and the First Law |
6 |
2.9 Calculation of First-Law Quantities 2.10 State Functions and Line Integrals 2.11 The Molecular Nature of Internal Energy |
7 |
Solving problems of Chapter 2 |
8 |
8.1 Compression Factors 8.2 Real-Gas Equations of State 8.3 Condensation 8.4 Critical Data and Equations of State 8.5 Calculation of Liquid–Vapor Equilibria |
9 |
8.6 The Critical State 8.7 The Law of Corresponding States 8.8 Differences Between Real-Gas and Ideal-Gas Thermodynamic Properties |
10 |
Solving problems of Chapter 8 |
11 |
3.1 The Second Law of Thermodynamics 3.2 Heat Engines |
12 |
3.3 Entropy 3.4 Calculation of Entropy Changes |
13 |
3.5 Entropy, Reversibility, and Irreversibility 3.6 The Thermodynamic Temperature Scale 3.7 What Is Entropy? |
14 |
Solving problems of Chapter 3 |
15 |
First Midterm examination |
16 |
4.1 Material Equilibrium 4.2 Entropy and Equilibrium 4.3 The Gibbs and Helmholtz Energies |
17 |
4.4 Thermodynamic Relations for a System in Equilibrium 4.5 Calculation of Changes in State Functions |
18 |
4.6 Chemical Potentials and Material Equilibrium 4.7 Phase Equilibrium 4.8 Reaction Equilibrium |
19 |
Solving problems of Chapter 4 |
20 |
5.1 Standard States of Pure Substances 5.2 Standard Enthalpy of Reaction 5.3 Standard Enthalpy of Formation 5.4 Determination of Standard Enthalpies of Formation and Reaction |
21 |
5.5 Temperature Dependence of Reaction Heats 5.6 Use of a Spreadsheet to Obtain a Polynomial Fit 5.7 Conventional Entropies and the Third Law 5.8 Standard Gibbs Energy of Reaction |
22 |
Solving problems of Chapter 5 |
23 |
6.1 Chemical Potentials in an Ideal Gas Mixture 6.2 Ideal-Gas Reaction Equilibrium 6.3 Temperature Dependence of the Equilibrium Constant |
24 |
6.4 Ideal-Gas Equilibrium Calculations 6.5 Simultaneous Equilibria 6.6 Shifts in Ideal-Gas Reaction Equilibria |
25 |
Solving problems of Chapter 6 |
26 |
Second Midterm examination. |
27 |
14.1 Kinetic–Molecular Theory of Gases 14.2 Pressure of an Ideal Gas 14.3 Temperature |
28 |
14.4 Distribution of Molecular Speeds in an Ideal Gas |
29 |
14.5 Applications of the Maxwell Distribution 14.6 Collisions with a Wall and Effusion |
30 |
14.7 Molecular Collisions and Mean Free Path 14.8 The Barometric Formula |
31 |
Solving problems of chapter 14 |
32 |
14.9 The Boltzmann Distribution Law 14.10 Heat Capacities of Ideal Polyatomic Gases |