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

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 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