Physical Chemistry, Chem. 230

1. Physical Chemistry, Chem. 230

 

1. Reviewing properties of gases and starting with physical chemistry.
2. The kinetic-molecular gas model, the pressure of a gas, kinetic energies and temperature, numerical values of molecular energies and molecular speeds, distribution of molecular velocities.
3. The main free path, collision diameter, and collision number, numerical values of collision properties, van der Waals’ equation.
4. Measurement and relation of thermal and mechanical energy, the first law of thermodynamics, determination of ∆E: reversible and irreversible processes, Work for expansions and contractions of the system, the enthalpy function, some properties of state functions.
5. Dependence of E and H of an ideal gas on P and T, Adiabatic expansions of ideal gas, measurement of heats of reaction.
6. Internal-energy and enthalpy changes in chemical reaction.
7. Relation between ∆E and ∆H, Indirect determination of heats of reaction, Standard heats of Formation, Temperature dependence of heats of reaction, Bond enthalpies and Bond Energies.
8. General Statements of 2nd Law of thermodynamics
9. Entropy and another Statement of 2nd Law of thermodynamics
10. The Carnot Cycle, the efficiency of the transformation of heat into work.
11. The 3rd law of thermodynamics.
12. A convenient measure of the driving force of a reaction: the Free Energy, Standard Free Energies, Dependence of Free Energy on P and T.
13. Quantitative relation of ∆G and the equilibrium constant.
14. Dependence of equilibrium constant on T.
15. Chemical equilibrium.