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Statistical Mechanics/Physical Chemistry Lecture Course
Part I: Physical Chemistry


This web site contains information on Physical Chemistry part of the Statistical Mechanics/Physical Chemistry lecture course.

Course Books:

Main text book:

Atkins 8ed, cover

Peter Atkins and Julio de Paula,
Physical Chemistry 8ed., Oxford University Press

Link to OUP online resource: http://www.oup.com/uk/orc/bin/9780199543373/

Supplementary reading on binary phase diagrams:

Atkins 8ed, cover

William Calister and David Rethwisch
Fundamentals of Materials Science and Engineering: An Integrated Approach 3ed., Wiley 2008.


Schedule of Physical Chemistry Lectures

  Date Title Pages Exercises Assignment Assignment deadline
Lecture 1 7-Sep-2010 8:30am

Physical transformation of pure substances.

Atkins, Ch.4 *)

4.6a, 4.14a , 4.16a, 4.17a

P4.6, P4.7 21-Sep-2010
Lecture 2 14-Sep-2010
8:30am
Simple mixtures. Colligative properties. Activities
Atkins Ch.5 p.156-175
p.190-198
5.2a, 5.6a, 5.14a, 5.20a P5.5, P5.9 21-Sep-2010
Lecture 3 21-Sep-2010
8:30am

Binary phase diagrams. **Phase diagrams in materials science.

Atkins
Ch.4 p.139-140
Ch.5 p.176-190
Calister Ch.10 (optional)

5.22a, 5.27b, 5.28b E5.25b, Cal10.18 28-Sep-2010
Lecture 4 28-Sep-2010

TEST. Chemical Equilibrium. Equilibrium Electrochemistry.

Atkins, Ch.6. 6.8b, 6.21a, 6.22a P6.16 12-Oct-2010
Lecture 5 5-Oct-2010

Electrochemistry. Molecular motion in gases and liquids. Conductivity.

Atkins Ch.20 6.21a, 6.22a, E20.24a, E20.25a  
Lecture 6 12-Oct-2010
Diffusion. The Rates of Chemical Reactions. Atkins Ch.21 till p.811 P20.35, E21.11a, E21.17a Assignment 5 2-Nov-2010
Lecture 7 19-Oct-2010 TEST. Kinetics of Complex Reactions. Chemical Oscillations and Chaos. Atkins Ch.21 (cont), Ch.23 (p.876-884)   Assignment 6 2-Nov-2010

 

*) Essential concepts of thermodynamics are reviewed in Atkins Ch. 2 and 3. Please look in particular at pp.48-57, 65-76, 91-93, 96-103, 113-121. I will also discuss some of these concepts in the lecture

 

 


Please contact me if you have any questions: lg@nano.aau.dk

 




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