This subject deals primarily with equilibrium properties of macroscopic systems, basic thermodynamics, chemical equilibrium of reactions in gas and solution phase, and rates of chemical reactions.
Video Lectures
| SES # |
TOPICS |
| 1 |
State of a system, 0th law, equation of state |
| 2 |
Work, heat, first law |
| 3 |
Internal energy, expansion work |
| 4 |
Enthalpy |
| 5 |
Adiabatic changes |
| 6 |
Thermochemistry |
| 7 |
Calorimetry |
| 8 |
Second law |
| 9 |
Entropy and the Clausius inequality |
| 10 |
Entropy and irreversibility |
| 11 |
Fundamental equation, absolute S, third law |
| 12 |
Criteria for spontaneous change |
| 13 |
Gibbs free energy |
| 14 |
Multicomponent systems, chemical potential |
| 15 |
Chemical equilibrium |
| 16 |
Temperature, pressure and Kp |
| 17 |
Equilibrium: application to drug design |
| 18 |
Phase equilibria ? one component |
| 19 |
Clausius-Clapeyron equation |
| 20 |
Phase equilibria ? two components |
| 21 |
Ideal solutions |
| 22 |
Non-ideal solutions |
| 23 |
Colligative properties |
| 24 |
Introduction to statistical mechanics |
| 25 |
Partition function (q) ? large N limit |
| 26 |
Partition function (Q) ? many particles |
| 27 |
Statistical mechanics and discrete energy levels |
| 28 |
Model systems |
| 29 |
Applications: chemical and phase equilibria |
| 30 |
Introduction to reaction kinetics |
| 31 |
Complex reactions and mechanisms |
| 32 |
Steady-state and equilibrium approximations |
| 33 |
Chain reactions |
| 34 |
Temperature dependence, Ea, catalysis |
| 35 |
Enzyme catalysis |
| 36 |
Autocatalysis and oscillators |
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