Thermodynamics & Kinetics

Course Description

This course deals primarily with equilibrium properties of macroscopic systems, basic thermodynamics, chemical equilibrium of reactions in gas and solution phase, and rates of chemical reactions.

Lectures

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   Lecture 1 - State of a system, 0th Law, Equation of State

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   Lecture 2 - Work, heat, first law

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   Lecture 3 - Internal energy, expansion work

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   Lecture 4 - Enthalpy

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   Lecture 5 - Adiabatic Changes

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   Lecture 6 - Thermochemistry

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   Lecture 7 - Calorimetry

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   Lecture 8 - Second Law

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   Lecture 9 - Entropy and the Clausius Inequality

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    Lecture 10 - Entropy and Irreversibility

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    Lecture 11 - Fundamental equation, Absolute S, Third Law

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    Lecture 12 - Criteria for Spontaneous Change

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    Lecture 13 - Gibbs Free Energy

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    Lecture 14 - Multicomponent Systems, Chemical Potential

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    Lecture 15 - Chemical Equilibrium

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    Lecture 16 - Temperature, Pressure, and Kp

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    Lecture 17 - Equilibrium: Application to Drug Design

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    Lecture 18 - Phase Equilibria - One Component

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    Lecture 19 - Clausius - Clapeyron Equation

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    Lecture 20 - Phase Equilibria - Two Components

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    Lecture 21 - Ideal Solutions

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    Lecture 22 - Non-ideal Solutions

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    Lecture 23 - Colligative Properties

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    Lecture 24 - Introduction to Statistical Mechanics

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    Lecture 25 - Partition Function (q) - Large N limit

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    Lecture 26 - Partition Function (Q) - many particles

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    Lecture 27 - Statistical Mechanics and discrete energy levels

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    Lecture 28 - Model Systems

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    Lecture 29 - Applications: Chemical and Phase Equilibria

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    Lecture 30 - Introduction to Reaction Kinetics

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    Lecture 31 - Complex Reactions and Mechanisms

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    Lecture 32 - Steady-state Equilibrium Approximations

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    Lecture 33 - Chain Reactions

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    Lecture 34 - Temperature Dependence, Ea, Catalysis

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    Lecture 35 - Enzyme Catalysis

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    Lecture 36 - Autocatalysis and Oscillators