Physical Chemistry for Engineers
Syllabus for CHEM 324 - Physical Chemistry for Engineers

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Course Outline

  1. Phenomenological Kinetics
    1. Rate Equations
    2. Order of Reactions
    3. Temperature dependence and the Arrhenius Equation
    4. Reaction Mechanisms and Predicting Rate Laws
    5. Approximation Methods for Complication Mechanisms
  2. Statistical Mechanics and Kinetic Theories
    1. Partitioning concepts and the Partition function
    2. Derivation of Entropy and Gibbs' Free Energy
    3. Derivation of the Equilibrium Constant
    4. The Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution
    5. Collision Frequency
    6. Diffusion
  3. Statistical Mechanics and Kinetic Theories
    1. Potential Energy Surfaces
    2. Transition State Theory
    3. Variational TST
    4. "Early"- and "Late"-barrier reactions
  4. Additional Topics
    1. Reactions in liquids - Diffusion-control
    2. Catalysis
    3. Enzyme Kinetics
    4. Non-linear kinetics and the BZ reaction