CHEM 12032

>< Type/Status : Compulsory
>< Title : Physical Chemistry I
>< Pre-requisite : CHEM 11014
>< Objectives : To provide fundamentals of physical chemistry.
>< Course Content :

Thermodynamics

First law of thermodynamics, thermochemistry, second law of thermodynamics, free energy functions, Maxwell relations and chemical potentials.

Chemical kinetics

Rate expressions, methods of studying reaction rates, order of reactions, reaction mechanisms: rate-determining step approximation, steady-state approximation, temperature dependence of reaction rates, chain reactions, fast reactions and catalysis.

Electrochemistry

Electrolytic conductance, Debye-Huckel-Onsagar theory of electrolytic conductance, ion-ion interaction and activity coefficients, electrode potentials and electrochemical cells, metal corrosion and eletrolysis.

>< Process : A combination of lectures and tutorial discussions.
>< Scheme of Evaluation : 100% end of course examination.
>< Recommended Reading :
1. Atkins, P. W. (1998), Physical Chemistry, 6th edition, Oxford.
2. Levine, I. N. (1995), Physical Chemistry, 4th edition, McGraw-Hill.
3. Daniels, F. and Alberty, R. L. (1975), Physical Chemistry, 4th edition, John Wiley.
4. Barrow, G. M. (1996), Physical Chemistry, 6th edition, McGraw-Hill.

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