CHEM 43044

>< Type/Status : Compulsory
>< Title : Advanced Physical Chemistry I
>< Objectives : To provide an advanced knowledge of fundamental areas of Physical Chemistry.
>< Course Content :

Advanced thermodynamics

Material equilibrium, partial molar quantities, multiphase closed systems, phase equilibrium and reaction equilibrium in ideal gas mixtures and third law of thermodynamics.

Quantum mechanics

Schrodinger equation and its applications, Pauli exclusion principle, spatial and spin parts of wave function, Schrodinger equation for molecules, Approximation methods.

Reaction kinetics

Theories of reaction rates; collision theory and activated complex theory, theories of unimolecular reactions; Lindemann theory, Hinshelwood theory and Kassel's modifications of Lindemann theory, liquid phase reactions, diffusion controlled and activation-controlled reactions and determination of reaction rates.

Symmetry and Group theory

Symmetry elements, symmetry operations, determination of point groups, character tables, application of group theory in chemical bonding and molecular spectroscopy.

Statistical thermodynamics

Quantum states, Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein and Fermi- Dirac statistics, canonical ensemble and partition functions, Boltzmann distribution law for noninteracting particles, statistical thermodynamics of ideal monoatomic, diatomic and polyatomic gases, entropy and the third law of thermodynamics.

>< Process : A combination of lectures and tutorial discussions.
>< Scheme of Evaluation : 100% end of course examination
>< Recommended Reading :
1. Levine, N. (1995), Physical Chemistry, 4th edition, McGraw-Hill.
2. Atkins, P. W. (1998), Physical Chemistry, 5th edition, Oxford.
3. Reid, C. E. (1990), Chemical thermodynamics, McGraw-Hill.
4. Cotton, F. A. (1971), Chemical Applications of Group Theory, 2nd edition, John Wiley.

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