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| Tuesday September 7 | |
| General class information |
| Wednesday September 14 | |
| English class information What is Physical Chemistry? What is Thermodynamics? Microscopic and macroscopic properties Extensive and intensive properties |
Assignment:
Translation
(rtf) Master Copy given, deadline: 29th September To read: Callen: Introduction |
| Thursday September 15 | |
| Energy and work Calculation of energy and work What is equilibrium? The first postulate of thermodynamics |
To
read:
Callen pp. 2-25 |
| Wednesday September 15 | |
| Heat and work calculations Booklet of Examples is distributed |
To
read:
Solution of the worked example in Callen
pp. 21-23 Assignment: 2.1/3 |
| Wednesday September 21 | |
| Calculations of work
& energy The origins of thermodynamics Metastable equilibrium states Walls, containers and constrained systems |
To read: Callen pp. 2-25 |
| Thursday September 22 | |
| The second
postulate of thermodynamics The third postulate of thermodynamics The basic problem of thermodynamics The fourth postulate of thermodynamics Summary of the properties of the entropy function |
To
read:
Callen pp. 2-33 Group photo available |
| Wednesday September 22 | |
| Check the validity of
various fundamental
equations Equations of state, fundamental equations |
Assignment:
2.1/4 (B->D), 2.2/3b, 2.2/4 |
| Thursday September 29 | |
| Check the validity of various fundamental equations, thermal and mechanical equilibrium. Equilibrium properties. Euler equation. | Assignment:
2.3/2 |
| Thursday October 6 | |
| First midterm exam. What you should know or be able to do... | exam1.pdf |
| Wednesday October 12 | |
| Heat engines & refrigerators, their efficiency parameters | Exercises from:
Callen pp. 59-78. |
| Thursday October 13 | |
| Carnot, Rankine and
other cycles Stability of pure phases |
To
read:
Callen pp. 84-87. Atkins 6.1-6.6. |
| Thursday October 13 | |
| Heat engines, efficiency.
Calculations with
measurable quantities Check out our Java applet collection! |
Assignment: 2.4/4, 2.5/1, 2.5/4 |
| Thursday October 20 | |
| Lecture
: Ideal and real mixtures Chemical potential and activity in mixtures Different standard states and related activities |
To read: Atkins
Chapters 7.1-4, 7.6-7. |
| Wednesday October 26 | |
| 2 hours seminar G as a function of pressure Maxwell relations |
Assignment: Molten Cu + water |
| Thursday October 27 | |
| The classical
phenomenological thermodynamics Laws of thermodynamics |
To
read:
Atkins: Chapters 1-2, 4. Assignment: None |
| Thursday October 27 | |
| ??? | Assignment: |
| Wednesday November 2 | |
| holiday, 16:00 extra seminar for interested students |
| Thursday November 3 | |
| holiday |
| Thursday November 3 | |
| holiday |
| Wednesday November 9 | |
| Thermodynamics of mixture
(multicomponent) phases Binary liquid/vapour phase diagrams: ideal mixtures |
To
read:
Atkins Chapters 7, 8 Assignment: |
| Thursday November 10 | |
| Second midterm exam What you should know or be able to do... | |
| Wednesday November 16 | |
|
2 hours seminar binary phase equilibria: phase diagrams and related calculations |
Assignment:
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| Thursday November 17 | |
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Lecture: Energy- and material transport general transport equations |
To read:
Atkins Chapter 24.1-24.4 Assignment: ???? |
| Wednesday November 23 | |
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Diffusion, viscosity and ionic transport Solution of the diffusion equation |
To read:
Atkins: Entire Chapter 24 + lecture notes Assignment: ???? |
| Thursday November 24 | |
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Thermodynamics of electrically charged systems Equilibrium electrochemistry |
To read:
Atkins: Chapters 10.1-10.2, + lecture notes |
| Thursday November 24 | |
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To read:
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| Wednesday November 30 | |
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2 hours seminar molar volume, liquid surfaces, chemical equilibrium, transport phenomena |
| Thursday December 1 | |
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Diffusion and reaction |
To read:
Atkins: Entire Chapter 24 Assignment: ??????? |
| Thursday December 1 | |
| Second midterm exam What you should know or be able to do... |
| Wednesday December 6 | |
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To read:
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