Topics of the Physical Chemistry Oral Exam
1.	Aspects of thermodynamics. Thermodynamic systems.
2.	Work, heat, and internal energy; their measurability.
3.	Postulates of thermodynamics.
4.	Reversibility and irreversibility. Thermodynamic state functions.
5.	Conditions of the thermodynamic equilibrium for mechanical, thermal and chemical interactions.
6.	Fundamental equations in terms of S and U.
7.	Equilibrium in thermostatted, manostatted, and thermostatted & manostatted systems.
Definition of H, F and G functions and their role in the description of constrained equilibria.
8.	Properties of the U(S,V,ni), H(S,P,ni), F(T,V,ni) and G(T,P,ni) functions
and their partial derivatives. Formal relations between these functions.
9.	Equations of state and state functions.
10.	Thermodynamic properties of an ideal gas. (Its state functions and heat capacities).
11.	Real gases. Van der Waals and virial equations of state. Liquids and solids; their equations of state.
12.	Cyclic processes and engines. Work, heat and performance parameters calculated from thermodynamic tables and diagrams.
13.	Ideal mixtures. Chemical potentials in an ideal mixture.
14.	Partial molar quantities and their calculation from experiment.
15.	Non-ideal mixtures; their thermodynamic properties. Excess functions.
16.	Chemical potentials, fugacity and activity.
17.	Phase equilibrium in one-component systems. Phase diagrams. Coexistence conditions.
The Clausius-Clapeyron equation.
18.	Phase equilibrium in multicomponent systems. The Gibbs phase rule. Miscibility ranges.
19.	Binary systems' phase diagrams (liquid-vapour and solid-liquid).
20.	Distillation and fractional crystallisation. The lever rule.
21.	Colligative properties: phase equilibrium between a pure phase and a mixture phase.
22.	Ternary systems' phase diagrams. A lookout to more complex phase diagrams.
23	Surface tension and associated thermodynamic potentials.
24.	Capillary forces and vapour pressures of curved surfaces.
25.	Chemical equilibrium in homogeneous phases. Different kinds of equilibrium constants.
26.	Variation of the equilibrium constant with temperature and pressure.
27.	The Gibbs-Helmholtz  and van't Hoff equations.
28.	Calculation of the equilibrium constant from thermodynamic data.
29.	General transport equations.
30.	Kinetic theory of gases. Collision number and mean free path.
31.	Diffusion.
32.	Viscosity.
33.	Electrolytic dissociation equilibria. The principle of electroneutrality.
34.	The Born equation. Gibbs potential of charged particles (ions). Gibbs potential of solvation.
35.	Activity and mean activity in ionic solutions.
36.	The limiting law of Debye and Hückel for the mean activity coefficient.
37.	Electrochemical equilibrium. Thermodynamic description of electrochemical cells.
38.	Potential of the cell reaction, and measurable cell potentials.
39.	Electrodes and electrode potentials. Types of electrodes. Ion-selective electrodes, pH.
40. 	Charge transport by ions. Mobility and diffusion of ions. Diffusion potential.

Material to read for the Physical Chemistry oral exam (3rd semester)
N: your notes, C: Callen, X: auxiliary material, A6: Atkins, sixth edition, A5: Atkins, fifth edition, A4: Atkins, fourth edition, KL: Kiss László: Bevezetés az elektrokémiába, I: Inzelt: Elektrokémia I.
Topic No.	Material	Equivalent in A5	Equivalent in A4	
1	C 5-11, N			
2	C 11-25, N			
3	C 13-35,N			
4	C 16-21, 95-100 ,N			
5	C 40-59, N			
6	C 40-43, N			
7	C 153-157, N			
8	C 153-157, N, X			
9	C 59-66, N, X			
10	C 66-71, N			
11	C 74-77, A6 30-39	40-49	13-22	
12	C 91-122, N			
13	A6 169-176,, N	213-221	159-164	
14	A6 163-167(+A4 182-183),N	208-211	155-157, 182-183	
15	A6 176-177, N	221-222	164-166	
16	A6 132, 182-186, N	175, 229-232	122, 178-182	
17	A6 141-154, N, X	183-201	132-146	
18	A6 191-204, N	240-256	188-198	
19	A6 195-200, 204-208, N	244-246	173-177, 196-199	
20	A6 198-201, 206-207, N	246-251	173-178, 198-199	
21	A6 177-182, N	222-229	166-172	
22	A6: see A5 or A4	258-264	199-204	
23	A6 154-155, N	962-965	146-147	
24	A6 154-158	965-970	146-151	
25	A6 213-223, N	271-282	209-216	
26	A6 223-229, N	282-289	216-221	
27	A6 128-132, 225, N	167, 285	119-120, 219	
28	A6 220-222, N	275-281	212-216	
29	N			
30	A6 23-30	817-846	722-746	
31	A6 746-755, N	846-856	737-738	
32	A6 724, 730-732, N	818-824	740-742	
33	I 23-28, KL 36-38, A6 241-247, N	?	243-248	
34	I 29-32, KL 39-42, A6 241-247, N	312-319	244-248	
35	KL 42-48, A6 248-253, N	319-320	249-250	
36	I 33-40, KL 48-61, A6 248-253, N	320-324	250-252	
37	KL 140-155, A6 253-265, N	?	252-263	
38	KL 142-170, A6 253-265, N	834-845	253-275	
39	KL 162-192, A6 261-268, I 48-50	?	253-271	
40	I 19-22, KL 90-137, A6 736-750	?	749-760