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Course Schedule  (click the date in the table below to see details)
 
September October November December Midterm Exams
 Mon   Thu  Wed
     
4 7 6
11 14 13
18 21 20
25 28 27
  
 Mon   Thu Wed
2 5 4
9 12 11
16 19 18
23 26 25
30    
 
 Mon   Thu Wed
2 1
6 9 8
13 16 15
20 23 22
27

30

 29
 
 Mon   Thu  Wed
4 7 6
11 14 13
     
     
     
 
     Exam dates     
Oct 11
Nov 8
Dec 6
Dec??
Optional: Dec 21
 
  Wednesday September 7   
    General class information 
     

 
  Monday September 11   
    English class information
    What is Physical Chemistry?
    What is Thermodynamics?
    Microscopic and macroscopic properties
    Extensive and intensive properties
    Assignment: Translation 
    Master Copy given
    To read: Callen: Introduction
 
  Thursday September 14  

    Energy and work
    Calculation of energy and work
    What is equilibrium?
    The first postulate of thermodynamics 

    To read: Callen pp. 2-30 
 
  Wednesday September 13  

    To read: Solution of the worked example in Callen pp. 21-23
    Assignment:         Callen 1.8-3,1.8-4 

 
  Monesday September 18   
    The second postulate of thermodynamics 
    The third postulate of thermodynamics 
    The basic problem of thermodynamics 
    Calculations of work & energy 
    The fourth postulate of thermodynamics 
    Calculations with entropy 
    To read: Callen pp. 2-30 
 
  Thursday September 21  

    Entropy-based & energy-based equations of state
    Pressure, temperature and chemical potential
    Use of the fundamental equations to calculate equilibria
    Equilibria in isolated and adiabatic systems:
    thermal, mechanical and chemical equilibria
 
  Wednesday September 20  

    Check the validity of various fundamental equations 


 
  Monday September 25  
    Summary of equilibrium calculations based on fundamental equations
    Equilibrium conditions expressed with intensive properties

    Euler equation for U and S
    Gibbs-Duhem equation & Gibbs phase rule
    Calculation of the entropy of an ideal gas from the equations of state
    To read: Callen pp. 59-71,  
      
 
  Thursday September 28  

Numerousness vs. amount of substance
proof of the Euler relation for homogeneous functions
Euler equation for U and S
Gibbs-Duhem equation & Gibbs phase rule
Calculation of the entropy of an ideal gas from the equations of state
Equilibria at constant pressure, temperature

Formal relations concerning multivariate functions, their derivatives and integrals (handouts given)

    To read: Callen pp. 65-87
 
 
  Wednesday September 27  

    Assignment: Callen 2.2-4, Example 4 on the sheet 

 
  Monday October 2  

    Equilibria at constant pressure, temperature, and
    at constant pressure AND temperature
    Thermodynamic potentials U, H, F and G and fundamental equations based on them
    Summary of thermodynamic characterization of equilibrium systems
    Calculations with measurable quantities 

    To read: Callen pp. 84-87

 
  Thursday October 5  

Advanced heat and work calculations
Cyclic processes
Heat engines & refrigerators,
their efficiency parameters 
 

    To read: Callen pp. 91-130,  
    Assignment:

 
 
  Wednesday October 4  

    Preparation for the midterm exam
    Equilibrium calculations
    Use of the formal relationships in solving thermodynamic problems

    To read: Callen pp. 2-71
    Assignment:

 
 

 

  Monday October 9  
    The quantity of which mol is the unit
    Phase equilibria in pure systems
    Stability of phases
    To read: Your notes + Atkins Chapter 6  
 
  Thursday October 12  

    Simple phase diagrams
    One-component P-V-T surfaces and their projection into the P-V and ent P-T planes
    Consequences of the Gibbs phase rule
    The Clapeyron equation
 
  Wednesday October 11  

    1st midterm exam
     

    To prepare, read: Callen pp. 2-87.  
    Assignment: ???

 

 

  Monday October 16  

    Classical phenomenological thermodynamics
    The 0th and 1st laws of thermodynamics
    To read: Your notes + Atkins Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5
     
 
  Thursday October 19  

    Classical phenomenological thermodynamics
    The 2nd and 3rd laws of thermodynamics

     
    To read: Your notes + Atkins Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5
     
 
  Wednesday October 18  

    Advanced heat and work calculations
    Cyclic processes
    Heat engines & refrigerators,
    their efficiency parameters

     

    To read: Callen pp. 113-130.  
    Atkins Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5

 
  Monday October 23  
    50th anniversary of the
    1956 revolution and freedom fight
    Be careful on streets !!!

    Police will shoot everywhere.
 
  Thursday October 26  
    The ideal van der Waals fluid
    Thermodynamic description of multicomponent systems (mixtures)
    To read: Callen pp. 74-78
    Atkins: entire Chapter 6  
    Assignment: None
 

   Wednesday October 25

  

    Phase transition and critical point calculations
    Preparations for the 2nd midterm exam

    To read: Callen pp. 113-130
    Assignment:  


 
  Monday October 30  
    Fall holidays
     

  Thursday November 2  
    Fall holidays
      
 
  Wednesday November 1  

    Fall holidays

     

 
  Monday November 6  
    Binary liquid/vapour phase diagrams:ideal mixtures, real mixtures
    Binary solid-liquid phase diagrams
    To read: Atkins Chapters 7, 8  
     

  Thursday November 9  
    Binary liquid/vapour phase diagrams:  azeotrope mixtures
    Colligative properties
    To read: Atkins Chapter 7,8 
 
  Wednesday November 8  

    2nd Midterm Exam

    To prepare read:
     Atkins Chapters 2-8
    Callen pp. 113-130.  


 
  Monday November 13  
    Homogeneous equilibrium in reacting mixtures
    (Chemical equilibrium)
    Dependence of the equilibrium constant on pressure and temperature
    Chemical equilibrium calculations
    To read: Atkins Chapter 9.1-9.4  



  Thursday November 16  

    Summary of the basics of thermodynamics
    Extension of the equations for non-simple systems
    Transport properties: general description
    To read: Atkins: Chapters 24.1-24.5
 
  Wednesday November 15  

    To read: Atkins Chapter 7, 8  

    Assignment: ????


 
  Monday November 20  

    Diffusion, viscosity, ionic transport
    Deatailed discussion of diffusion
    Fick's 1st and 2nd laws
    Solution of the diffusion equation.

    Electric potential of charged bodies

    To read: Atkins Chapter 24.10-24.13,

    YOUR NOTES

  Thursday November 23  

    Thermodynamics of electrically charged systems, charge separation and electric potential
    electroneutrality principal
    undetachable charge & charge carrier
    the electrochemical potential
    the mean activity coefficient

    To read: YOUR NOTES;
           + Atkins: Chapter 10.1-10.3

 
  Wednesday November 22  

    Chemical equilibrium calculations
    liquid surfaces

    To read: Atkins Chapter 9  

    Assignment: ????

 
  Monday November 27  
    Equilibrium electrochemistry
    contact equilibria
    galvanic cells and electrodes
    To read: YOUR NOTES;
           + Atkins: entire Chapter 10

  Thursday November 30  
    Determination of partial molar quantities
    The Debye-Hückel limiting law: Part I.
    To read: Atkins: Entire Chapter 24   + relevant chapters of Kiss László: Bevezetés az elektrokémiába
 
  Wednesday November 29  

    Chemical equilibrium calculations
    Transport phenomena
     

    To read:

    Assignment: ????

 
  Monday December 4  

    Transport phenomena in ionic systems
    Ionic mobility and diffusion
    Diffusion potential

    To read: Atkins: Entire Chapter 24   + relevant chapters of Kiss László: Bevezetés az elektrokémiába


  Thursday December 7  

    Diffusion potential
    Electric conductivity of ionic solutions

    To read: Atkins: Chapter 24 relevant chapters of Kiss László: Bevezetés az elektrokémiába
 
  Wednesday December 6  

    3rd midterm exam

    10:00, room No. 610 ("prow")

    To read: ????

    Assignment: ????

 
  Monday December 11  

    The Debye-Hückel limiting law, Part 2

    To read: Atkins: Entire Chapter 24


  Thursday December 14  

    Preparation for the optional midterm exam and the final exam
    (2 hours seminar)

    To read: Everything listed before to prepare for the optional midterm exam and / or for the oral exam  

 
  Wednesday December 13  

    An experimental taste of a multicomponent system
    at constant temperature and pressure

    Informations on the oral exam
 

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