STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS AND CHEMICAL DYNAMICS
REED COLLEGE
Chemistry 332
Spring, 1999
| LECTURE: | 9:00-9:50 a.m. M, W, F | Room C301 |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Dr. Dan Gerrity | Office C316 |
| OFFICE HOURS: | 2-3 p.m. M 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. T 10-11 a.m. F |
CONFERENCE (optional): 6:30 - 7:20 p.m. Th Room C301
| TEXTS: | Required: "Physical Chemistry" 5th Ed., Gordon M. Barrow. [or 5th Ed. - Please see me if you intend to use the older edition] Recommended: "Molecular Thermodynamics," Richard E. Dickerson "Elements of Statistical Thermodynamics," 2nd ed., L. Nash ("CHEMTHERMO: A Statistical Approach to Classical Chemical Thermodynamics," Leonard K. Nash; alternative edition of above.) |
| GRADING: | Your grade in this course will be determined by your performance on: three hour exams (60%), a comprehensive final (30%), and assigned problem sets (10%) which will be "spot-checked" regularly. Please bring a freshly charged calculator to each exam. |
SCHEDULE
| Date | Chapter | Topic |
| 1/25 | Introduction | |
| 1/27 | 1 | Properties of Real and Ideal Gases |
| 1/29 | 2 | The Kinetic-Molecular Model |
| 2/1 | 2 | Molecular Energies and Speed |
| 2/3 | 1 | Van der Waal's Equation and Nonideality |
| 2/5 | 1 | Molecular Interactions |
| 2/8 | 2+ | Energies of Gas Molecules |
| 2/10 | 9, 12+ | Translational, Rotatonal and Vibrational Energy Levels |
| 2/12 | 2* | Microstates and Probabilities |
| 2/15 | EXAM I - Chapters 1, and parts of 2, 9 & 12 | |
| 2/17 | 2* | Derivation of the Boltzmann Distribution Equation (I) |
| 2/19 | 2* | Derivation of the Boltzmann Distribution Equation (II) |
| 2/22 | 2* | Boltzmann Distribution: Applications |
| 2/24 | 2* | The Partition Function |
| 2/26 | 2* | Thermal Energy |
| 3/1 | 3# | First Law of Thermodynamics |
| 3/3 | 3# | Reversible & Irreversible Processes, Work |
| 3/5 | 3# | The Enthalpy Function, H |
| 3/8 | 3# | Heat Capacities of Gases, C |
| 3/10 | 3# | Bond Energies |
| 3/12 | EXAM II - Chapters 2 and 3 | |
| 3/15 | 4 | Entropy |
| 3/17 | 4 | Second Law of Thermodynamics |
| 3/19 | 4 | Third Law of Thermodynamics |
| 3/29 | 4 | Molar Entropy Calculations |
| 3/31 | 5 | Free Energy, G |
| 4/2 | 5 | Dependence of G on P |
| 4/5 | 5 | Dependence of G and K on T |
| 4/7 | 5 | Chemical Equilibria: Ideal Gases |
| 4/9 | 5 | Chemical Equilibria: Nonideal Gases |
| 4/12 | 15 | First & Second-Order Rate Equations |
| 4/14 | EXAM III - Chapters 4 and 5 | |
| 4/16 | 15 | Rate Laws and Reaction Mechanisms |
| 4/19 | 15 | Temperature and Reaction Mechanisms |
| 4/21 | 16 | Temperature and Rates: Arrhenius Equation |
| 4/23 | 16 | Mean Free Path and Collision Number |
| 4/26 | 16 | Elementary Reactions: Collision Theory |
| 4/28 | 16 | Elementary Reactions: Transition-State Theory |
| 4/30 | 16 | Comparison of Collision and Transition-State Theories |
+And Chapter 1 of Dickerson's "Molecular Thermodynamics"
*And Chapter 2 of Dickerson's "Molecular Thermodynamics"
#And Chapter 3 of Dickerson's "Molecular Thermodynamics"