Chemistry 541
Physical Chemistry I - Thermodynamics and Kinetics
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Assignments
Date Topic Reading assignment Problems Th Aug.19 Gases and kinetic molecular theory p. 19-29, 746-751 E20.1 a (in part a calc ratio of rms rather than mean speed)(Beauty)
E20.2a(Cindy)
Show that #2(Zach)
T Aug. 24 Maxwell distribution and ideal gas law p. 29-37 Derive c*(Sarah)
E20.3a
P20.3(James)
Th Aug 26 Ideal gases and real gases (van der Waals equation) E1.7b(use Excel and turn in on 8/31, plot pVm/T versus p to find R, plot dRT/p versus p to find M, d(g/dm^3) = 1.07144, 0.714110, 0.356975)
E1.13a(Olivia)
E1.17a(Dustin)
T Aug. 31 Real gases (virial equation) and the 1st Law of Thermodynamics p. 44-53 E1.15b(Zach)
E1.22b(Beauty)
P1.8(Cindy)
P1.19(B = B'RT - this can be derived as in P1.18) Use Excel and turn in on 9/7.
Th Sept 2 Work and heat p. 53-64 E2.3b(James)
E2.4b(Sarah)
E2.7b(Olivia)
T Sept 7 Heat capacity and adiabatic expansions p. 65-74 E2.8b(Emily)
E2.10b(Beauty)
E2.14b(Dustin)
Th Sept 9 Thermochemistry and enthalpy changes p. 74-83 E2.16b(Sarah)
E2.19b(Olivia)
E2.27b(James)
P2.7(Zach)
T Sept 14 Joule and Joule-Thomson expansions, partial derivative relations Study for Test 1! Th Sept 16 Test 1 (Ch. 1, Ch 20 p. 746-751, Ch. 2 p. 29-74) T Sept. 21 Joule-Thomson expansions, more partial derivative relations, entropy p. 94-104 P2.24 (Emily)
P2.26 (Cindy)
P2.28 (Dustin)
Th Sept 23 Second law, Carnot cycle, entropy changes p. 104-120 MathCad Carnot Cycle problem (Turn in on Tues., Sept. 28) T Sept. 28 Entropy changes, Helmholtz and Gibbs energies p. 121-127 E3.5b (Emily)
E3.6b (Zach)
P3.2 (Olivia)
P3.6 (James)
Th Sept. 30 Helmholtz and Gibbs energies, fundamental equations, Maxwell relations p. 135-143 P3.26:
dS/dV (Cindy)
dV/dS (Sarah)
dp/dS (Dustin)
T Oct. 5 Temperature and pressure dependence of Gibbs energy, phase changes and diagrams p.143-151 E3.18b (don't assume that V is constant) (Emily)
P3.16 (Beauty)
Th Oct. 7 Phase diagrams and phase boundaries E4.3b (James)
E4.7b (Cindy)
T Oct. 12 Phase boundaries and phase transitions P4.8 (Use Excel, turn in on Oct. 19)
E4.8b(Zach)
E4.9b(Sarah)
E4.12b(Emily)
Th Oct. 14 Fall Break T Oct. 19 Phase transitions and partial molar volume p. 156-161 Study for Test 2! Th Oct. 21 Test 2 (Ch. 2 (p. 74-83), 3 and 4) E5.1b (Beauty)
E5.2b (Dustin)
T Oct. 26 Partial molar Gibbs energy, thermodynamics of mixing, chemical potentials p. 161-176 E5.3b (Cindy)
E5.5b (Emily)
E5.8b (Beauty)
Th Oct. 28 Chemical potentials, colligative properties p. 190-198 P5.8 (Use Excel, and turn in on Nov. 4)
E5.14b (Sarah)
T Nov. 2 No class - Election Day VOTE!! Th Nov. 4 Activities, phase diagrams of mixtures p. 176-181 E5.7a, E5.16a, E5.17a, E5.18a, E5.20a, E5.22a, E5.23a, E5.26a, E5.32a T Nov. 9 Pressure-composition, Temperature-composition diagrams, Chemical Equilibrium p. 209-221 E6.4b (James)
E6.8b (Zach)
P6.8 (Dustin)
Th Nov. 11 Chemical equilibrium, LeChatelier's principle p.221-227 E6.9b (Cindy)
E6.10b (Sarah)
P6.2 (Emily)
T Nov. 16 LeChatelier's principle, reaction rates and rate laws p. 782-795 Th Nov. 18 Rate laws, integrated rate laws, equilibrium p.796-802 Study for Test 3! T Nov. 23 Test 3 (Ch. 5 (156-181, 190-198)and 6 (209-227)) p.802-809 P21.2 (Zach)
P21.4 (Dustin)
Th Nov. 25 Thanksgiving T Nov. 30 Kinetics and equilibrium, temperature dependence, reaction mechanisms E21.1a, E21.4a, E21.8a, E21.9a, E21.10a, E21.12a, E21.14a, E21.15a, P21.12
E21.16b (James)
Th Dec. 2 Steady state approximation, pre-equilibrium, thermodynamic and kinetic control Th Dec. 9 Final exam 8:00-11:00