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CHEM-UA 652: Thermodynamics and Kinetics
This text deals with both chemical thermodynamics and chemical kinetics. The course provides you with the tools and understanding to handle basic problems involving chemical systems at equilibrium and rates of simple chemical reactions. Topics include properties of gases, classical thermodynamics, and kinetics.
- Author
- Mark E. Tuckerman
- Publisher
- New York University
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY-NC-SA
- Language
- EN
- Category
- Basic Sciences
Contents· 25 sections
- 01: Lectures
- 1.01: Introduction overview of thermodynamics and the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution
- 1.02: Ideal gas law introduction to statistical mechanics and the microcanonical ensemble
- 1.03: The canonical ensemble
- 1.04: Treating interactions - Virial coefficients
- 1.05: The van der Waals equation of state and radial distribution functions
- 1.06: Equipartitioning collisions and random walks
- 1.07: Introduction to diffusion
- 1.08: Computational methods in statistical mechanics
- 1.09: First law of thermodynamics and thermodynamic potentials
- 1.10: Physical significance of free energy Euler's theorem Maxwell relations
- 1.11: Carnot engines thermodynamic entropy and the second and third laws
- 1.12: Introduction to the Thermodynamics of Phase Transitions
- 1.13: The Clapeyron equation Gibbs phase rule and Classical Nucleation Theory
- 1.14: Introduction to Solutions
- 1.15: Solution Equilibria and Colligative Properties
- 1.16: Thermochemistry
- 1.17: Chemical Equilibria
- 1.18: Introduction to Reaction Kinetics - Basic Rate Laws
- 1.19: Collision theory transition state theory and the prediction of rate laws and rate constants
- 1.20: Complex reaction mechanisms
- 1.21: Nonlinear kinetics and oscillating reactions
- 1.22: Kinetics of Catalysis
- 1.23: Continuously stirred tank reactors
- 1.24: Plug flow reactors and comparison to continuously stirred tank reactors