CHEMISTRY 563

Advanced Thermodynamics and Equilibrium

 

C. Baumann (http://academic.scranton.edu/faculty/cab302)                                       Fall 2011

941-6389

cab302@scranton.edu                                                                                                    Office: Loyola 109

 

Text: Molecular Thermodynamics, D.A. McQuarrie and J.D. Simon, University Science Books, Sausalito, CA, 1999.

 

This course provides the student an advanced view of thermodynamics, taken from a molecular perspective. All students enrolled should have had at least two semesters of undergraduate physical chemistry. Students will find that familiarity with spreadsheet and mathematical software will be useful in the completion of assignments for this course. Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to predict bulk thermodynamic properties of systems from the appropriate molecular properties and manipulate thermodynamic data to determine molecular properties. Topics not covered by the text will be covered in the lecture, with some references to other sources, including journal articles. Similarly, some topics covered in the text will not be discussed in the lecture.

 

DATE

LECTURE TOPIC

 

CHAPTER

8/31

Energy Levels

1

9/7

Gases

2

9/14

Partition Functions

3

9/21

Partition Functions and Ideal Gases-Statistical Thermodynamics

4

 

9/28

 

EXAM I

 

 

10/5

Thermodynamics- The First Law

5

10/12

Entropy- The Second and Third Laws

6,7

10/19

Helmholtz and Gibbs Energies

8

10/26

Phase Equilibrium

9

 

11/2

 

EXAM II

 

 

11/9

Liquid-Liquid Solutions

10

11/16

Solid-Liquid Solutions

11

11/23

No Class

 

11/30

Chemical Equilibrium

12

12/7

Electrochemistry/Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics

13,14

 

12/??

 

FINAL EXAM

 

 

 

                                                                                                         

 

                                        


GRADING POLICY

 

     The grading for this course will be based on examination performance (300 points for each semester exam, 400 points for the final exam). Homework problems from the text will be assigned, but not collected. The exams may include take-home components.

 

Academic honesty:

 

            The first time that a student is caught cheating on an exam, he or she will receive a grade of zero points for that assignment. For further consequences of violating academic ethics please refer to the University of Scranton Academic Code of Honesty: http://matrix.scranton.edu/student_handbook/policy_academic_code_honesty.html .

 

Students with Disabilities

In order to receive appropriate accommodations, students with disabilities must register with the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence and provide relevant and current medical documentation. Students should contact Mary Ellen Pichiarello (Extension 4039) or Jim Muniz (Extension 4218), 5th floor, St. Thomas Hall, for an appointment.  For more information, see http://www.scranton.edu/disabilities. 

 

 

 

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS

 

CHAPTER

PROBLEMS

 

1

1-3,17,18, 21,22,28-31,36,38,48

2

1-3,7,10,13-15,37,38,41

3

8,10,11,12,14,17,28,42,43

4

4,7,9,12,19,21,23,25,29

5

1-7,20,22,25,35,42,45,46

6

8,18,19,25-29,33,40-43,45

7

2-5,14,15,26,40,41,47

8

8,9,26,51,52

9

4,6,17,20,26,31,36

10

12,19-22,48,50-52

11

1-4,15,16,22,24,27,29,31,40

12

1,3-5,15,21-27,30,35,39,61,63-65

13

1-5,11-14,30,37,39,58

14

24,28,43