CHEM2000 (v.1) Chemical Energetics and Kinetics
| Area: | Department of Chemistry |
|---|---|
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 7.0 |
| TUITION PATTERNS: | The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline. |
| Lecture: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Science Laboratory: | 1 x 4 Hours Weekly |
| Workshop: | 2 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Equivalent(s): |
312485 (v.1)
Chemical Energetics and Kinetics 211
or any previous version
|
| Prerequisite(s): |
7039 (v.5)
Chemistry 101
or any previous version
OR 314448 (v.1) Principles and Processes in Chemistry 100 or any previous version OR CHEM1000 (v.1) Principles and Processes in Chemistry or any previous version AND 7040 (v.6) Chemistry 102 or any previous version OR 314450 (v.1) Reactivity and Function in Chemistry 120 or any previous version OR CHEM1002 (v.1) Reactivity and Function in Chemistry or any previous version |
| UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: | The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline. |
| Syllabus: | Kinetics: Rate of reactions and rate equations, Zero, first and second order kinetics, The Isolation Method, Activation energy and the Arrhenius equation, mechanisms, Steady state approximation, Collision theory and transition state theory. Energetics and thermodynamics: systems and properties, Energy, temperature and heat, Enthalpy and the first Law, Entropy and the Second Law, the Third Law, Free energy, Equilibrium and Chemical Potential. Heterogeneous processes: surfaces, Adsorption and adsorption isotherms, rate of reaction - activation limited and mass transport limited. |
| Field of Education: | 010500 Chemical Sciences (Narrow Grouping) |
| Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Partially Online Internal | Area External | Central External | Fully Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y |
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Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
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