8025 (v.4) Physical Chemistry 201

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Area:	Department of Applied Chemistry
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	6.0
Lecture:	2 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	7040 (v.6) Chemistry 102 or any previous version AND 7063 (v.6) Mathematics 102 or any previous version
Syllabus:	Thermodynamic systems and properties. Energy, temperature, heat and work. Reversible and irreversible processes. First Law. Enthalpy and thermochemistry. Entropy and the Second Law. Interpretation of entropy and entropy calculations. Entropy changes accompanying specific processes. Third Law. Free energy. Chemical equilibrium and spontaneous reactions. Thermodynamic relationships. Response of equilibria to pressure and temperature. Free energy and the chemical potential. Free energy and the chemical potential. Ideal solutions. Raoult's and Henry's Laws. Colligative properties of solutions. Phases, components and degrees of freedom. The Phase Rule. Vapour pressure diagrams and distillation. Liquid-liquid and liquid-solid phase diagrams. Eutectics. First and second order reactions. Reaction half-lives and determination of reaction order. Steady state approximation and rate determining step. Reaction and chain mechanisms. Lindemann mechanism of first order reactions. Activation energy and Arrhenius equation. Hard sphere collision theory. Collision theory continued Transition state theory and activated complex. Reaction coordinates. Comparison of collision and transition state theories. Contour diagrams and potential energy surfaces. Kinetics and equilibrium
Unit Outcomes:	On successful completion of this unit students will have sufficient knowledge to use kinetics and thermodynamics theory to rationalise the dynamic and steady-state behaviour of chemical systems, appreciate the way in which the mathematical and conceptuallimitations of the theoretical constructs of kinetics and thermodynamics impact on the reliability of predictions made using the associated theoretical principles and undertake reliable and robust experiments that may be used in practical problem solvingsituations within the chemical profession.
Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.
Unit References:	Watson, P. R., 'P-Chem', Interactive CD-ROM. James, A. and Pritchard, F., 1974, 'Practical Physical Chemistry', 3rd Edition, Longman, Harlow.
Unit Texts:	Atkins, P. W. and de Paula, J., 2002, 'Physical Chemistry', 7th Edition, Oxford University Press. (or) Laidler, K. J. and Meiser, J. H., 1999, 'Physical Chemistry' 3rd Edition', Houghton Mifflin, Aylward, G. and Findlay, T., 1994, 'SI Chemical Data Book', Wiley, New York. Kirkup, L., 1994, 'Experimental methods', Wiley, New York. 'Physical Chemistry 201, 271 and 202, 272 Laboratory Manuals', Curtin Publications. 'Physical Chemistry 201, 271 and 202, 272 Tutorial Problems', Curtin Publications.
Unit Assessment Breakdown:	Test 10%. Tutorial Attendance and Performance 10%. Laboratory Assessment 20%. Semester Examination 60%.
Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External 2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y