Physical Chemistry Lectures

Lecture 1

Introduction and Overview

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Lecture 2

Properties of Ideal Gases

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Lecture 3

The Kinetic Theory of Gases

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MAPLE worksheet on plotting the Maxwell distribution

Lecture 4

Imperfect Gases

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Lecture 5

The First Law of Thermodynamics

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Lecture 6

Path Functions and State Functions

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First Law Review

Lecture 7

Enthalpy: A New State Function

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Lecture 8

Thermochemistry

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Glycine Metabolism

Lecture 9

The Second Law of Thermodynamics

Review Questions

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Lecture 10

Applications of the Second Law

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Second Law Review

Notes on the System and Surroundings

Lecture 11

The Third Law

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Lecture 12

Gibbs Free Energy Function

Review Questions

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Lecture 13

Temperature and Pressure Dependence of G

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Lecture 14

Phase Diagrams

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Lecture 15

Properties of Mixtures

Review Questions

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Lecture 16

Non-ideal Solutions

Review Questions

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Lecture 17

Colligative Properties

Review Questions

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Lecture 18

Chemical Equilibrium

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Lecture 19

Biological Applications

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Review Lecture 20

Chemical Equilibrium: Reaction Quotient and Equilibrium Constant

Spring Break

Lecture 21

First order kinetics

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Derivation of Rate Constant for Two State Equilibrium

Lecture 22

Sequential and Parallel Rate Schemes

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Lecture 23

Biological Application of First Kinetics

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Lecture 24

The Arrhenius Rate Constant and Transition State Theory

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Lecture 25

Reaction Mechanisms

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Lecture 26

Second Order Kinetics and Biological Applications

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Lecture 27

Langmuir Isotherm and Adsorption Kinetics

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Lecture 28

Membrane Physical Chemistry

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Lectures 29 and 30

The Breakdown of Classical Physics

Worked Examples

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Lecture 31

The Wave Equation

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Lecture 32

The Particle in a Box

MAPLE Worksheet for Particle in a Box

Sample Problem: Butadiene Transitions

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Lecture 33

Rotational Motion

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Lecture 34

Vibrational Motion

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Lecture 35

The Hydrogen Atom and Atomic Structure

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MAPLE Worksheet on Radial Functions

MAPLE Worksheet on s orbitals

MAPLE Worksheet on p orbitals

MAPLE Worksheet on d orbitals

Lecture 36

Molecular Electronic Structure

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Lecture 37

Introduction to Spectroscopy

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Lecture 38

Rotational Spectroscopy

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Lecture 39

Vibrational Spectroscopy

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Lecture 40

Electronic Spectroscopy

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Lecture 41

Applications in Spectroscopy

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