CH 431 Physical Chemistry I

Spring Session 2003

Class Time: 9:50-11:05 Tu,Th, Dab 330

Problem Period: 401 Th 11:20-12:35 (Dab 330)

Instructor: Dr. Stefan Franzen, Dabney 714, Email: Stefan_Franzen@ncsu.edu

Office Hours: W,F 10-11

Text: Physical Chemistry, A Molecular Approach 5th Edition, McQuarrie and Simon, University Science Books,

 

Date

Topic

Reading

Recommended Problems

1. Jan 9

Macroscopic vs. Microscopic

26.1, 17.1,27.1-2

 

2. Jan 14

Properties of Gases

16.1, 25.1,25.2

16-11,2,3,4,5,6,7 

3. Jan 16

Real Gases/Corresponding States

16.2 – 16.7 & H

 16-13,16-25

4. Jan 24

Partition Function

17.1 – 17.5

16-31 - 16-33

5. Jan 28

Average Properties

17.6 – 17.8, 18.1

17-11,12,13,14

6. Jan 30

The First Law

19.1 – 19.4

 

7. Feb 4

Heat, Work, and Energy

19.5 – 19.10

19-2,4,5,6,7

13 Feb 6

Mid-term I

 

 

18 Feb 11

Thermochemistry

19.11

19-13 to 19-20

8. Feb 13

Entropy and the 2nd Law

19.12

19-25,26,35,36&39

9. Feb 18

Second Law Applications

20.1 - 20.7 & I

I-1,4,6,8,10

10. Feb 20

Entropy and the Third Law

21.1 - 21.9 

H-11, 20-2,3,4

11. Feb 25

Gibbs Free Energy

22.1 - 22.2 

22-1, 22-8, 22-9, 22-12 

12. Feb 27

Gibbs Energy Applications

 

 

13. Mar 4

Second Law Applications

 

 

14. Mar 6

Maxwell Relations

22.3 - 22.7  and J

 

16 Mar 18

Phase Equilibria  

Phase Diagrams

23.1 - 23.3

 23-2, 23-27, 23-28, 23-29, 23-36

15. Mar 20

The Clausius-Clapeyron Eqn.

23.4 , 23.5

 

16. Mar 25

Solutions – Real and Ideal

24.1 - 24.5  

 24-22, 24-26, 24-29, 24-48

17. Mar 27

Activity

24.6

 

18. Apr 1

Mid-term II

 

 

19. Apr 3

Gibbs-Duhem Equation

24.7 - 24.9 

 

20. Apr 8

Colligative Properties

25.1 - 25.5

 25-1, 25-2, 25-3, 25-4, 25-40, 25-42, 25-43, 25-44

21. Apr 10

Gibbs Energy

26.1 – 26.6

 

22. Apr 15

Standard States

26.7 - 26.12 

 

23. Apr 22

DebyeHuckel Theory

25.6 - 25.7 

 

24. Apr 24

Special Topics

 

 

25. Apr 29

Special Topics

 

 

26. May 1

Review

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18 Dec

Final Exam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grades will be based as follows:                                        There will be +/- grading.

Quizzes and Homework                                                       300 pts

Mid-Terms                                                                            400 pts

Final Exam                                                                             300 pts

Semester Total                                                                      1000 pts

The Final Exam can substitute for one mid-term (i.e. 500 pts) in case of excused absence.