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Fall 2011 Physical Chemistry:
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# |
Dates |
Title |
Reading
8th(7th) |
Exercises
(8th ed.) |
Exercises
(7th ed.) |
|
0 |
Sept. 9 |
Lecture 0 - Introduction to Physical Chemistry
|
Notes |
None |
None |
| Chapter 1: Properties
of Gases |
|
1 |
Sept. 12 |
Lecture 1 - States of Gases |
1.1
(1.1) |
M1.1, 1.2, M1.3, 1.4, 1.7
Exercises |
1.4, 1.6, 1.7, 1.9, 1.10 |
|
2 |
Sept. 14 |
Lecture 2 - Gas Laws |
1.2
(1.2) |
1.8, 1.10, 1.11, 1.18, 1.5,
P1.1, P1.28
Exercises |
1.11, 1.13, 1.14, 1.22,
P1.1, P1.3, P1.30 |
|
3 |
Sept. 16, 19 |
Lecture 3 - Kinetic Model of Gases
Aside:
Cold Atoms |
1.2, 21.1
(24.1) |
21.1, 21.2, 21.7, Self-Test
21.1 (p. 752), P21.23 |
24.4, 24.5, 24.10, Self-Test 24.1 (p. 820), P24.23 |
21.3, 21.4, 21.5, 21.6
Exercises |
24.6, 24.7, 24.8, 24.9 |
|
4 |
Sept. 21, 23 |
Lecture 4 - Real Gases |
1.3-1.5
(1.3-1.5) |
1.1, 1.13, 1.15, 1.16,
1.17, 1.19, 1.20 1.21, P1.17, P1.20
Exercises |
1.5, 1.16, 1.18, 1.19, 1.21, 1.23,
1.24, 1.25,
P1.20, P1.23 |
|
Chapter 2: The First Law: Concepts
|
| 5 |
Sept. 23, 26, 28 |
Lecture 5 - Introduction to Thermodynamics |
2.1-2.2 |
Free energy scams |
| 6 |
Sept. 28, 30 |
Lecture 6 - Work, Heat and Energy
Supplementary notes |
2.3-2.4 |
M2.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 2.5,
M2.2, 2.7
Exercises |
2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, 2.12 |
| 7 |
Oct. 3, 5 |
Lecture 7 - Enthalpy and Adiabatic Expansion
See also: self-guided tutorial (see below, complete this prior to first mid-term) |
2.5-2.6 |
Set 1: 2.3, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11, M2.3, 2.12,
Set 2: M2.4, 2.13, 2.14, M2.5, 2.15, M2.6, M2.7
Exercises |
Set 1: 2.7, 2.14,
2.15, 2.16, 2.17, 2.18, 2.20
Set 2: 2.21, 2.22, 2.23, 2.24, 2.25, 2.27, 2.28 |
| 8 |
Oct. 5 |
Lecture 8 - Thermochemistry |
2.7-2.9 |
2.6, 2.16, 2.17, M2.8, 2.18,
2.19, 2.20, 2.21, M2.9, 2.22, 2.26, 2.28
Exercises |
2.11, 2.29, 2.30, 2.31,
2.32, 2.35, 2.36, 2.37, 2.39, 2.40, 2.44,
2.45 |
| -- |
Oct.
7, 12 |
Transition Lecture: Qualitative Calculations of q, w,
DU and
DH |
in class |
P2.20, M2.10, P2.21ab, P2.21c,
P2.22, P2.25
Exercises |
3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9 |
|
Note: in 6th & 7th
editions, this material is in Chapter 3: The First Law: Machinery |
| 9 |
Oct. 12, 14, 21 |
Lecture 9 - The Machinery of the First Law
|
2.10-2.12 & Further Info
(Ch. 3) |
P2.26, M2.11, 2.29, 2.30,
2.31, 2.32, 2.33, M2.12, P2.23a, P2.23b, P2.24, P2.30,
P2.34
Exercises |
3.10, 3.12,
3.13, 3.14,
3.15, 3.16, 3.17, 3.18, P3.12, P3.13, P3.14, P3.17,
P3.24 |
|
Mid-Term #1 - Oct. 19, 2011 - Start of course material to lecture 9, not
including exercises relating to the Joule-Thomson coefficients. |
|
Self-guided tutorial &
answer key - summarizing
Chapters 1-3 |
|
Chapter 3: The Second Law: Concepts |
| 10 |
Oct. 21, 26 |
Lecture 10 - Introduction to the Second Law, Entropy
|
3.1-3.3
(4.1-4.3) |
3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 |
4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7 |
3.5, M3.1, M3.2, M3.3,
M3.4, M3.5
-
Exercises
-
Solutions |
4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13 |
| 11 |
Oct. 28, 31 |
Lecture 11 - Entropy Accompanying Specific Processes |
3.3
(4.3) |
M3.6, 3.5, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10,
M3.7, 3.14, 3.15
-
Exercises
-
Solutions |
4.14, 4.15, 4.18, 4.19, 4.20, 4.24, 4.25, 4.26 |
| 12 |
Oct. 31 |
Lecture 12 - Third Law and Gibbs and Helmholz
Energies
Proof: max. non-exp.
work |
3.4-3.6
(4.4-4.6) |
3.6, 3.7, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13,
P3.5
Exercises & Solutions |
4.16, 4.17, 4.21, 4.22, 4.23,
P4.5 |
|
Note: in 6th & 7th
editions, this material is in Chapter 5: The Second Law: Machinery |
| 13 |
Nov. 2, 4, 7 |
Lecture 13 - The Second Law - Machinery
clarification for
E5.7 (7th), E3.18 (8th)
|
3.7-3.9 & Further Info
(5.1-5.5) |
M3.8, 3.16, 3.17, 3.18,
M3.9, 3.19, 3.20, 3.21, 3.22 |
5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 5.12, 5.13 |
M3.10, P3.22, P3.23a,
P3.23b, M3.11, P3.24, P3.25, P3.26a, P3.26b, P3.27, P3.28, P3.30 P3.33
-Exercises
-Solutions |
5.14a, 5.14b, 5.15a, 5.15b,
P5.1, P5.5, P5.6, P5.7, P5.8, P5.9, P5.10, P.5.14, P5.21 |
|
Chapter 4: Physical Transformations of Pure Substances |
| 14 |
Nov. 7, 9 |
Lecture 14 - Phase diagrams
vapour pressure proof
|
4.1-4.6
(6.1-6.6) |
4.1, 4.2, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6,
4.7a, M4.1, DQ4.4, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, DQ4.6
Exercises & Solutions |
6.4, 6.5, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.10a,
6.2a, 6.2b, 6.11, 6.12,
6.13, 6.3a |
| 15 |
Nov. 16, 23 |
Lecture 15 - Phase Transitions and Surfaces
|
4.7, 18.7,
18.8
(6.7-6.10)
|
18.10, 18.11, 18.12, P4.1,
P4.2, P4.22
-Exercises & Solutions |
6.14, 6.15, 6.16,
P6.1, P6.2, P6.21 |
Mid-Term #2 - Nov. 21, 2011
Material: Up to the end of Lecture 14. |
|
Chapter 5: Simple Mixtures - Sections 7.1 - 7.5 |
| 16 |
Nov. 23, 25, 28 |
Lecture 16 - Simple Mixtures |
5.1-5.3
(7.1-7.3) |
5.1, 5.2, 5.3, Self-Test
5.2 (p. 141 Atkins 8th), 5.4, M5.1, 5.5, 5.6
-Exercises & Solutions |
7.4, 7.5, 7.6, Self-Test 7.2, (p. 166 Atkins 7th), 7.7,
7.8, 7.9, 7.10 |
| 17 |
Nov. 28, 30 |
Lecture 17 - Properties of Solutions
Proof: Boiling Point Elevation |
5.4-5.5
(7.4-7.5) |
5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 5.11,
5.12, M5.2, 5.13, 5.14
-Exercises & Solutions |
7.11, 7.12, 7.13, 7.14, 7.15, 7.16, 7.17, 7.18, 7.19 |
|
Chapter 6: Phase Diagrams |
| 18 |
Nov. 30 |
Lecture 18 - The Phase Rule |
6.1-6.3
(8.1-8.3) |
6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.7,
DQ6.3, DQ6.4, DQ6.5, DQ6.6, 6.9
-Exercises & Solutions |
8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.10, 8.2a,
8.2b, 8.3a, 8.3b,
8.12 |
| |
|
Proof of equation on slides 13,
14(eq. 8-6, 6th and 7th editions)
|
Material to accompany
lecture 18 |
| 19 |
Dec. 2, 5 |
Lecture 19 - Phase Diagrams |
6.1-6.3
(8.4-8.6) |
6.10, 6.11, 6.12, 6.13,
6.14, 6.15, 6.16, 6.17
-Exercises & Solutions |
8.13, 8.14,
8.15, 8.16, 8.17, 8.18, 8.19, 8.20 |
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|
Lecture 19
- Demo notes |
Material to
accompany lecture 19 "memory metal" demo |
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Sample phase diagrams and
micrographs: Cu/Al and Si/Al alloys |
Material to accompany
lecture 19
Please review this material, and compare with the "interactive
phase diagram" from Southhampton. |
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Final
Examination, comprehensive, Chapters 1 - 6 (Chapters 1-8 in 6th and 7th
editions) - Dec. 14, 2011 |
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