Physical Chemistry CHEM 3310

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

• Measure the heat content of fuel and other samples.
• Combine tabulated thermometric data with experimental data to determine the heat content of a sample.
• Make predictions about the heats of reaction by applying Hess' Law in calculations using tabulated Hf data.
• Predict the natural directions that chemical processes proceed based on entropy.
• Evaluate the spontaneity of chemical processes based on G and the effects of temperature and pressure on the spontaneity of these processes.
• Use tabulated thermodynamic data to calculate equilibrium constants to determine direction and extend of a reaction.
• Predict the effect of temperature on an equilibrium reaction.
• Describe the relationships that exist among G, E, and Keq. Describe the working of batteries and fuel cells using the concepts of electrical work and free energy change.
• Describe the role of a catalyst in a chemical reaction.
• Describe a reaction in terms of an energy profile for the reaction and how it relates to reaction rate.
• Collect data needed for a kinetic study and know how to manipulate data to obtain a least square curve-fit to determine the rate of chemical reactions using the concept of reaction order.
• Describe reaction mechanisms, in particular, of reactions involving our environment and show how a set of proposed mechanism is used to explain the experimentally observed rate law.
• Describe and explain chemical kinetics using the Kinetic Theory of Gases, Collision Theory, Transition State Theory.

Effective as of Fall 2003