Learning Outcomes
Students during or after the successful completion of the course will:
- be able to understand physicochemical problems and the methodology of the Physical Chemistry
- be able to solve problems relevant to physical chemistry. Physical Chemistry is highly mathematical
- be able to understand the physicochemical phenomena that take place in various chemical and physical processes
- be able to apply analytic thinking in phenomena relevant to physical or chemical processes
Course Content (Syllabus)
The contents of this course are:
1)Chemical Equilibria
2)Thermochemistry
3)Chemical Kinetics a) rate laws, reaction orders and molecularity of a reaction b) experimental methods in Kinetics c)first-order, second-order and higher-order rate equations c) determination of the order d)steady state approximation and rate determining step e) reaction mechanisms, complex steps i) approaching equilibria ii) competing reactions iii) unimolecular reactions iv) chain reactions v) catalysis f)Arrhenius equation & activation energies
4)Electrochemistry