Course: Physical Chemistry I

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Course title Physical Chemistry I
Course code TUFMI/TP4F1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 7
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kočí Kamila, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Kolaříková Alena, Ing.
  • Smolková Ilona, MSc. PhD.
  • Václavková Tereza, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Ideal gas, laws of gases, equation of state, equipartition principle, real gases, van der Waals equation, compressibility factor, virial development, critical point, state behavior of liquids. 2. Thermodynamics, state variables, work, heat, energy. 3. I. law of thermodynamics, internal energy, enthalpy, heat capacities, adiabatic process. 4. Reaction heat, calorimetry, heat conversion to work, Carnot cycle, heat engines. 5. II. thermodynamic law, entropy, III. thermodynamic law, inverse temperature. 6. Connections I. and II. law of thermodynamics, Helmholtz and Gibbs energy, conditions of thermodynamic equilibrium. 7. Surface tension, viscosity of liquids, crystalline, amorphous substances, basics of crystallography. 8. Phase equilibria, Clapeyron and Claussius -Clapeyron equations. 9. Multicomponent systems, chemical potential, fugacity, Gibbs law of phases. 10. Equilibrium liquid-vapor, ideal solution, Raoult's law, Henry's law. 11. Real systems, activity, activity coefficient, azeotropic mixture. 12. Liquid-liquid equilibrium, limited miscibility, upper and lower critical temperature. 13. Condensed systems, phase diagrams, eutectic, three-component system. 14. Chemical equilibria, equilibrium constant, reaction Gibbs energy, equilibrium composition of reaction mixture, influence of temperature and pressure on chemical equilibrium, Le-Chatelier-Brown principle.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecturing, Simple experiments, Practice exercises
  • Participation in classes - 84 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 40 hours per semester
  • Preparation for course credit - 20 hours per semester
  • Preparation for examination - 36 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Knowledge of mathematics, physics and inorganic, organic and analytical chemistry.
Knowledge of mathematics, physics and inorganic, organic and analytical chemistry.
learning outcomes
describe the properties and behaviour of an ideal gas
describe the properties and behaviour of an ideal gas
explain the laws of thermodynamics
explain the laws of thermodynamics
describe states of matter
describe states of matter
explain the catalysis of chemical reactions
explain the catalysis of chemical reactions
describe chemical equilibrium
describe chemical equilibrium
Skills
quantify and describe the investigated phenomena by physical relations
quantify and describe the investigated phenomena by physical relations
calculate the state variables of an ideal gas
calculate the state variables of an ideal gas
apply the laws of thermodynamics
apply the laws of thermodynamics
calculate equilibrium constants of chemical reactions
calculate equilibrium constants of chemical reactions
distinguish states of matter
distinguish states of matter
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecturing
Lecturing
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Skills
Simple experiments
Simple experiments
Practice exercises
Practice exercises
assessment methods
Knowledge
Systematic observation of the student
Systematic observation of the student
Written examination
Written examination
Oral examination
Oral examination
Grade (Using a grade system)
Grade (Using a grade system)
Recommended literature
  • Adamcová, Z. Příklady a úlohy z fyzikální chemie. Praha : SNTL, 1989.
  • Atkins, P. W. Atkins´physical chemistry. 7th ed. New York : Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN 198792859.
  • Erdos, E., Pick, J., Černý, Č., Pouchlý, J. Fyzikální chemie v otázkách I, II, III. Praha : Academia, 1975.
  • Moore, W.J. Fyzikální chemie. SNTL Praha, 1979.
  • Novák J. a kol. Příklady a úlohy z fyzikální chemie. Praha, 2000. ISBN 80-7080-394-0.
  • Novák, J. P., Pick, J., Holub, R. Fyzikální chemie. Praha : VŠCHT, 1999. ISBN 80-7080-360-6.


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