Course: Physical Chemistry I

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Course title Physical Chemistry I
Course code TUFMI/TK4F1
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)
  • Halouzka Vladimír, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Ingr Marek, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Perfect gas, gas laws, equation of state, equipartition principle, real gases, van der Waals equation, compressibility factor, virial expansion, critical point, state behaviour of liquids. 2. Thermodynamics, state variables, work, heat, energy. 3. First law of thermodynamics, internal energy, enthalpy, heat capacities, adiabatic process. 4. Heat of reaction, calorimetry, heat to work transformation, Carnot cycle, heat engines. 5. Second law of thermodynamics, entropy, third law of thermodynamics, inversion temperature. 6. Combination of the first and second law the thermodynamics, Helmholtz and Gibbs energies, conditions of thermodynamical equilibrium. 7. Surface tension, viscosity of liquids, amorphous and crystalline substances, elements of crystallography. 8. Phase equilibrium, Clapeyron and Claussius - Clapeyron equations. 9. Multicomponent systems, chemical potential, fugacity, Gibbs phase rule. 10. Equilibrium liquid - gas, ideal solution, Raoult law, Henry law. 11. Real systems, activity, activity coefficient, azeotropic mixture. 12. Equilibrium liquid - liquid, limited miscibility, upper and lower critical temperatures. 13. Condensed systems, phase diagrams, eutectics, three components systems. 14. Chemical equilibrium, equilibrium constant, Gibbs free energy, equilibrium composition of reaction mixture, temperature and pressure influence on chemical equilibrium, Le-Chatelier-Brown principle.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecturing, Simple experiments, Practice exercises
  • Participation in classes - 24 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 56 hours per semester
  • Preparation for course credit - 50 hours per semester
  • Preparation for examination - 50 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
Preparation of a presentation
Preparation of a presentation
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., De Paula J. Fyzikální chemie. Praha, 2013. ISBN 9788070808306.
  • 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. Fyzikální chemie - bakalářský a magisterský kurz. Praha, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7080-675-.
  • Novák, J. P., Pick, J., Holub, R. Fyzikální chemie. Praha : VŠCHT, 1999. ISBN 80-7080-360-6.
  • Šimek, L., Hrnčiřík, J. Fyzikální chemie II : Koloidní a makromolekulární systémy. Zlín : UTB, 2005. ISBN 80-7318-325-0.
  • Šimek, L., Hrnčiřík, J. Fyzikální chemie I. UTB Zlín , 2007. ISBN 978-80-7318-324-0.


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