CHM 1382 Course Schedule
Week of Topic Text Reference
April 2 Chemical Phases 5.1-5.3
Review of thermodynamic criteria
Phase diagrams and types of phase transitions
Clausius and Clausius-Clapeyron equations
April 9 Themodynamics of Solutions 5.4-5.7
Ideal & non-ideal solutions: Raoult’s , Henry’s Laws
Partial molar quantities; Gibbs-Duhem equation
Thermodynamics of solutions
Thermodynamic activities
April 16 Colligative Properties 5.8
Freezing point depression
Boiling point elevation
Osmotic pressure
April
19: Midterm Examination 1
April 23 Multicomponent Phase Equilibrium 6.1-6.3
The phase rule and degrees of freedom
One-component systems
Binary systems and the Lever Rule
Liquid-liquid phase equilibria
April 30 Phase Equilibria in Condensed Systems 6.4-6.6
Solid-liquid equilibrium and eutectics
Constructing phase diagrams; thermal analysis
May 7 Chemical Kinetics 9.1-9.4
Rates of reaction
Determining the rate law for a reaction
Order of reaction
Methods for analyzing kinetic data
May 14 Midterm
Examination 2
May 14 Temperature Dependence of Kinetics 9.6-9.9
The Arrhenius equation
Activation energy and collision theory
Potential energy surfaces and reaction dynamics
May 21 Composite Reactions 10.1-10.5
Rate equations for composite mechanisms
Rate-determining steps and the steady-state approximation
Microscopic reversibility and equilibrium
Radical and polymerization reactions
May 28 Catalysis and
Enzyme Kinetics 10.9
& lect.
Enzyme catalysis
Michaelis-Menten equation
Catalytic inhibition
Final Examination:
8:00 am, Wednesday June 6, 39 SL
Kinetics (1/2 of exam) and material from first part of quarter.