Course Details:
Module1: Chemical Equilibrium
The properties of gases, ensembles, monoatomic & polyatomic ideal gases, molar heat capacities,the thermodynamic laws, concepts & the machinaries, phase diagram, phase rule & phase equilibria, ideal & non-ideal solutions, equilibrium electrochemistry.
Module 2: Chemical Thermodynamics
Free energy & entropy changes in chemical processes, residual entropy, spontaneous chemical reactions.
Module 3: Statistical Thermodynamics
The distribution of molecular states, configuration & weights, molecular partition function, canonical ensembles, thermodynamic information in partition function.
Module 4: Electrochemistry
Nernst equation, electrode kinetics, electrical double layer, Debye-Hückel theory, chemical equilibria, phase equilibria. Principles of electro-chemical methods, electrochemical reactions, electroanalytical voltammetry as applied to analysis and the chemistry of heterogeneous electron transfers.
Reference Books:
1. Physical Chemistry: A Molecular Approach by Donald A. McQuarrie and John D. Simon (University science books).
2. Physical Chemistry by Peter Atkins and Julio de Paula (Oxford).