CHEM 320 - Physical Chemistry I

(CRN 10649; page updated 1-Sep-2004)
Class meetings: MWF 11:00 – 11:50 in Hughes 335
Instructor: Jeff Cronk [E-mail: cronk@gonzaga.edu]
Office: Hughes 234. Phone: 323-6627
Office Hours (Fall 2004): M, W 2:10 - 3:30 pm; Tu 10:30 - 11:30 am.
Text (required): Physical Chemistry (5th edition) Ira N. Levine

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Course information

We will cover portions of chapters 1-11, 15-17 in Levine's text. In some cases, only 1 or 2 sections from a chapter will be assigned. Assigned problems will reflect the covered material and exam material. Solutions to the assigned problems will be provided. The prerequisites of this course are: Math 258, Phys 103 or Phys 101, and Chem 206.

Grading

There will be three exams given during the semester, each of which is 20% of the final grade. The remaining 40% is based on a final examination, covering material in the last part of the course, with the other half comprehensive.

Tentative class schedule (Fall 2004)

WEEK 1 (1 & 3 Sept)

1. Introduction; thermodynamics principles
2. Equations of state

WEEK 2 (6, 8, 10 Sept)

3. The First Law of Thermodynamics (Ch.2).
4. The First Law of Thermodynamics
5.

WEEK 3 (13 & 15 Sept)

6. The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics (Ch.3)
Wed 15 Sept - Mass of the Holy Spirit.(no lecture)

WEEK 4 (20, 22, 24 Sept)

7. Entropy changes
8. What is entropy?
9. Material equilibrium (Ch.4).

WEEK 5 (27 & 29 Sept, 1 Oct)

Mon 27 Sept - EXAM 1
10. Equilibrium systems.
11. Chemical potentials and equilibria.

WEEK 6 (4, 6, 8 Oct)

12. Standard states and enthalpies (Ch.5).
13. The 3rd law of thermodynamics
14. Equilibria of gas phase reactions (Ch.6).

WEEK 7 (11, 13, 15 Oct)

15. Equilibrium calculations
16. One-component phase equilibrium (Ch.7).
17. More on phase transitions .

WEEK 8 (20 & 22 Oct)

18. Real gases (Ch.8) .
Fri 22 Oct - EXAM 2

WEEK 9 (25, 27, 29 Oct)

19. Real gases (cont.) .
20. Ideal Solutions (Ch.9)
21.      "       "

WEEK 10 (1, 3, 5 Nov)

22. Nonideal Solutions (Ch.10)
23.      "       "

WEEK 11 (8, 10, 12 Nov)

24. Ch.10 (cont.)
25. Reaction equilibrium in
26. Nonideal Systems (Ch.11)

WEEK 12 (15, 17, 19 Nov)

27. Kinetic Theory of Gases (Ch.15)
Wed 17 Oct - EXAM 3.
28. Ch.15 (cont.)

WEEK 13 (Mon 22 Nov)

29. Transport Processes (Ch.16)

WEEK 14 (29 Nov; 1, 3 Dec)

30. Ch.16 (cont.)
31. finish Ch.16, start Ch.17
32. Reaction kinetics (Ch.17)

WEEK 15 (6, 8, 10 Dec)

33. Ch.17 (cont.)
34.     "       "
35.     "       "

FINALS WEEK

FINAL EXAM Wednesday 15 December 2004, 8:00-10:00 am