CHEM339

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CHEM339

Physical Chemistry III: Statistical Thermodynamics and Chemical Dynamics CHEM339 FA

Not Currently Offered

This course covers the fundamentals of statistical thermodynamics; elementary applications to crystalline solids; molecular liquids; electrolyte solutions and chemical reactions in the gas phase and in solution; kinetic theory; transport and diffusion; chemical kinetics; absolute reaction rate theory; and molecular reaction dynamics. The course begins with a brief review of equilibrium thermodynamics. This is a survey physical chemistry course for first-year graduate students, required for the Ph.D. It may be taken as a third semester of undergraduate physical chemistry by senior chemistry majors but is not a formal requirement.

MAJOR READINGS

P.W. Atkins, PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY, 3rd
edition, W.H. Freeman & Co., San Francisco, 1986

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Weekly quizzes, two or three hour exams and a two-hour final.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

CHEM337, 338 or the equivalent. Undergraduates can take this with permission of the instructor.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00

Prerequisites: CHEM338 or CHEM337

Last Updated on MAR-22-1999

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