CHEM 201 PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

The states and properties of matter. The Ideal gas and its PVT behavior and relationships. Kinetic theory. Diffusion of gases and liquids and calculations. PVT behavior of real gases: equations of states; the critical region; the virial and van der Waals equations; the law of corresponding states, etc. Chemical kinetics: rate constant and Arrhenius theory; reaction rate equations; experimental methods in kinetic data acquisition (batch, CST and PF reactors) and determination or reaction order; Reaction mechanism and rate equation; Kinetics and mechanisms of heterogeneous catalytic reactions (Eley-Rideal and Langmuir-Hinshelwood models); Applications for the design of chemical reactors. Thermodynamics: First law and applications; chemical thermodynamics; second law and applications; Enthalpy; Entropy; Gibbs and Helmholtz free energy; chemical potential; chemical equilibrium and calculations. Changes of states: Phases and Phases equilibrium; Liquid-vapor equilibrium and distillation; fractional distillation analysis and design; gas- liquid equilibrium and absorption; gas-solid surfaces equilibrium and adsorption; liquid-liquid equilibrium and extraction. Introduction to electrochemistry and fuel cells.

Laboratory excercises: Absorption, Distillation, Chemical reaction kinetics, Extraction, Heterogeneous catalytic reactions.