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Jul 31, 2025
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CHE 3020 - THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETICS
credits: 4.0
Will offer a comprehensive study of the physical principles and mathematics describing thermodynamics, gases, chemical equilibrium and chemical kinetics. Applications of the laws of thermodynamics to chemical systems will be made through discussions of the chemical potential, Helmholtz and Gibbs energies, entropy, chemical equilibrium, phase equilibria and electro-chemical cells. Lab experiments will allow students to apply concepts from lecture to chemical systems while collecting, maintaining and analyzing experimental data and practicing preparing scientific reports. Objectives: A) Use the properties of gases to introduce the ideas behind statistical mechanics and thermodynamics; B) State and apply the laws of thermodynamics in the context of pressure-volume work, heat capacity, etc. C) Apply thermodynamics to the ideas of phase and chemical equilibrium and solutions; D) Predict properties and reactions of chemicals from basic thermodynamic data; E) Apply the Gibbs free energy in the context of chemical equilibrium; F) Learn to predict and understand the consequences of the rate of a chemical reaction through chemical kinetics; G) Successfully execute thermodynamic experiments. Method of Instruction: Three one-hour lectures per week, one four-hour lab per week. Method of Evaluation: Homework (10%), quizzes (20%), lab reports (25%), and exams (45%). Lab Fee: $125.00.
Prerequisite(s): CHE 1515 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY II and MAT 2020 - CALCULUS II and PHY 2110 - PHYSICS FOR THE LIFE SCIENCES II (or) CHE 1515 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY II and MAT 2020 - CALCULUS II and PHY 2210 - PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICS II
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