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Physical Chemistry I
Syllabus
4. Chemical Equilibrium
A. Spontaneity of chemical reactions. Gibbs energy minimum. Perfect gas equilibria.
Gibbs free energy change for the reaction and chemical quotient. Expression for
thermodynamic equilibrium constant. Equilibrium Calculations. Response of
equilibrium to pressure, volume and temperature. The van't Hoff equation
B. Acid-base equilibrium and pH-scale in terms of activities. Acid-base titration.
Acid-base indicators. Buffers. HendersonHasselbach approximation useful in
biology applications
C. Biological activity: the thermodynamics of ATP. Biological standard states.
Anaerobic and aerobic metabolism. Glucose transformations. Myoglobin and
hemoglobin (briefly).
D. Solubility and complex formation equilibria
E. Equilibrium electrochemistry. Ion activities Electrochemical cells. Standard
potentials. The electrochemical series. The Nernst equation. Thermodynamic
functions from cell potential measurements. Solubility constants. pH and pK
measurements.
Physical Chemistry I
Syllabus
5. Molecules in Motion
A. Collisions with walls and surfaces. Transport properties of gases. The
thermodynamic view of diffusion.
B. Empirical chemical kinetics. Experimental techniques. The rates of reactions.
Integrated rate laws of simple reactions. Half-lives and rate constants.
Dependence of half-life on concentration.
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