Roland Riek: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2018 |
| Name | Prof. Dr. Roland Riek |
| Field | Physical Chemistry |
| Address | Inst. Mol. Phys. Wiss. ETH Zürich, HCI F 225 Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10 8093 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Telephone | +41 44 632 61 39 |
| roland.riek@phys.chem.ethz.ch | |
| Department | Chemistry and Applied Biosciences |
| Relationship | Full Professor |
| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 529-0499-00L | Physical Chemistry | 1 credit | 1K | B. H. Meier, G. Jeschke, F. Merkt, M. Reiher, J. Richardson, R. Riek, S. Riniker, T. Schmidt, R. Signorell, H. J. Wörner | |
| Abstract | Institute-Seminar covering current research Topics in Physical Chemistry | ||||
| Learning objective | |||||
| 529-1023-00L | Physical Chemistry I (for Biology and Pharmacy) | 3 credits | 2V + 1U | R. Riek | |
| Abstract | The laws of thermodynamics: empirical temperature, energy, entropy. Models and standard states: ideal gases, ideal solutions and mixtures, activity, standard thermodynamic values. Reaction thermodynamics: chemical potential, thermodynamic parameters of reactions, equilibrium conditions and their temperature and pressure dependence, biochemical reactions, surface effects, colligative properties. | ||||
| Learning objective | Understanding the fundamental thermodynamic properties of chemical and biological systems. | ||||
| Content | The laws of thermodynamics: empirical temperature, energy, entropy. Models and standard states: ideal gases, ideal solutions and mixtures, activity, standard thermodynamic values. Reaction thermodynamics: chemical potential, thermodynamic parameters of reactions, equilibrium conditions and their temperature and pressure dependence, biochemical reactions, surface effects, colligative properties. | ||||
| Lecture notes | in process, will be distributed at the beginning of the first lecture | ||||
| Literature | 1) Atkins, P.W., 1999, Physical Chemistry, Oxford University Press, 6th ed., 1999. 2) Moore, W.J., 1990: Grundlagen der physikalischen Chemie, W. de Gruyter, Berlin. 3) Adam, G., Läuger, P., Stark, G., 1988: Physikalische Chemie und Biophysik, 2. Aufl., Springer Verlag, Berlin. | ||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | Prerequisite: mathematics I+II, functions of multiple variables, partial derivatives. In particular: There are learning tasks used as performance assessments. | ||||