Alexander Barnes: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2022 |
Name | Prof. Dr. Alexander Barnes |
Field | Solid State NMR Spectroscopy |
Address | Inst. Mol. Phys. Wiss. ETH Zürich, HCI D 225 Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10 8093 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
Telephone | +41 44 633 93 80 |
alexander.barnes@phys.chem.ethz.ch | |
Department | Chemistry and Applied Biosciences |
Relationship | Full Professor |
Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
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529-0012-01L | Physical Chemistry I: Thermodynamics | 4 credits | 3V + 1U | A. Barnes, T. Segawa | |
Abstract | Foundations of chemical thermodynamics: Entropy, chemical thermodynamics, laws of thermodynamics, partition functions, chemical reactions, reaction free energies, equilibrium conditions, chemical potential, standard states, ideal and real systems and gases, phase equilibria, colligative properties, with applications to current research at the ETHZ. | ||||
Learning objective | Understanding of entropy and thermodynamic principles. | ||||
Content | The first, second and third law of thermodynamics: empirical temperature and thermodynamic temperature scale, internal energy, entropy, thermal equilibrium. Models and standard states: ideal gases, ideal solutions and mixtures, real gases, real solutions and mixtures, activity, tables of standard thermodynamic quantities. Reaction thermodynamics: the chemical potential, reaction parameters and equilibrium conditions, equilibrium constants and their pressure and temperature dependence. Phase equilibria. | ||||
Lecture notes | See homepage of the lecture. | ||||
Literature | See homepage of the lecture. | ||||
Prerequisites / Notice | Requirements: Allgemeine Chemie I, Grundlagen der Mathematik | ||||
529-0499-00L | Physical Chemistry | 1 credit | 1K | B. H. Meier, A. Barnes, M. Ernst, P. H. Hünenberger, G. Jeschke, F. Merkt, M. Reiher, J. Richardson, R. Riek, S. Riniker, T. Schmidt, R. Signorell, H. J. Wörner | |
Abstract | Seminar series covering current developments in Physical Chemistry | ||||
Learning objective | Discussing current developments in Physical Chemistry |