701-0206-00L Selected Topics of Physical Chemistry
Semester | Spring Semester 2021 |
Lecturers | P. Funck |
Periodicity | yearly recurring course |
Language of instruction | German |
Abstract | 1. Kinetics of complex reactions 2. Thermodynamics of mixtures and systems with several phases: Partition between phases, colligative properties of solutions, coexistence of phases, phase rule, phase diagrams 3. Phase boundaries: Surface tension, surface excess concentration, adsorption, colloids |
Objective | More detailed knowledge of macroscopic physico-chemical phenomena |
Content | 1. Kinetics of complex reactions: Pre-equilibrium, steady-state approximation, enzyme kinetics 2. Thermodynamics of mixtures and systems with several phases: Chemical potential, standard states and activities, partition between phases, colligative properties of solutions, coexistence of phases, phase rule, phase diagrams of pure substances and binary mixtures 3. Phase boundaries: Surface tension, surface excess concentration, adsorption on solids, stability of colloids |
Lecture notes | Lecture notes can be downloaded from the teaching document repository. |
Literature | - Wedler, G., Freund, H.-J., Lehr- und Arbeitsbuch Physikalische Chemie, 7. Aufl., Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2018 - Atkins, P., de Paula, J., Keeler, J., Physical Chemistry, 11th edition, Oxford University Press, 2018 - Shaw, D.J., Introduction to Colloid and Surface Chemistry, 4th ed., Butterworth-Heinemann 1992 |
Prerequisites / Notice | Knowledge of kinetics and thermodynamics from "Chemie I+II" Competent handling of elementary calculus |