Physical Chemistry (Spring 2005)

Instructor: Professor Cowley
  Office: BSB 410, email: cowley@camden.rutgers.edu

 
Textbook: Silbey, Alberty, and Bawendi, Physical Chemistry (4th ed)

 
Grading: 30% homework, two tests @20% each, 30% final exam

 
Homework: In a course at this level, it is very important that you work the problems at the same time that the material is being covered in the lectures. There will be a penalty of 10% for each week that an assigned problem is handed in late.



Maxwell Boltzmann Gibbs

Quotation of the week
Syllabus
 
Class Reading Topic Assigned problems
January 18 Chapter 1, pp 3-14 Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics, Ideal Gases problems 1.3, 1.7
January 20 Chapter 1, pp 15-21 Equations of State Dieterici's equation
January 25 Chapter 1, pp 22-27 Mole fractions, Barometric formula
January 27 Chapter 2, pp 30-43 The First Law of Thermodynamics 2.1, 2.5
February 1 Chapter 2, pp44-52 Enthalpy 2.13, 2.15
February 3 Chapter 2, pp 53-68 Joule and Joule-Thomson expansions 2.34, 2.49
February 8 Chapter 3, pp74-88 Entropy, Second Law 3.6, 3.9
February 10 Chapter 3, pp 88-98 Statistical Probability, Third Law 3.32, 3.C
February 15 Test on chapters 1-3
February 17 Chapter 4, pp 102-115 Combined First and Second Law, DA and DG 4.5, 4.6
February 22 Chapter 4, pp 116-122 Chemical Potential 4.16, 4.36
February 24 Chapter 4, pp 122-128 Properties of real substances 4.B (computational)
March 1 Chapter 5, pp 132-138 Chemical equilibrium 5.5, 5.6
March 3 CHapter 5, pp 139-152 Determination of equilibrium constants 5.21, 5.35
March 8 Chapter 6, pp 177-185 Phase equilibrium 6.6, 6.7
March 10 Chapter 6, pp 185-192 Binary liquid mixtures 6.21
March 22 Chapter 6, pp 198-202 Colligative properties 6.35, 6.37
Chapter 7, pp 218-220 Electricity review
March 24 Chapter 7, pp 218-233 Electrochemical equilibrium
March 29 Chapter 7, pp 234-248 Standard thermodynamic properties
March 31 Test on chapters 4-6
April 5 Chapter 16, pp 568-576 Statistical mechanics 16.6, Stirling approximation
April 7 Chapter 16, pp 576-582 Ideal gases 16.17, 16.51
April 12 Chapter 16, pp 583-603 Rotational contributions 16.27, 16.35
April 14 Chapter 17, pp 613-624 Maxwell speed distribution 17.6, 17.28, extra credit 17.D
April 19 Chapter 17, pp 624-637 Molecular collisions 17.14, 17.23
April 21 Chapter 23, pp 803-813 Crystal Structures 23.5, 23.10
April 26 Chapter 23, pp 814-824 Scattering of X-rays 23.7
April 28 Chapter 23, pp 824-828 Binding Forces and Packing 23.8, 23.18
May 5 Final Exam 2:00 - 5:00 pm
Last Modified: April 28, 2005