Introduction: Gas Laws and Measurement:
- Unit systems
- The Ideal Gas Law
- Real Gas Behavior
- Empirical Equations of State
- Virial
- Van der Waals
- Redlich-Kwong
- Parameterization of Equations
- Linear and Non-linear regression methods
Kinetic Theory
- Surface Collision and Frequency
- Kinetic Theory Pressure
- Boltzmann Distribution and Average Values
- Grahams Law of Diffusion
- Collisions between Particles and Threshold Energies
- Calculation of a Simple Rate Coefficient
Thermodynamics
- Fundamentals
- Total and Partial Differentials and Path Differentiation
- Exact and Inexact Differentials and Euler’s Criterion
- Heat and Work
- Reversible and Irreversible Processes
- State Functions
- Heat Capacity
- First law of Thermodynamics
- Enthalpy
- Reaction Enthalpies
- Reference States and Heats of Formation
- Phase Changes
- Reaction Enthalpies at Different Temperatures
- Calorimetry
Solid-State Thermodynamics
- Crystal Forces and the Determination of Binding Energies in Crystals
- The Born-Haber Cycle
- Crystal Forms and the Madelung Constant
- Calculation of Binding Energies in Crystals
- Heat Capacity of Solids
- Empirical Law of Dulong and Petit
- Einstein Formulation
- Debye Formulations
- Application to Gas Phase Heat Capacities
Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
- Carnot Engine
- Molecular Interpretation of Entropy
- Thermodynamic connection of Entropy
- Second Law of Thermodynamics
- Third Law of Thermodynamics
- Entropy Changes for Reaction Systems
- Entropy Changes for Reaction Systems at Different Temperatures
Equilibrium Reaction Systems
- Gibbs and Helmholtz Free Energies
- Maxwell’s Relationships
- The Chemical Potential
- Gibbs Free Energy and the Equilibrium Constant
- Computation of the Equilibrium Constant at 298.15 K.
- Temperature Dependence of the Equilibrium Constant
- Pressure Dependence of the Equilibrium Constant
- Gibbs-Helmoltz Equations
- Non-ideal Conditions and the Fugacity
Phase Transitions
- Gibbs Free Energy and Phase Equilibria
- Variation with Temperature and Pressure
- The Clapyron and Clausius-Clapyron Equation
- Transitions involving Condensed Phases
- Transitions involving Gases
- Phase Diagrams
Solutions and Activities
- Ideal Solutions
- Activity and the Activity Coefficient
- Ideal and Non-Ideal Solution Systems
- Boiling Point Diagrams
- Calculation of activity coefficients
- Raoult’s Law and Henry’s Law
- Boiling Point Elevation/Freezing Point Depression
- Osmotic Pressure
- Debye-Huckel Theory
- Gibbs-Duhem
- Electrolyte Solutions
- Debye-Huckel Theory
- Ionic Equilibria
- Acid-Base Equilibria
Kinetic Theory
- Surface Collision and Frequency
- Kinetic Theory Pressure
- Boltzmann Distribution and Average Values
- Grahams Law of Diffusion
- Collisions between Particles and Threshold Energies
- Calculation of a Simple Rate Coefficient
Kinetics
- Phenomenological Kinetics
- Concerted Reactions
- Experimental Methods of the Determination of a Rate Law
- Temperature Dependence and the Arrhenius Law
- Other reactions of Interest
- Equilibrium
- Parallel Reactions
- Consecutive Reactions
- Polymer Formation
- Mechanisms
- Approximation Methods - Steady-State and Prior-Equilibrium
- Enzymes
- Michaelis-Menton Mechanism
- Enzyme Inhibition
