Thermodynamics & Kinetics

This course deals primarily with equilibrium properties of macroscopic systems, basic thermodynamics, chemical equilibrium of reactions in gas and solution phase, and rates of chemical reactions.

Lecture list:

1. State of a system, 0th law, equation of state
2. Work, heat, first law
3. Internal energy, expansion work
4. Enthalpy
5. Adiabatic changes
6. Thermochemistry
7. Calorimetry
8. Second law
9. Entropy and the Clausius inequality
10. Entropy and irreversibility
11. Fundamental equation, absolute S, third law
12. Criteria for spontaneous change

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