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UNIWERSITY OF WARSAW

1 Pasteura Str., 02-093 Warsaw, Poland, phone: +48 (0)22 822 02 11

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Subject

Physical Chemistry I


No / course unit code


Semester

3

Type of course

Tutorial A


Teaching hours
 per semester    per week

15            1

ECTS credits

1.5


Lecturer:

Dr. Jan Kotowski
Room: 405     Phone extn.: 217     email: jmkot@chem.uw.edu.pl

Teaching Division:

Physical Chemistry

Educational and
professional goals:

The aim of this tutorial is that students gain experience in problem solving and performing calculations in physical chemistry.

Course description:

Thermodynamics. The first law of thermodynamics: Internal energy; Enthalpy; Molar Heat Capacities; Hess’ law; Kirchhoff’s equation; Ideal gas expansion. The second law of thermodynamics: Entropy calculations; Entropy for chemical reactions. Free energy. Thermodynamic relations. Chemical equilibrium - Equilibrium constants.

Literature:

H.P. Standler, Chemical Thermodynamics - revision and worked examples, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Thomas Graham House, Cambridge 1989
Clyde R. Metz, 2000 Solved Problems in Physical Chemistry, McGraw-Hill, Inc. New York 1990.

Required background:


Mathematics basics (equation of a straight line, differentiation, integration).

Form of assessment:


Tests

Remarks:

-




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