TFKE08 Physical Chemistry, ECTS-points
/Fysikalisk kemi/

Advancement level:
B

Aim:
The course is intended to give the student a good orientation in basic physical chemistry - the theory as well as the laboratory work - thus giving him/her a fundamental base for further studies in chemistry and biology. The aim of the laborations is to shed light on the theory and to give the student skills in the laboratory technology of physical chemistry.

Prerequisites:
TFKE03 General Chemistry

Supplementary courses:
TFKE15 Organic Chemistry, TFKE25 Biochemistry and TFKE30 Analytical Chemistry

Course organization:
Lectures and laborations dominates. A few lessons with problem solving concerning certain parts of the theory are included.

Course content:
Lectures and lessons: Ideal and van der Waals gases. Intermolecular forces. Chemical thermodynamics; first, second and third laws, enthalpy and thermochemistry, entropy and spontaneous reactions, Gibbs free energy. Properties of solutions; colligative properties. Phase equilibria. Chemical equilibrium; calculations, changes of the equilibrium situation by extern variables. Electrochemistry; galvanic cells and electrolysis, connections to thermodynamics, Pourbaix diagrams. Chemical kinetics; rate laws and mechanisms. Transition metals: Properties, abundance and complexes. Ligand field theory and spectroscopy. Laborations: Thermochemistry, Chemical equilibrium, Phase equilibria, Kinetic, Electrochemistry and Metal complexes.

Course literature:
Atkins, P.W. och Jones, L. Chemical Principles, The Quest for Insight, Freeman & Co. New York 1999, selected parts.

TEN1, 3,5 p.
LAB1, 1,5 p.
Course language is swedish.