Module Code - Title:
CH4003
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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 2
Year Last Offered:
2023/4
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
N
Prerequisite Modules:
CH4002
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
i. To facilitate the student in understanding of the reaction thermodynamics and the role of thermodynamics in chemical reaction processes.
ii. To familiarise the student with the various reaction kinetics, including some complex kinetic schemes, their interpretation and applications in the appraisal of industrial problems.
iii. To develop the students ability to design basic kinetic experiments and to extract kinetic information from the measurements of concentration-time based data. iv. To provide the student with the basic knowledge of commonly used spectroscopes
Syllabus:
- Reaction Process, role of thermodynamics
- FickÆs law, diffusion
- Rate laws, integrated and differential forms
- Zero, first and second order rate laws
- Arrhenius equation, collision theory, activated complex theory
- Mechanism of reaction, steady state approximation
- Lindemann hypothesis, role of equilibria
- Photochemistry, fast reactions, polymerisation reactions
- Michaelis-Menten kinetics
- Catalysis
- Langmuir adsorption isotherm
- Applications to selected examples of industrially important reactions
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
i. To estimate and interpret the thermodynamic properties of a chemical reaction and their roles in a reaction process.
ii. To express the rate of a wide range of chemical reactions using appropriate reaction rate laws.
iii. To construct proper kinetic experiments for determination of the rate of a chemical reaction.
iv. To extract workable kinetic law on complex reaction schemes by applying appropriate approximation methods.
v. To interpret the action of catalysts in alteration of the rate of a chemical reaction at molecular level.
vi. To relate observed macro-level spectroscopic information to the atomic/molecular properties of substance.
vii. Select appropriate spectroscopic techniques for obtaining desired chemical information on a given species.
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
None
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
viii. To demonstrate proficiency in the determination of reaction thermodynamics and kinetics using a wide range of experimental techniques.
ix To manipulate various forms of kinetic experimental data for extracting the information on the reaction rate.
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
This module will be taught over 12 weeks within one semester. There will be 3 hours interactive lectures each week and the tutorial will be incorporated into these lectures. A series of laboratory practicals (7 x 3 hours sessions spaced during the semester) relevant to the lecture materials will be included as a part of the module delivery. Students will be requested to complete each of these experiments and present by each student an written laboratory report containing a description of the theory, methods and procedure of experiment, the processing/calculation of data collected, and the extraction/determination of certain kinetic/thermodynamic parameters. The laboratory report from each of practicals forms a part of the assessment for each student.
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
Prime Texts:
Atkins P.W. (2002)
Physical Chemistry (7th ed.)
, Oxford University Press
Atkins P.W. (1998)
Physical Chemistry (6th ed.)
, Oxford University Press
Other Relevant Texts:
Atkins P.W (2001)
The Elements of Physical Chemistry (3rd ed.)
, Oxford Univ. Press
Alberty, R.A. and Silbey, R.J. (2000)
Physical Chemistry (3rd ed.)
, Wiley
Banwell, C.N. and McCash, E.M. (1994)
Fundamentals of Molecular Spectroscopy (4th ed.)
, McGraw Hill
Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
Semester - Year to be First Offered:
Autumn
Module Leader:
sarah.hudson@ul.ie