Chemical Thermodynamics

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Department of Nuclear Chemistry

Synopsis:

Thermodynamic systems, thermodynamic properties, ideal gases. The first law of thermodynamics, the second law of thermodynamics. Thermodynamic temperature

Requirements:

Differential and integral calculus, general chemistry

Description of a real gas.

0th, 1st and 2nd law of thermodynamics and its consequences

Syllabus of lectures:

1.State quantities and relationships

2.Zeroth and first law of thermodynamics

3.Energy, work and heat

4. Heats of reaction

5. Second law of thermodynamics and its consequences

6. Internal combustion and jet engines

7. Thermodynamic temperature scale

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Study Objective:

Make students acquainted with fundamentals of phenomenologic thermodynamics: Thermodynamic systems, thermodynamic properties, ideal and real gases, the first law of thermodynamics, the second law of thermodynamics and its consequences,

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Key references:

Atkins P., de Paula J.: Physical Chemistry, seventh edition. Oxford University press, Oxford, New York 2002.

Recommended references:

1. Zumdahl, S.: Chemical principles, fifth edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, NewYork, 2005

2.Chang, R.: Chemistry, ninth edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2007

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No time-table has been prepared for this course

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