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1. Chemistry, Faculty of Science (v4, p178) : Next:610-220 | Prev:610-210
Credit points: 18.0
Coordinator: Dr P J Thistlethwaite
Prerequisite: 610-121 and 610-122, or 610-141 and 610-142, 100-level Mathematics, 100-level Physics strongly recommended.
Corequisite: 610-260
Contact: 39 lectures ( 3 per week), 42 hours practical work, 11 tutorials
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
On completion of 610-211 the student should:
- understand the concepts of the second law of thermodynamics;
- be able to evaluate and make appropriate use of entropy and free energy for systems undergoing physical and chemical change;
- be able to use tabulated values of thermodynamic data to predict values for vapour pressures, equilibrium constants, cell potentials and related quantities at specified temperatures;
- be able to use the concept of activity in nonideal systems, including solutions of electrolytes;
- understand the relation between molecular characteristics and spectroscopic phenomena in the microwave, infrared, visible/ultraviolet and nmr regions;
- be able to derive quantitative molecular information from elementary spectroscopic measurements;
- be able to establish from experimental data the rate expression for a reaction; understand the concepts of collision and activation in the mechanism of reactions;
- understand the connection between a proposed mechanism for a reaction and its observed rate behaviour and to evaluate the proposal in simple cases;
- appreciate the concept of criticality conditions and the various types of phase behaviour exhibited by binary mixtures;
- understand the conductivity of metals and semiconductors in terms of their structure at the atomic level;
- be able to relate the various defects in solids and at solid surfaces to the crystallization, dissolution and strength of materials;
- understand the chemical mechanisms for the corrosion of metals;
- have developed experimental, observational, and report writing skills in the laboratory.
Content:
Thermodynamics, kinetics, spectroscopy, phase equilibria, solid state chemistry.
Assessment:
One 3-hour and one 2-hour written examination at the end of Semester 2 and assignments not exceeding 9 pages. Practical work must be completed satisfactorily before credit for the subject can be granted
Prescribed texts:
1. Chemistry, Faculty of Science (v4, p178) : Next:610-220 | Prev:610-210
2. Chemistry, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p80) : Next:610-220 | Prev:610-210
Credit points: 18.0
Coordinator: Dr P J Thistlethwaite.
Prerequisite: 610-121 and 610-122, or 610-141 and 610-142, 100-level Mathematics, 100-level Physics strongly recommended.
Corequisite: 610-260
Contact: 39 lectures ( 3 each week), 42 hours practical work, 11 tutorials
Timetable: Second semester.
Objectives:
On completion of 610-211 the student should:
- understand the concepts of the second law of thermodynamics;
- be able to evaluate and make appropriate use of entropy and free energy for systems undergoing physical and chemical change;
- be able to use tabulated values of thermodynamic data to predict values for vapour pressures, equilibrium constants, cell potentials and related quantities at specified temperatures;
- be able to use the concept of activity in nonideal systems, including solutions of electrolytes;
- understand the relation between molecular characteristics and spectroscopic phenomena in the microwave, infrared, visible/ultraviolet and nmr regions;
- be able to derive quantitative molecular information from elementary spectroscopic measurements;
- be able to establish from experimental data the rate expression for a reaction; understand the concepts of collision and activation in the mechanism of reactions;
- understand the connection between a proposed mechanism for a reaction and its observed rate behaviour and to evaluate the proposal in simple cases;
- appreciate the concept of criticality conditions and the various types of phase behaviour exhibited by binary mixtures;
- understand the conductivity of metals and semiconductors in terms of their structure at the atomic level;
- be able to relate the various defects in solids and at solid surfaces to the crystallization, dissolution and strength of materials;
- understand the chemical mechanisms for the corrosion of metals;
- have developed experimental, observational, and report writing skills in the laboratory.
Content:
Thermodynamics, kinetics, spectroscopy, phase equilibria, solid state chemistry.
Assessment:
One 3-hour and one 2-hour written examination at the end of Semester 2 and assignments not exceeding 9 pages. Practical work must be completed satisfactorily before credit for the subject can be granted
Prescribed texts:
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2. Chemistry, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p80) : Next:610-220 | Prev:610-210
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