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CH3205 Thermodynamics and Kinetics

Question 1. show a detailed understanding of the laws of thermodynamics;

Question 2. demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between equilibrium constants and free energy changes;

Question 3. define chemical potential and describe how this varies with changing system composition;

Question 4. show how kinetic theory can be extended to chemical reactions using the simple assumptions of collision theory;

Question 5. discuss the limitations of collision theory in describing the gas phase reactions of molecules;

Question 6. demonstrate an understanding of the link between statistical models and thermodynamic quantities;

Question 7. illustrate how the Boltzmann distribution arises from the statistical definitions of internal energy, entropy;

Question 8. appreciate how a statistical mechanics approach provides an alternative to collision theory;

Question 9. define microstates and link them to thermodynamic observables for a given system;

Question 10. illustrate how the Boltzmann distribution arises from the statistical definitions of internal energy and entropy;

Question 11. explain the concept of activity, describe ionic strength, ideal and non-ideal electrolytes and how solution non-ideality influences solubility products;

Question 12. demonstrate understanding of the precepts underlying the Debye-Hückel limiting law;

Question 13. recall and use the Nernst equation, determine electrode polarities of an electrochemical cell and calculate standard electrode potentials from tabulated data;

Question 14. calculate cell EMF and hence thermodynamic parameters including Gibbs free energy;

Question 15. demonstrate understanding of surfactant adsorption and aggregation behaviour in aqueous solution, and the thermodynamic driving forces for this;

Question 16. name and describe thermodynamic models for surfactant micellisation based on chemical potentials and equilibrium constants;

Question 17. describe the origins of key contributions to the Gibbs free energy change for various dispersion processes;

Question 18. sketch and describe potential energy diagrams for various types of colloidal particle dispersion;

Question 19. understand the relationships between empirical reaction rates and reaction mechanisms, and describe the concept of the rate determining step;

Question 20. employ the steady-state and equilibrium approximations to analyse kinetic data;

Question 21. describe the steps involved in surface adsorption;

Question 22. recall the assumptions of the Langmuir and BET isotherms;

Question 23. describe modern experimental methods of studying reaction kinetics.