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Terminated in academic year 2021/2022

Advanced Physical Chemistry

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction English
Code 619-0927/02
Abbreviation VKFCH
Course title Advanced Physical Chemistry
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Physical Chemistry and Theory of Technological Processes
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Bedřich Smetana, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Thermodynamics of unary, binary, ternary and other multicomponent systems in solid, liquid and gas phases. Description using empirical laws and thermodynamic functions. Mixing and additional quantities, thermodynamic functions, conditions of thermodynamic equilibrium. Thermodynamics of solid and liquid solutions of electrolytes and non-electrolytes. Thermodynamic models of solutions.
Phase equilibria in unary, binary, ternary and other polycomponent systems with different miscibility of components and their technological applications. Computational thermodynamics in the field of multicomponent multiphase systems. Use of thermal analysis methods in the field of thermo-physical and thermodynamic study of multicomponent multiphase systems.
Physical chemistry of phase interfaces, surface and interfacial energy, surface equilibria at the contact of three phases, curved phase interfaces, surface films of insoluble substances on liquids and solids. Electrical properties of phase interfaces, electrical bilayer, electrokinetic potential and electrokinetic phenomena.
Physical chemistry of dispersion systems and their classification. Molecular kinetic properties, thermal motion, sedimentation phenomena, membrane equilibria. Optical and mechanical properties of systems. State changes and the importance of dispersion systems. Structure of dispersed particles. Phase dispersion systems, stability of heterogeneous lyophobic systems, preparation methods. Molecular colloids, solutions of high molecular weight electrolytes and non-electrolytes, behavior of macromolecules in solution, selected properties and stability. Micellar colloids. Continuous dispersion systems, gels.
The selection of chapters will be made on the basis of the orientation of the doctoral dissertation together with the supervisor.

Literature

Atkins, P., de Paula, J. Physical Chemistry. 9th Edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. ISBN-13 978-1-429-21812-2 .
Lukas, L., L., Fries, S., G., Sundman, B. Computational Thermodynamics. The Calphad Method. Cambridge University Press, New York, 2007. ISBN 0521868114 .
GALLAGHER, P. K. Handbook of thermal analysis and calorimetry: Principles and practice. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2003. ISBN 0-444-82085-X.

Advised literature

HUNTER, Robert J. Foundations of colloid science. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, c2001. ISBN 0-19-850502-7.
BAGOTSKY, V., S. Fundamentals of Electrochemistry. 2nd edition. Pennington, A John Wiley & Sons, In., 2006. ISBN 13 978-0-471-70058-6.
Current articles in scientific journals.