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Physical Chemistry

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 651-2100/01
Abbreviation FCH
Course title Physical Chemistry
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Chemistry and Physico-Chemical Processes
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Jana Dobrovská, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction to the subject, the importance of physical chemistry in the field of Safety and Security.
2. Thermodynamics of combustion and explosion processes - heat capacities of substances, 1st Law of Thermodynamic, enthalpy, heating and cooling of substances.
3. Thermodynamics of combustion and explosion processes - heat of reaction and their dependence on temperature, theoretical reaction temperature.
4. Conditions of the course and equilibrium of physico-chemical processes - 2nd Law of Thermodynamic, entropy, thermodynamic potentials and their significance for the prediction of the course of processes.
5. Equilibrium of chemical reactions - equilibrium constants, the influence of temperature and pressure on the equilibrium of chemical reactions, Le Chatelier - Braun principle.
6. Physical equilibria - Gibbs law of phases, Clausius-Clapeyron equation, evaporation of pure liquids.
7. Solutions - thermodynamic characteristics, basic empirical laws, evaporation of liquids from solutions.
8. Thermodynamic characteristics of explosives and combustibles.
9. Kinetics of homogeneous combustion and explosion reactions - rate of chemical reactions, reaction mechanism of simple reactions, influence of temperature on the rate of chemical reactions.
10. Combustion and explosion in gaseous mixtures - reaction mechanism of chain reactions and mechanism of thermal explosion, ignition limits.
11. Kinetics of heterogeneous processes during combustion and explosion - basic steps of heterogeneous processes, principle of diffusion, kinetic and diffuse combustion.
12. Kinetics of heterogeneous processes during combustion and explosion - the principle of adsorption, adsorption of gases on the solid phase.
13. Basics of physical chemistry of mists, fumes, foams, dust mixtures and adsorption phenomena at the phase interface - the importance of dispersions of systems in the field of fire protection, including their risks, properties of colloidal systems, electrokinetic phenomena.
14. Basics of physical chemistry of mists, fumes, foams, dust mixtures and adsorption phenomena at the phase interface - Gibbs adsorption isotherm, Adsorption from solutions, Surface tension and wettability, Foams.

E-learning

Lecture presentations are made available to enrolled students via MS Teams.
Selected topics are also available in electronic support on the e-learning portal.
https://lms.vsb.cz/

Literature

Dobrovská J.: Physical Chemistry, The Basics of Chemical Thermodynamics and Kinetics. On-line textbook. 2020 VŠB-TUO.
Warnatz,J., Maas,U., Dibble,R.W., Combustion. Physical and Chemical Fundamentals, Modelling and Simulation, Experiments, Pollutant Formation. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York. 1996. 265 p.

Advised literature

Atkins,P.W.,Paula, J.: Elements of Physical Chemistry, Fifth edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. 578 p.
Warren Strahle C., An Introduction to Combustion. Gordon and Breach Science Publishers. Combustion Science and Technology Book Series. Volume 1. 1993. 166p.