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Physical chemistry

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 9360-0103/07
Abbreviation CH-F
Course title Physical chemistry
Credits 5
Coordinating department CNT - Nanotechnology Centre
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Jana Seidlerová, CSc.

Osnova předmětu

1. Introduction, the Physical Chemistry as a science discipline, the basic concepts and definitions.
2. Macroscopic form of matter, relation between macroscopic and molecular properties of materials.
3. Basic electrical, magnetic and optical properties of molecules and their description.
4. Molecular interactions between molecules, attractive and repulsive interactions, their quantification. Systems without a chemical changes. Phase of the matter.
5. Systems with a chemical changes. The chemical thermodynamics, basic thermo chemical laws and their applications. Applications of thermodynamic potential to chemical reactions.
6. Chemical equilibrium in non-electrolyte systems, chemical equilibrium conditions, equilibrium composition calculation for homogeneous and heterogeneous processes.
7. Equilibrium electrochemistry. Electrolyte solutions, electrolyte conductance theory, strong electrolyte theory.
8. Electrochemical cells, electrochemical potential, basic types of electrodes and galvanic cells. Practical applications of standard potentials and galvanic cells. The electrode processes.
9. Equilibriums at solid surface, basic equilibrium relations on gas phase interface - flush and gas - liquid and liquid-solid. The Gibbs adsorption isotherm. The adsorption models of isotherms.
10. Chemical kinetics, basic terms, formal kinetic equations of basic and complex chemical reactions.
11. Description of the mechanism of chemical reactions, Collision reaction theory, Collision rates in gases. Reaction rate in liquid.
12. The Activated complex theory. Thermodynamic aspects. Comparison of the theory of precipitation and theory of absolute reaction velocities.
13. Kinetics of heterogeneous reactions, description. Speed determining step. Theory of catalysis. Autocatalysis, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis.
14. Experimental methods of chemical kinetics. Methods of measuring reaction velocity, determination of reaction order and velocity constants.

Povinná literatura

ATKINS, P., W., Paula, J.: Atkin´s Physical Chemistry. Oxford UP 2003, ISBN 0198792859 .
Kuhn, H., Forsterling, H.D., Waldeck, D. H., Principles of physical chemistry, Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley, 2009. ISBN: 9780470089644  (cd), 0470089644 (cd).
Elliott, J., Physical chemistry - Workbooks in chemistry, Oxford University Press, E. Pageth (Editor) 2017. ISBN: 978-0-19-872949-5 .

Doporučená literatura

BALL, D., W. Physical Chemistry, Benjam. Cumm., 2005. ISBN 0534266584.