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Physical Chemistry I

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Course Unit Code619-0405/02
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated3 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
FRA37Ing. Hana Francová, Ph.D.
Summary
The topic of the subject is chemical thermodynamic (thermodynamic laws, thermodynamic quantities, chemical equilibrium, phase equilibrium).
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
- to define thermodynamic quantities and thermodynamic laws
­- to utilize the fundamental thermodynamic quantities (enthalpy, entropy, Gibbs
energy) for the system behaviour describing
- to describe the chemical equilibrium – to monitor the dependence of the equilibrium constant on state
variables (dependence on temperature, dependence on pressure)
­- to describe the phase equilibrium, Gibbs phase rule, phase equilibrium of pure
substances,
­- to describe the phase equilibrium in two components systems
Course Contents
Physical chemistry, signification.
Ideal and real gases.

Chemical thermodynamics. Heat capacities, heating and cooling of substances, thermodynamic terms.
The first law of thermodynamics, internal energy, enthalpy, variation of the reaction enthalpy with temperature, adiabatic reaction temperature. The work done by ideal gas.

The second law of thermodynamics – Carnot heat engine, entropy and its interpretation (temperature and volume dependence, temperature and pressure dependence).

Helmholtz and Gibbs free energy, combined formulations of the first and second laws of thermodynamics, Maxwell relations, conditions of thermodynamic equilibrium. Partial molar quantities, chemical potential, activity.

Chemical equilibriums, equilibrium constant for homogeneous nad heterogeneous chemical reactions, Van´t Hoff reaction isotherm. The Le Chatelier’s principle.

Phase equilibrium - conditions of phase equilibrium. Gibbs phase rule, phase, one-component system, triple point, two-component (binary) system, classification of solutions, ideal and real solutions. Colligative properties of nonelectrolyte solutions – solutions with non-volatile solute. Two-component liquid mixtures (miscible liquids, partially miscible liquids, totally immiscible liquids). Distribution equilibrium, Nernst’s distribution law, extraction.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Atkins,P.W., Physical Chemistry. Fourth Edition, Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 1993. 995 p.
Lupis,C.H.P.Chemical Thermodynamics of materials. New York, North-Holland,
1983. 581 p.
Atkins,P.W., Fyzikálna chémia. Bratislava: STU,1999.
Adamcová,Z.a kol., Příklady a úlohy z fyzikální chemie. Praha: SNTL, 1989.
Bureš,M.,Černý,Č., Chuchvalec,P., Fyzikální chemie II. Praha: VŠCHT, 1994.
Fischer, O. a kol., Fyzikální chemie. Praha: SNTL, 1983. 333 s.
Holub,R. a kol., Fyzikální chemie I. Praha: VŠCHT, 1991. 243 s.
Kalousek.J.,Dobrovský, Ľ., Základy fyzikální chemie.Ostrava: ES VŠB,1985.155 s.
Kellö,V., Tkáč,A., Fyzikálna chemia. Bratislava: Alfa, 1977. 778 s.
Kopečný,M., Dobrovský,Ľ., Sbírka řešených příkladů z fyzikální chemie.
Ostrava: ES VŠB, 1991.
Linzer, E., Dorušková,M., Kalousek,J., Základy fyzikální chemie v příkladech.
Ostrava: ES VŠB 1994. 192 s.
Moore,W.J., Fyzikální chemie. Praha: SNTL, 1979. 974 s.
Novák,J.a kol.Fyzikální chemie:bakalářský kurs. Praha: VŠCHT, 2005. 216 s.
Elektronická verze: http://vydavatelstvi.vscht.cz/knihy/uid_isbn-80-7080-559-
5/pages-img/001.html
Peřinová, K. a kol., Sbírka příkladů z fyzikální chemie. elektronická verze
http://fmmi10.vsb.cz/619/login.php
Atkins,P.W., Physical Chemistry. Fourth Edition. Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 1993. 995 p.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Individual consultations, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
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