CHE 505LEC - Physical Chemistry

This course will begin with a review of the fundamentals of classical thermodynamics with emphasis on the connections between thermodynamics and microscopic structure. The subject matter will then be developed from a molecular and statistical point of view. The usefulness of thermodynamics and associated statistical methods in understanding molecular events in chemical reactions will be stressed. The kinetics of chemical processes will be treated for reactions in both gaseous and condensed phases in the last third with an emphasis on current reaction dynamics (theory and experiment).

Credits: 3