Course Unit / Chemical Thermodynamics and Kinetics

Chemical Thermodynamics and Kinetics

Year
0
Academic year
2020-2021
Code
02039393
Subject Area
Chemistry
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Elective
Level
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Lectures, problem solving classes /laboratorial demonstrations.    

Learning Outcomes

To provide advanced training in Chemical Thermodynamics and Kinetics.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Part 1. Thermodynamics

Scientific context of chemical thermodynamics. Review of concepts.

Advanced topics in thermodynamics of solutions. Advanced notions on the thermodynamic and molecular interpretation of solution processes and related thermodynamic cycles.

Advanced topics in phase equilibria, from one- to multi-component systems.

Advanced topics in chemical reactions: equilibrium conditions and determinants of the yield of chemical reactions.

Advanced experimental methods for the experimental determination of thermodynamic properties.

 

Part II. Kinetics

 Scientific context of Chemical Kinetics. Factors influencing the rate of reaction. Advanced experimental methods. Notion and determination of kinetic orders and rate constants.

 Advanced molecular dynamics. Reactivity in thermalized systems. Advanced topics on structure and reactivity relationships.

 Elementary reactions in solution. Acid-base catalysis.

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Synthesis work: 30.0%
Exam: 70.0%

Bibliography

Introduction to Modern Thermodynamics, D. Kondepudi, Wiley, Chichester, 2008.

Enantiómeros. Diagramas de fase (sólido + líquido). M. Ermelinda S. Eusébio in A. M. d'A. Gonçalves, M. Elisa S. Serra, M. Ermelinda S. Eusébio, Estereoquímica, Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, 2011, pgs 163-202.

Chemical Thermodynamics. Advanced Applications, J. Bevan Ott, J. Boerio-Goates, Academic Press, London, 2000.

Measurement of the Thermodynamic Properties of Single Phases (Experimental Thermodynamics), A. Goodwin, K. N. Marsh, W. A. Wakeham, Elsevier, 2002.

Properties of Liquids and Solutions, J.N. Murrell, A. D. Jenkins, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 1994.

Cinética Química, S. J. Formosinho, L. G. Arnaut, Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 2003.

Chemical Kinetics – From Molecular Structure to Chemical Reactivity, L. Arnaut, S. Formosinho, H. Burrows, Elsevier, 2007