Thermodynamics and Kinetics

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

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

Scope of chemical thermodynamics. Review of fundamental concepts.

Topics in thermodynamics of solutions. Thermodynamic and molecular interpretation of solution processes. Potentialities and limitations. Thermodynamic cycle: solution, sublimation, solvation. "hydrophobic hydration" and "hydrophobic interaction".

Topics in phase equilibria: one component, two component and three component systems.

Chemical reactions: equilibrium conditions. Effect of controlled variables in the yield of chemical reactions.

Experimental methods.

 

Part II. Kinetics

 Scope and framework of Chemical Kinetics. Reaction rate. Factors influencing the rate of reaction.

 Experimental methods. Orders and rate constants.

 Collisions and molecular dynamics. Reactivity in  thermalized systems. Structure and reactivity relationships.

 Unimolecular reactions. Elementary reactions in solution. Acid-base catalysis.    

Head Lecturer(s)

Luís Guilherme da Silva Arnaut Moreira

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