CHEM-UA 652: Thermodynamics and Kinetics

by Mark E. Tuckerman

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This text deals with both chemical thermodynamics and chemical kinetics. The course provides you with the tools and understanding to handle basic problems involving chemical systems at equilibrium and rates of simple chemical reactions. Topics include properties of gases, classical thermodynamics, and kinetics.

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Publisher
New York University
Subjects
Chemistry
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as LibreTexts states it. Non-commercial use only.
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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. 1: Lectures
  7. 1.1: Introduction, overview of thermodynamics, and the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution
  8. 1.2: Ideal gas law, introduction to statistical mechanics, and the microcanonical ensemble
  9. 1.3: The Canonical Ensemble
  10. 1.4: Treating interactions - Virial coefficients
  11. 1.5: The van der Waals equation of state and radial distribution functions
  12. 1.6: Equipartitioning, Collisions, and Random Walks
  13. 1.7: Introduction to diffusion
  14. 1.8: Computational methods in statistical mechanics
  15. 1.9: First law of thermodynamics and thermodynamic potentials
  16. 1.10: Physical significance of free energy, Euler's theorem, Maxwell relations
  17. 1.11: Carnot engines, thermodynamic entropy, and the second and third laws
  18. 1.12: Introduction to the Thermodynamics of Phase Transitions
  19. 1.13: The Clapeyron equation, Gibbs phase rule, and Classical Nucleation Theory
  20. 1.14: Introduction to Solutions
  21. 1.15: Solution Equilibria and Colligative Properties
  22. 1.16: Thermochemistry
  23. 1.17: Chemical Equilibria
  24. 1.18: Introduction to Reaction Kinetics - Basic Rate Laws
  25. 1.19: Collision theory, transition state theory, and the prediction of rate laws and rate constants
  26. 1.20: Complex reaction mechanisms
  27. 1.21: Nonlinear kinetics and oscillating reactions
  28. 1.22: Kinetics of Catalysis
  29. 1.23: Continuously stirred tank reactors
  30. 1.24: Plug flow reactors and comparison to continuously stirred tank reactors
  31. Back Matter
  32. Index
  33. Detailed Licensing