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Thermodynamics & Kinetics

Prof. Keith A. Nelson and Prof. Moungi Bawendi · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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About

This subject deals primarily with equilibrium properties of macroscopic systems, basic thermodynamics, chemical equilibrium of reactions in gas and solution phase, and rates of chemical reactions.

Acknowledgements

The material for 5.60 has evolved over a period of many years, and therefore several faculty members have contributed to the development of the course contents. The following are known to have assisted in preparing the lecture notes available on OpenCourseWare: Emeritus Professors of Chemistry: Robert A. Alberty, Carl W. Garland, Irwin Oppenheim, John S. Waugh. Professors of Chemistry: Moungi Bawendi, John M. Deutch, Robert W. Field, Robert G. Griffin, Keith A. Nelson, Robert J. Silbey, Jeffrey I. Steinfeld. Professor of Bioengineering and Computer Science: Bruce Tidor. Professor of Chemistry, Rice University: James L. Kinsey. Professor of Physics, University of Illinois: Philip W. Phillips.

Lectures

Video Lectures

  1. Lecture 1: State of a system, 0th law, equation of state 47 min · Video
  2. Lecture 2: Work, heat, first law 51 min · Video
  3. Lecture 3: Internal energy, expansion work 53 min · Video
  4. Lecture 4: Enthalpy 55 min · Video
  5. Lecture 5: Adiabatic changes 50 min · Video
  6. Lecture 6: Thermochemistry 53 min · Video
  7. Lecture 7: Calorimetry 55 min · Video
  8. Lecture 8: Second law 50 min · Video
  9. Lecture 9: Entropy and the Clausius inequality 51 min · Video
  10. Lecture 10: Entropy and irreversibility 53 min · Video
  11. Lecture 11: Fundamental equation, absolute S, third law 52 min · Video
  12. Lecture 12: Criteria for spontaneous change 49 min · Video
  13. Lecture 13: Gibbs free energy 50 min · Video
  14. Lecture 14: Multicomponent systems, chemical potential 48 min · Video
  15. Lecture 15: Chemical equilibrium 52 min · Video
  16. Lecture 16: Temperature, pressure and Kp 52 min · Video
  17. Lecture 17: Equilibrium: application to drug design 32 min · Video
  18. Lecture 18: Phase equilibria — one component 51 min · Video
  19. Lecture 19: Clausius-Clapeyron equation 51 min · Video
  20. Lecture 20: Phase equilibria — two components 50 min · Video
  21. Lecture 21: Ideal solutions 51 min · Video
  22. Lecture 22: Non-ideal solutions 52 min · Video
  23. Lecture 23: Colligative properties 52 min · Video
  24. Lecture 24: Introduction to statistical mechanics 53 min · Video
  25. Lecture 25: Partition function (q) — large N limit 52 min · Video
  26. Lecture 26: Partition function (Q) — many particles 52 min · Video
  27. Lecture 27: Statistical mechanics and discrete energy levels 53 min · Video
  28. Lecture 28: Model systems 52 min · Video
  29. Lecture 29: Applications: chemical and phase equilibria 52 min · Video
  30. Lecture 30: Introduction to reaction kinetics 51 min · Video
  31. Lecture 31: Complex reactions and mechanisms 46 min · Video
  32. Lecture 32: Steady-state and equilibrium approximations 51 min · Video
  33. Lecture 33: Chain reactions 51 min · Video
  34. Lecture 34: Temperature dependence, Ea, catalysis 46 min · Video
  35. Lecture 35: Enzyme catalysis 51 min · Video
  36. Lecture 36: Autocatalysis and oscillators 41 min · Video

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department
Chemistry
Taught by
Prof. Keith A. Nelson, Prof. Moungi Bawendi
Term
Spring 2008
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Physics, Chemistry
Source
MIT OpenCourseWare
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as MIT OpenCourseWare states it. Non-commercial use only. MIT OpenCourseWare's terms
Attribution
Prof. Keith A. Nelson, Prof. Moungi Bawendi. Thermodynamics & Kinetics. Spring 2008. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu/. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.
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