MWF 11:00AM – 11:50, FOSC 157
Instructor: W. Horsthemke, FOSC 313
Last updated October 28, 2009
"A theory is the more impressive the greater the simplicity of its premises is, the more different kinds of things it relates, and the more extended is its area of applicability. Therefore the deep impression which classical thermodynamics made upon me. It is the only physical theory of universal content concerning which I am convinced that, within the framework of the applicability of its basic concepts, it will never be overthrown."
Albert Einstein, Autobiographical Notes
For complete information about this class, please consult the First-Day Handout in the Handouts section below.
Handouts and Lecture Notes are available in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF).
First Day: First-Day Handout (Syllabus): pchem1hndout2009.pdf
Lecture Notes (The notes do not include problems
worked in class.):
O. Introduction and 1. The Properties of Gases
PC1Chap1.pdf
2. The First Law
PC1Chap2.pdf
3. The Second Law
PC1Chap3.pdf
4. Phase Equilibria in Pure Substances
PC1Chap4.pdf
5. General Theory of Systems with Variable Composition
PC1Chap5.pdf
6. Phase Diagrams
PC1Chap6.pdf
7. Chemical Equilibrium
PC1Chap7.pdf
8. Chemical Kinetics
PC1Chap22.pdf
Chapter 1: Exercises: 1.1(b), 1.2(b), 1.3(b), 1.5(b), 1.8(b),
1.10(b),
1.11(b), 1.13(b), 1.15(b), 1.16(b), 1.17(b), 1.18(b), 1.19(b), 1.20(b), 1.21(b), 1.22(b).
Problems: 1.7, 1.9 (a) and (b), 1.11, 1.13, 1.15, 1.17, 1.21, 1.27.
Chapter 2: Exercises: 2.2(b), 2.3(b), 2.4(b), 2.5(b), 2.6(b),
2.7(b), 2.8(b), 2.9(b), 2.10(b), 2.11(b), 2.12(b), 2.13(b), 2.14(b),
2.15(b), 2.16(b), 2.17(b), 2.18(b), 2.19(b), 2.21(b), 2.22(b), 2.23(b),
2.25(b), 2.27(b), 2.29(b), 2.13(b), 2.32(b).
Problems: 2.1, 2.3, 2.5 (there are several misprints; use: initial state (298 K,
1.00 atm), (a) constant-volume heating to twice its initial temperature,
(c) reversible isothermal compression back to the initial state), 2.27, 2.41, 2.45.
Chapter 3: Exercises: 3.1(b), 3.2(b), 3.3(b), 3.4(b), 3.6(b),
3.7(b), 3.8(b), 3.9(b), 3.10(b), 3.11(b), 3.12(b), 3.13(b), 3.14(b),
3.15(b), 3.16(b), 3.17(b), 3.19(b), 3.20(b), 3.21(b), 3.22(b).
Problems: 3.1, 3.5, 3.7, 3.19, 3.23(a), 3.25, 3.43.
Chapter 4: Exercises: 4.1(b), 4.2(b), 4.3(b), 4.4(b), 4.5(b) (molar
mass: 46.07 g/mol),
4.8(b), 4.9(b), 4.10(b).
Problems: 4.1, 4.3, 4.5.
Chapter 5: Exercises: 5.1(b), 5.2(b), 5.5(b), 5.6(b), 5.7(b),
5.8(b), 5.9(b), 5.10(b), 5.11(b), 5.13(b), 5.15(b), 5.16(b), 5.18(b),
5.20(b).
Chapter 6: Exercises: 6.1(b), 6.2(b), 6.3(b), 6.4(b), 6.6(b),
6.7(b), 6.8(b).
Chapter 7: Exercises: 7.1(b), 7.2(b), 7.3(b), 7.4(b), 7.5(b), 7.6(b), 7.7(b),
7.8(b), 7.9(b), 7.10(b), 7.11(b), 7.12(b), 7.14(b), 7.15(b), 7.16(b),
7.17(b).
Problems: 7.7, 7.13, 7.35
Chapter 22 and 23: Exercises: 22.1(b), 22.2(b), 22.3(b), 22.4(b),
22.5(b), 22.6(b), 22.7(b), 22.9(b), 22.11(b), 22.14(b);
23.1(b), 23.6(b).
Problems: 22.6, 22.13, 22.19, 22.21, 22.29, 22.35; 23.5.
Formulae sheets will be updated about one week before each test.
Test1 2009Web site for Atkins and de Paula: Physical Chemistry, 8th ed., with Living Graphs and links to Physical Chemistry on the Web. The site also has links to Errata to the Student Solutions Manual and to Text Errata.
Brief biography of Sadi Carnot.
Fundamental Physical
Constants and International System of Units National Institute
of Standards and Technology (NIST)