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CH2002:03

Physical Chemistry

Townsville

HECS Band 2

32 hours lectures, 4 hours tutorials, 30 hours practicals. Semester 1.

Staff:

Dr B McCool,

Dr M Ridd.

Chemical kinetics. Collision and transition state theories. Diffusion-controlled reactions. Elementary reactions. Reaction mechanisms. Chain reactions. Introduction to polymer chemistry and polymerisation kinetics. Classical thermodynamics: 1st, 2nd and 3rd laws and their application to chemical systems. Equilibria. Basic concepts of electrochemistry and electrolyte solutions -- conductance, activity, standard states, electrodes and electrochemical cells. Surface chemistry. Gas adsorption and heterogeneous catalysis.

Learning Objectives:

to provide knowledge of a range of fundamental physico-chemical principles, including the laws of thermodynamics and kinetics;

to provide information on the application of these principles to topics such as ozone depletion, polymer kinetics, gas adsorption and catalysis.

Assessment by an end-of-semester examination (70%); laboratory work and assignments (30%). It includes practical performance in the laboratory, the standard of written reports and demonstration of an adequate understanding of the chemistry involved in the assignments.