KJM1500 Physical Chemistry Course description

The students shall acquire knowledge of thermodynamics and kinetics. In addition, the course shall provide students with basic knowledge of radioactivity and coordination chemistry.

Passed laboratory course in KJPE1300 General Chemistry.;;;;;;;;;

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student:

• is capable of defining and carrying out calculations of energy, work and heat
• is capable of explaining and carrying out calculations of enthalpy (H), entropy (S), and Gibbs free energy (G), for different processes
• is capable of deriving and carrying out calculations of the connection between equilibrium constants, temperature and thermodynamic values
• is capable of explaining and calculating phase equilibria/ phase diagrams
• is capable of defining and carrying out calculations of colligative properties
• is capable of deriving connections between electrochemistry and thermodynamic values
• is capable of deciding a reaction order and performing kinetic calculations
• has basic knowledge of energy and energy transfer in different systems, knowledge of colligative properties and phase equilibria
• has basic knowledge of radioactivity
• has basic knowledge of transition metal and coordination compounds

Skills

The student:

• can collaborate in groups both with practical and written work
• have insight into the proper handling of chemicals on the basis of safety data sheets and from laboratory experience

General competence

The student:

• can perform thermodynamic measurements for different processes and phase transitions
• can derive some equations in thermodynamics, chemical equilibrium and phase equilibrium, electrochemistry and reaction kinetics
• can plot and outline phase diagrams
• can use Nernst equation and emf measurements in calculations
• can solve simple rate laws as differential equations and use the expressions further in calculations

This course is a continuation of MEK1300 - Programming 1 and goes deeper into more advanced topics in Python such as Object-Oriented Programming (Abstraction, Encapsulation, Inheritance, and Polymorphism), Functional Programming (Lambda expressions, Map, Filter, Zip), List Comprehension, Generators, Decorators, and Metaprogramming.

;The following coursework is compulsory and must be approved before the student can sit the exam:

• 8 compulsory exercises (2-4 hours per exercise)
• 1 laboratory exercise with Lab report (2 -5 pages) ; ;;

Individual written exam, 3 hours.

The exam result can be appealed.

In the event of a resit or rescheduled exam, oral examination may be used instead of written. If oral exams are used for resit and rescheduled exams, the exam result cannot be appealed.

Lectures and exercises.

The following work requirement is mandatory and must be approved to sit for the exam:

• Submission of one programming assignment.

One internal examiner. External examiners are used regularly.

The course has an overlap of 10 credits with KJPE1500.

Under the rule that students have three attempts to take an exam, attempts in equivalent courses also count.