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KJM1500 Physical Chemistry Course description
- Course name in Norwegian
- Fysikalsk kjemi
- Study programme
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Bachelor's Degree Programme in Biotechnology and Applied Chemistry
- Weight
- 10.0 ECTS
- Year of study
- 2024/2025
- Curriculum
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SPRING 2025
- Schedule
- Programme description
- Course history
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Introduction
The students shall acquire knowledge of thermodynamics and kinetics. In addition, the course shall provide students with basic knowledge of radioactivity and coordination chemistry.
Required preliminary courses
Passed laboratory course in KJPE1300 General Chemistry.
Learning outcomes
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
Teaching and learning methods
No requirements over and above the admission requirements.
Course requirements
The following coursework is compulsory and must be approved before the student can sit the exam:
- 4 compulsory exercises (2-4 hours per exercise)
- 1 laboratory exercise with Lab report (2-5 pages)
Assessment
The teaching consists of lectures combined with exercises, laboratory work and a small project.
Permitted exam materials and equipment
None
Grading scale
Individual written exam, 3 hours
The exam result can be appealed.
In the event of a resit or rescheduled exam, an oral examination may be used instead. In case an oral exam is used, the examination result cannot be appealed.
Examiners
A handheld calculator that cannot be used for wireless communication or to perform symbolic calculations. If the calculator’s internal memory can store data, the memory must be deleted before the exam. Random checks may be carried out.
Overlapping courses
Grade scale A-F.