Entry requirements

Chemical Principles I/Basic chemistry, 10 credits, and Mathematics 15 credits or corresponding

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should be able to

• discuss the consequences of the main laws of thermodynamic as well as the connection between intermolecular interactions and changes of state
• calculate the change in thermodynamic quantities for different cases of changes of state both within a phase and during phase transitions
• carry out thermodynamic calculations on different types of mixtures as well as reaction and phase equilibria, and interpret the results
• use simpler arguments about how statistical considerations at the molecular level are connected with thermodynamic properties for a macroscopic system
• document laboratory work in laboratory notebooks , plan and carry out laboratory work in a correct way and present the results in a report
• give examples how the course content has importance for people and the environment

Content

The laws of thermodynamics; enthalpy, entropy, internal energy, free energy, chemical potential, phase equilibria; mixtures, solutions, colligative properties and chemical reaction equilibria, Boltzmann's distribution. Laboratory methodology.

Instruction

Lectures, problem-solving sessions, laboratory practicals and project/assignment.

Assessment

Written examinations are organised at the end of the course and correspond to 3 cr. Laboratory sessions and projects/assignments correspond 2 to cr. Pass grade in all course components must be passed in order to receive a pass grade for the course. The final grade corresponds to a weighted sum of the results of the written examination and the laboratory sessions.