CHM3202 Chemical Thermodynamics

This course unit is designed to advance the students in in a number of concepts that were introduced in the first and second year of study and their applications. It is important that students are familiar with the concepts of thermodynamics covered in the first- and second-year physical chemistry. The lectures will be supplemented with laboratory experiments which are chosen from the basic principles presented in theory.    

Course Objectives
This course unit is meant:

• To introduce the students to partial molar quantities and factors influence their magnitudes
• To introduce students the skill of evaluating conditions/factors necessary for the establishment of chemical and phase equilibria
• To give students advanced skills in the use of thermodynamic principles to predict the feasibility of chemical reaction
• To impart skills to students of applying thermodynamic reasoning to chemical and materials processes of interest.

Expected Learning Outcome
On successful completion of this course unit, the students should be able:

• To enumerate, define and relate the different partial molar quantities with other thermodynamic functions.
• To make use of the different prevailing conditions to predict the shift of chemical and phase equilibria as well as computing equilibrium constants
• To concisely reason out chemical and material phenomena using thermodynamic concepts
• To demonstrate the skills acquired in laboratory experiments