Courses Code: CHM 331

Course Title: PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY III

Number of unit : 3 Units

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Office Lecturer: College of Natural Science, Department of Chemistry

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COURSE SYNOPSIS
Chemical thermodynamics. Gibbs-Helmholtz equation. Phase equilibrium, Clausius-Clapeyron equation and applications. Thermodynamics treatment of solutions. Solubility of solids with temperature. The third law of thermodynamics. Maxwell-Boltzman-statistics. Boltzman distribution law, partition functions, heat capacities, entropy, equilibrium constants, rotational, vibrational and translational partition functions. Microstates and randomness. Calculation of thermodynamic equilibrium constant from partition functions. Ideal and non-ideal solutions. Introductory quantum chemistry.

CHM 331 – PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY III