Module A1.3 - Physical Chemistry
Coordinator
apl. Prof. Dr. Michael Schmitt
Lecturers
Dr. Dana Cialla-May, Dr. Jer-Shing Huang, Dr. Anuradha Ramoji, apl. Prof. Dr. Michael Schmitt
Schedule
- Lectures + Exercises:
Monday 12.30 - 14.00 (SR 122, August-Bebel-Str. 4)
Thursday 08.15 - 09.45 (SR 122, August-Bebel-Str. 4)
Friday 08.15 - 09.45 (SR 122, August-Bebel-Str. 4)
Registration
Please enrol in Friedolin for this course. For the exam registration via DOSIS within the first 10 weeks after the start of the lecture period is necessary. You will get a note via e-mail when the DOSIS portal is open.
Contents:
Week | Lecturer | Subject |
Week 1 14.10.2024 |
Schmidt |
Introduction and Overview history thermodynamics, definitions |
17.10.2024 | Ramoji |
First law of thermodynamics work and heat, path dependence of work, Internal energy |
18.10.2024 | Cialla-May |
seminar |
Week 2 21.10.2024 |
Ramoji |
Thermochemistry standard enthalpy changes, Hess’s law, spontaneous reactions |
24.10.2024 | Ramoji |
Second law of thermodynamics dispersal of energy, entropy, Helmholtz and Gibbs energies |
25.10.2024 | Cialla-May |
seminar |
Week 3 28.10.2024 |
Ramoji |
Physical transformation Phase diagrams, Chemical potential |
01.11.2024 |
Cialla-May |
seminar |
Week 4 04.11.2024 |
Ramoji |
Transport phenomena osmosis, dialysis, diffusion, Fick's law |
07.11.2024 |
Huang |
Chemical equilibrium II equilibrium constant, LeChatelier’s principle, Henderson-Hasselbalch equation |
08.11.2024 |
Cialla-May |
seminar |
Week 5 11.11.2024 |
Huang |
Chemical equilibrium I Electrochemistry, electrochemical reactions, cell potential |
14.11.2024 | Huang |
Chemical equilibrium III Nernst equation, standard potential |
15.11.2024 | Cialla-May |
seminar
|
Week 6 18.11.2024 |
Huang |
Chemical kinetics I empirical methods, rates of reactions, rate laws, rate constant, half lifetime |
21.11.2024 |
Huang |
Chemical kinetics II Arrhenius equation, activation energy, transistion complex |
22.11.2024 |
Cialla-May |
seminar |
Week 7 25.11.2024 |
Huang |
Chemical kinetics III Chemical kinetics of complex reactions |
28.11.2024 |
Huang | Reaction Mechanisms |
29.11.2024 |
Cialla-May |
seminar |
Week 8 02.12.2024 |
Huang |
Experimental methods for kinetics I classical methods, like stopped-flow method |
05.12.2024 |
Huang |
Experimental methods for kinetics II Ion beam, pump-probe, ultrafast spectroscopy |
06.12.2024 |
Cialla-May | seminar |
Week 9 09.12.2024 |
Huang | Chemical potential surface |
12.12.2024 |
Cialla-May |
seminar |
13.12.2024 | Schmitt |
Breakdown of classical mechanics black body radiation, photoelectric effect, Compton effect etc. |
Week 10 16.12.2024 |
Schmitt | Wave-particle duality, Heisenberg Uncertainty principle, de Broglie relationship |
19.12.2024 |
Cialla-May | seminar |
20.12.2024 | Schmitt | Schrödinger equation, wavefunction, operator, quantization |
Week 11 06.01.2025 |
Schmitt | Particle in a box; harmonic oscillator |
09.01.2025 |
Cialla-May |
seminar |
10.01.2025 | Schmitt |
Rotation particle on a circle and sphere |
Week 12 13.01.2025 |
Schmitt |
Hydrogen atom atomic spectra of hydrogen like atoms |
16.01.2025 |
Cialla-May | seminar |
17.01.2025 | Schmitt |
Structure of multielectron atoms Pauli principle, Hund’s rule |
Week 13 20.01.2025 |
Schmitt | Spectra of multielectron atoms |
23.01.2025 |
Cialla-May |
seminar |
24.01.2025 | Schmitt | Molecular structure: Born-Oppenheimer approximation, valence bond theory (hybridization) |
Week 14 27.01.2025 |
Schmitt |
Molecular structure: Molecular orbital theory linear combination of atomic orbitals, variational principle |
30.01.2025 |
Cialla-May |
seminar |
31.01.2025 | Schmitt |
Molecular structure: Molecular orbital theory Slater determinat, Hückel approximation |
Week 15 03.02.2025 |
Schmitt |
Hartree-Fock method electron correlation |
06.02.2025 |
Cialla-May |
seminar |
07.02.2025 | Schmitt |
Density functional theory Hohenberg-Kohn Theorem, Kohn-Sham approach |