Module A1.3 - Physical Chemistry
Coordinator
apl. Prof. Dr. Michael Schmitt
Lecturers
Dr. Dana Cialla-May, Dr. Jer-Shing Huang, 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) - on Thursday, October 19, the lecture will start at 09:00 am.
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 |
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Week 1 19.10.2023 |
Ramoji |
Introduction and Overview history thermodynamics, definitions |
| 20.10.2023 | Ramoji |
First law of thermodynamics work and heat, path dependence of work, Internal energy |
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Week 2 23.10.2023 |
Ramoji |
Thermochemistry standard enthalpy changes, Hess’s law, spontaneous reactions |
| 26.10.2023 | Ramoji |
Second law of thermodynamics dispersal of energy, entropy, Helmholtz and Gibbs energies |
| 27.10.2023 | Cialla-May |
seminar |
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Week 3 30.10.2023 |
Ramoji |
Physical transformation Phase diagrams, Chemical potential |
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02.11.2023 |
Ramoji |
Transport phenomena osmosis, dialysis, diffusion, Fick's law |
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03.11.2023 |
Cialla-May | seminar |
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Week 4 06.11.2023 |
Cialla-May |
seminar |
|
09.11.2023 |
Huang |
Chemical equilibrium I Electrochemistry, electrochemical reactions, cell potential |
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10.11.2022 |
Huang |
Chemical equilibrium II equilibrium constant, LeChatelier’s principle, Henderson-Hasselbalch equation |
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Week 5 13.11.2023 |
Huang |
Chemical equilibrium III Nernst equation, standard potential |
| 16.11.2023 | Huang |
Chemical kinetics I empirical methods, rates of reactions, rate laws, rate constant, half lifetime
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| 17.11.2023 | Cialla-May | seminar |
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Week 6 20.11.2023 |
Huang |
Chemical kinetics II Arrhenius equation, activation energy, transistion complex |
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23.11.2023 |
Huang |
Chemical kinetics III Chemical kinetics of complex reactions |
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24.11.2023 |
Cialla-May | seminar |
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Week 7 27.11.2023 |
Huang | Reaction Mechanisms |
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30.11.2023 |
Huang |
Experimental methods for kinetics I classical methods, like stopped-flow method |
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01.12.2023 |
Cialla-May | seminar |
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Week 8 04.12.2023 |
Huang |
Experimental methods for kinetics II Ion beam, pump-probe, ultrafast spectroscopy |
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07.12.2023 |
Huang | Chemical potential surface |
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08.12.2023 |
Cialla-May | seminar |
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Week 9 11.12.2023 |
Schmitt |
Breakdown of classical mechanics black body radiation, photoelectric effect, Compton effect etc. |
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14.12.2023 |
Cialla-May |
seminar |
| 15.12.2023 | Schmitt | Wave-particle duality, Heisenberg Uncertainty principle, de Broglie relationship |
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Week 10 18.12.2023 |
Schmitt | Schrödinger equation, wavefunction, operator, quantization |
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21.12.2023 |
Cialla-May | seminar |
| 22.12.2023 | Schmitt | Particle in a box; harmonic oscillator |
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Week 11 08.01.2024 |
Schmitt |
Hydrogen atom atomic spectra of hydrogen like atoms |
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11.01.2024 |
Cialla-May | seminar |
| 12.01.2024 | Schmitt |
Structure and spectra of multielectron atoms Pauli principle, Hund’s rule |
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Week 12 15.01.2024 |
Schmitt |
Molecular structure: Born-Oppenheimer approximation, valence bond theory (hybridization) |
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18.01.2024 |
Cialla-May |
seminar |
| 19.01.2024 | Schmitt | Molecular structure: Variational principle; perturbation theory |
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Week 13 22.01.2024 |
Schmitt | Molecular structure: Molecular orbital theory |
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25.01.2024 |
Cialla-May |
seminar |
| 26.01.2024 | Schmitt |
Molecular structure: Molecular orbital theory Slater determinat, Hückel approximation |
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Week 14 29.01.2024 |
Schmitt |
Hartree-Fock method electron correlation |
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01.02.2024 |
Cialla-May |
seminar |
| 02.02.2024 | Schmitt |
Hartree-Fock method configuration interaction |
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Week 15 05.02.2024 |
Schmitt |
Density functional theory I Hohenberg-Kohn Theorem |
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08.02.2024 |
Cialla-May | seminar |
| 09.02.2024 | Schmitt |
Density functional theory II Kohn-Sham approach |