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Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code: CHEM303
Course Name: Physical Chemistry 1
Semester: Fall
Course Credits:
ECTS
5
Language of instruction: English
Course Condition:
Does the Course Require Work Experience?: No
Type of course: Compulsory Courses
Course Level:
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:First Cycle EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Üy. MELİKE ATAKOL
Course Lecturer(s): Çiğdem Bilici
Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives: To teach basic concepts of physical chemistry to students. To give ability to apply the basic principles to different chemical systems. To give ability to look through the aspects of physical chemistry to problems indaily life and in industry.
Course Content: Chemical Thermodynamics, Properties of Gibbs Free Energy, Chemical Potential, Phase Diagrams and Phase Transitions, Solution thermodynamics, Partial molar quantities, Gibbs Duhem equation, Ideal and nonideal solutions, Reaction equilibria in solution, Nernst equation, Electrochemistry

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Learn to apply knowledge of mathematics and chemistry together,
2) Gain the ability to apply basic thermodynamic relations in chemistry,
3) Have the ability to solve and analyze the problems encountered in the chemical industry under thermodynamic conditions,
4) Learn to determine and calculate the conditions of physical processes and chemical mixtures,
5) Learn to comment on concepts of electrochemistry

Course Flow Plan

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction, syllabus, rules, definitions, units, history, Mole, Ideal gases, Boyle, Charles, Avogadro Laws
2) The First Law of Thermodynamics
3) The Second Law of Termodynamics
4) Material Equilibrium, Entropy, Gibbs and Helmholtz Energies
5) Standard Thermodynamic Functions of Reactions
6) Reaction Equilibrium in Ideal Gas Mixtures
7) Problem Solving
8) Midterm
9) One-Component Phase Equilibrium and Surfaces
10) Solutions, Partial molar quantities and Gibbs-Duhem equation
11) Ideal and real solutions. Ideal solution laws. Activity and activity coefficient
12) Thermodynamics of ionic properties, Debye – Hückel Theory
13) Nernst Equation, Electrochemical Cells, Half-Cell Reactions
14) Problem Solving

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Physical Chemistry, 6th Edition, Ira N. Levine, 2009, McGraw Hill
Physical Chemistry, 11th Edition, P. W. Atkins, 2018, Oxford Press
References: Physical Chemistry, 5th Edition, W. J. Moore, 1983, Prentice Hall

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

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Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Average 3 Highest
       
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 7 % 0
Homework Assignments 2 % 20
Midterms 1 % 30
Final 1 % 50
total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 50
total % 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities Number of Activities Preparation for the Activity Spent for the Activity Itself Completing the Activity Requirements Workload
Course Hours 13 3 39
Study Hours Out of Class 14 2 28
Homework Assignments 2 10 20
Midterms 1 15 15
Final 1 30 30
Total Workload 132