CHM322A - Physical Chemistry -II
Prerequisites:
3-0-0-9
Course Contents
Equilibrium Thermodynamics: Laws of thermodynamics,
the equilibrium state, thermodynamic variables, conjugate quantities, thermodynamic potentials (4)
Statistical Mechanics: Kinetic Theory of gases, Boltzmann distribution,
the ensemble postulate, partition function, canonical ensemble, other ensembles, fluctuations, ideal monatomic, diatomic and polyatomic gases, chemical equilibrium, quantum statistics (20)
Transport Phenomena: Transport coefficients, thermal conductivity, diffusivity, viscosity, ionic conductivity, Limiting law of Debye-Hückel-Onsager, Nernst-Einstein relation, Stokes-Einstein relation (6)
Molecular Reaction Dynamics: Collision theory, activation energy, transition
state theory, reactions as trajectories, molecular beam experiments, reactions in liquid phase, Kramers theory, Diffusion limited reactions (10)
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Books and References
- P.W. Atkins and Julio de Paula : Physical Chemistry
- I.N. Levine: Physical Chemistry
- D.A. McQuarrie and J. D. Simon : Physical Chemistry - A Molecular Approach
- D. A. McQuarrie, Statistical Mechanics
- H. B. Callen: Thermodynamics and an introduction to Thermostatistics
- David Chandler : Introduction to Modern Statistical Mechanics
- R.S. Berry, S.A. Rice and John Ross : Physical Chemistry