Physical Chemistry I

COURSE CURRICULUM

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Course title

Physical Chemistry I

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Code

HM-404

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Study curriculum

All

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Organizer of the curriculum (institute, department)

Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Skopje

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Degree (BSc, MSc, PhD)

BSc

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Academic year/semester

Second/IV

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ECTS points

8

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Lecturer

Full prof. PhD Ljupco Pejov

Full prof. PhD Vladimir Ivanovski

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Prerequisites

Mathematics 1, Physics 1, Inorganic Chemistry

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Course objectives (competences): study of the chemical principles of thermodynamics, phase transitions and electrochemistry, as well as solving some problems in the field of modern chemistry and chemical ingineering. 

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Course content:

1. First law of Thermodynamics and Thermochemistry. State functions and path functions. Reaction entalpy and its dependance on the temperature.
2. Second law of Thermodynamics. Entropy – statistical and phenomenological interpretation.
3. Third law of Thermodynamics. Characteristic thermodynamic functions. Maxwell equations and thermodynamic state equations. Criteria for spontaneous flow of chemical processes and equilibrium in closed systems. Open systems and chemical potential. Gibbs-Duhem equation.  Activity.
4. Criteria for spontaneous flow of processes and equilibrium in open systems. Reaction equilibrium. Equlibrium constants and their dependence on temperature and pressure.
5. Gibbs phase law.Phase diagrams for one-component systems. Enantiotropic and monotropic phase transitions. Clapeyron and Clausius-Clapeyron equations. Phase diagrams of two-component system. Destilation.  transitions of two-component systems, phase diagrams, chemical potentials, distillation. Duhem-Margules equation and Konovalov’s laws. The lever rule. Tri-component systems.  Distribution coefficient and extraction. Colligative properties – study of some general trends using chemical potentials in boiling point elevation, freezing point depression, osmosis.

    VI. Electrochemistry Electrochemistry. Electrolytics – ion activity in  solutions, Debye-    Hückel limiting law, Debye-Hückel extended law, conductivity in electrolyte (strong and weak) solutions, ionic mobility, drift speed ionic mobility and conductivity, transport numbers, conductivity and ion–ion interactions, First Fick’s law (general approach – Einstein relation, Nernst–Einstein equation, Stokes–Einstein equation), ion channels and ion pumps.

Electrodics – electrochemical cells and their classification, half-cells and their classification, liquid junction potentials, mechanism of formation of electromotive force (EMF) in galvanic cells, measurement of EMF, Nernst equation, electrochemical cells at equilibrium, standard electrode potentials, measurement of standard electrode potentials, application of standard potentials (determination of activity coefficients, determination of equilibrium constants, determination of thermodynamic functions – Gibbs energy).

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Teaching methods: lectures and problem solving tasks

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Total available time

240 hours

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Time distribution

4 + 1 + 3 per week
Lectures 60 hours
Numerical exercises 15 hours
Laboratory exercises 45 hours

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Teaching methods distribution

15.1.

Teaching – lectures

60 hours

15.2.

Practicals (laboratory, problem solving), seminars, team work

60 hours

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Other activities

16.1.

Projects

16.2.

Independent work

30 hours

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Homework

90 hours

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Grading methods

17.1.

Tests

70 points

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Seminars/projects (written/oral presentation)

10 points

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Activity

20 points

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Grading scale (points/mark)

<50 points

5 (five) (F)

51 to 60 points

6 (six) (E)

61 to 70 points

7 (seven) (D)

71 to 80 points

8 (eight) (C)

81 to 90 points

9 (nine) (B)

91 to 100 points

10 (ten) (A)

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Criteria for taking the final exam

Regular attendance at lectures and laboratory tasks

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Course language

Macedonian

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Teaching quality control

Anonimous questionnaires

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Literature

22.1.

Compulsory

No.

Author

Title

Publisher

Year

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Бојан Шоптрајанов

Физичка хемија 1

интерна скрипта

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Donald A. McQuarrie, John. D. Simon

Physical Chemistry: A Molecular Approach

University Science Books

1997

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Ira N. Levine

Physical Chemistry, Sixth Edition

McGraw-Hill Science/ Engineering/Math

2008

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P. Atkins, J. De Paula, 

Atkin’s Physical Chemistry 8th ed. 

Oxford University Press

2006

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П. Аткинс, Ј. Де Паула

Аткинсова физичка хемија, 8-мо издание

Prosvetno delo, Skopje

2009

22.2.

Additional

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Author

Title

Publisher

Year

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Vladimir Ivanovski

Power Point Presentation - lectures (in Macedonian) (in Macedonian)

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Ljupco Pejov

Internal Script

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