Chemical Thermodynamics

At the end of this course, the students should be able to: 1. apply first, second and third law to ideal and real gases; 2. calculate heat requirements for reacting and non-reacting systems; 3. apply the concept of fugacity and its application to processes; and 4. apply thermodynamic principles to chemical, phase equilibrium, and electrochemical processes.

First law and the energetics of chemical reactions. Second law, calculation of entropy changes. Definitions of thermodynamic potentials. Heat of mixing. Fugacity, free energy and work function. Chemical potentials and affinity of reactions. Equilibrium in chemical reaction systems. Equilibrium constant of a reaction. Third law. Thermal data. thermodynamics of electrochemical cells. Work production from chemically reacting systems. Phase relations and thermodynamics of solutions. Equilibrium in heterogeneous reactions.