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 Academic Year: | 2018/9 | |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Chemistry | |
| Credits: | 3 [equivalent to 6 CATS credits] | |
| Notional Study Hours: | 60 | |
| Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) | |
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| Assessment Summary: | EX 100% | |
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| Requisites: | Before taking this module you must take CH20194 or equivalent from another university. | |
| Description:
| Aims: To develop concepts of advanced Chemical Thermodynamics, place these into context and show how these are important for a range of application areas. Learning Outcomes: After studying the Unit, students should be able to: * Describe various context of advanced chemical thermodynamics, both mathematically and descriptively * Describe the context in which these underlying principles are of value in understanding the behaviour of real chemical systems, including those at the interface with materials and biology * Critically assess the experimental methods used in thermodynamic studies, relating these to the underlying principles * Describe examples * Solve problems using the methods introduced including the application of techniques to unseen situations * Discuss critically a relevant selection of independent reading related to the topic. Skills: Problem solving (T, F, A), Scientific writing (F, A), Independent working (F). Content: * Reviewing fundamentals: Thermodynamic state functions, Maxwell relations; applications to defects * Temperature dependence of thermodynamic functions: heat capacity, differential scanning calorimetry, isothermal titration calorimetry; applications in materials and biophysics (binding constants) * Phase transitions, their investigation and application: Ehrenfest classification of phase transitions; order, Gibbs phase rule, lever rule, phase boundaries; applications in polymorphism * Entropy: third law, determining absolute entropies; populations and probabilities; estimating absolute configurational entropies of macromolecular systems * Thermodynamic cycles: Joule-Thomson effect; Carnot cycle, Nernst heat theorem; applications in refrigeration and liquefaction * Thermodynamics in Context: Superfluidity; Thermodynamics of the Earth. | Before taking this module you must take CH20194 or equivalent from another university. |
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CH40220 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Chemistry
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