KIM 311E - Physical Chemistry I

Course Objectives

1. This course will build on the fundamentals taught in KIM 252 which is a prerequisite. The
fundamentals will be applied to the single component systems as a function of temperature and
pressure; the phase changes such as vapourization, fusion, sublimation and allotropies in one
component systems.
2. The concepts of ideal, regular, and non-regular solutions; the applications of these solution
models; qualitative and quantitative investigations of binary phase diagrams and distinguish
between different types of phase diagrams.
3.The aim of the course is to teach chemists how to use thermodynamics to solve problems and
its application to chemically significant process.

Course Description

1. An ability to apply the basic thermodynamics relations and their applications to chemistry
2. An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics and chemistry
3. An ability to analyze and interpret the data obtained from applications of
thermodynamics laws to chemistry
4. An ability to draw and/or evaluate the phase diagrams of single and multi component systems
using qualitative and quantitative rules
5. An ability to define and calculate the conditions and compositons of physical processes and
chemical mixtures
6. An ability to solved problems and to discuss the results in term of thermodynamics