ChE 2101 Fundamentals of Thermodynamics

Fall 2008

Lecture #1, variables, Gibbs phase rule, and laws of thermodynamics.
Lecture #2, work and processes.
Lecture #3, Gibbsien equations.
Lecture #4, Legendre transforms.
Lecture #5, mathematical tools, the partial derivative game!
Lecture #6, process evlauation residual functions.
Lecture #7, introduction to statistical mechanics.
Lecture #8, quantum mechanics.
Lecture #9, statistics & ensembles.
Lecture #10, ensembles & partition functions.
Lecture #11, classical & semi-classical partition functions.
Lecture #12, molecular partition functions. Ideal gases.
Check out this link for a description of the rotational energy of a molecule.
Lecture #13, example calculations.
Lecture #14, chemical equilibrium constants and nonideal behavior.
Lecture #15, intermolecular potentials
Lecture #16, virial coefficients, equations of state, and the pair correlation function.
Applet for plotting radial distribution functions.
Lecture #17, van der Waals partition function, phase behavior of fluids.
Lecture #18, conformal solutions theory and generalized cubic EOS
Lecture #19, conformal solution theory for pure fluids and mixtures.
Lecture #20, ideal solutions and partial molar properties.
Lecture #21, fugacity & fugacity coefficients, activity coefficients.
Lecture #22, van der Waals partition functions for mixture, local compositions, activity coefficient models.
Molecular simulation code written as a Java Applet.

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