ChE 2101 Fundamentals of Thermodynamics

Fall 2009

Lecture #1, Introduction, laws of thermodynamics, notation.
Lecture #2, Work and processes.
Lecture #3, First and second laws.
Lecture #4, Gibbsian equations, chemical potential.
Lecture #5, Mathematical methods, Legendre transforms.
Lecture #6, Partial derivative game.
Lecture #7, Process evaluation. Residual functions.
Lecture #8, Residual functions and example problems.
Lecture #9, Introduction to statistical mechanics and quantum mechanics.
Lecture #10, Quantum mechanics I.
Lecture #11, Quantum mechanics II.
Check out this link for a description of the rotational energy of a molecule.
Lecture #12, Statistics and ensembles.
Lecture #13, Ensembles and partition functions.
Lecture #14, Semi-classical partition function.
Lecture #15, Properties of ideal gases.
Lecture #16, Properties of ideal gases, examples.
Lecture #17, Chemical equilibria: ideal and real fluids.
Lecture #18, Pair potentials and nonideal behavior. Van der Waals partition functions for mixture, local compositions, activity coefficient models.
Lecture #19, Conformal solution theory.
Lecture #20, Conformal solution theory, pure fluids and mixtures.
Lecture #21, Ideal solutions and partial molar quantities.
Lecture #22, Partial molar properties and fugacity.
Lecture #23, Local composition models.
Applet for plotting radial distribution functions.
Molecular simulation code written as a Java Applet.
Lecture #24, Mixture thermodynamics calculations.
Lecture #25, Local compositions.
Review.

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