CHEM 320 - Physical Chemistry I

2023-2024 Catalog Year

Credit(s): 3
Lecture: 3
Non-Lecture: 0

An introduction to the principles of chemical thermodynamics and the application of these principles to ideal and non-ideal chemical systems. Topics include the properties of gases and gas mixtures, thermochemistry, the laws of thermodynamics, entropy and free energy functions, chemical and phase equilibria, properties of solutions of nonelectrolytes and electrolytes, and electrochemistry. Computer software and/or programming will be used in this course.

Prerequisite(s): (CHEM 213 or CHEM 224) MATH 222 and (PHYS 125 or PHYS 115) and (PHYS 126 or PHYS 116) or permission of the instructor.
Offered: Every Fall Semester