Chemical Reactions, Equilibria, and Kinetics
- Textbook: General Chemistry - Principles and Modern Applications (11th edition) by R.H. Petrucci, F.G. Herring, J.D. Madura, and C. Bissonnette (published by Prentice Hall, 2016). The material covered in this course corresponds to chapters 13, 15-20 of this text.
- Reserved for students in CHEM-based programs.
This course begins with the analysis of energy and entropy changes in physical and chemical changes and then extends to an introduction to the fundamental concepts in reaction kinetics and chemical equilibrium. A survey of kinetics, covering differential and integrated rate laws, reaction mechanisms, the steady-state approximation, collision theory of reaction rates, and catalysis, provides the basis for explaining equilibrium in chemical systems. Equilibrium principles are then applied to gas-phase reactions, heterogeneous systems, solutions of acids, bases, salts, including sparingly-soluble salts, and/or complex ions, and to oxidation-reduction reactions. Emphasis is placed on topics which have analytical and practical applications, such as the preparation and use of buffer solutions, acid-base titrations, selective precipitation, and electrochemical cells.
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