Thermodynamics, Kinetics and Phase Transformations

Academic Year 2022/2023

Part of the teaching team of the laboratory activities of Part II. Responsible professor: José A. Ayllón.

Contents

Part I

CLASSICAL THERMODYNAMICS

• Second and third principles of thermodynamics
• Spontaneity and equilibrium. Gibbs free energy

THERMODYNAMICS OF PHASE EQUILIBRIA

• System stability and stability conditions
• Equilibirum of phases in pure substances
• Phase equilibria in multicomponent systems

Part II

TRANSPORT PHENOMENA

• Kinetic theory of gases. Flow. Effusion. Thermal conductivity. viscosity
• Transport in solution: diffusion, migration and convection. Laws of Fick, Ohm and Kohlraush. Principles of hydrodynamics

HOMOGENEOUS CHEMICAL KINETICS

• Reaction rate. Rate equation. Order and molecularity. Integration of equations of integer order. Effect of temperature
• Complex reactions. Reaction mechanism. Opposite, parallel and consecutive reactions. Approximate methods.
• Homogeneous catalysis. Acid-base. Red-ox. Enzymatic