Course title
熱力学   [Thermodynamics Mechanics]
Course category technology speciality courses,ets.  Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year 1～4  Semester Fall 
Course type Fall  Course code 021112
Instructor(s)
中村 暢文   [NAKAMURA Nobufumi]
Facility affiliation Faculty of Engineering Office   Email address

Course description
This class introduces some of the basic concepts of thermodynamics which is one of the most important topics in physical chemistry. Learning thermodynamics leads to a unique understanding of life.
Expected Learning
Students who successfully complete this course will able to:
1) Understand the concepts such as heat, work, internal energy, and enthalpy and the first law of thermodynamics correctly.
2) Explain the energy conversion in life using thermodynamics.
3) Understand the concepts such as entropy and Gibbs energy and assess the spontaneity of a biological process.
Course schedule
Week 1: Orientation of this class.
Some introductory comments: the positioning of the class in the curriculum
and the commentary of the thermodynamic viewpoint.
Week 2: Fundamental 1 of physical chemistry (Fundamentals in the text book)
Understanding units, state, force, energy, and pressure.
Week 3: Fundamental 2 of physical chemistry (Fundamentals in the text book)
Understanding temperature, equations of state, and the Maxwell distribution
of speeds.
Week 4: The first law of thermodynamics 1 (Chapter 1)
Understanding the energy conversion and the concepts of thermodynamics such
as systems, surroundings, work, and heat.
Week 5: The first law of thermodynamics 2 (Chapter 1)
Understanding the energy conversion in living organisms, reversible
processes, and expansion work.
Week 6: The first law of thermodynamics 3 (Chapter 1)
Understanding heat capacity and internal energy and learning the first law of
thermodynamics.
Week 7: The first law of thermodynamics 4 (Chapter 1)
Understanding enthalpy and the enthalpy change of phase transition.
Week 8: The first law of thermodynamics 5 (Chapter 1)
Understanding the bond enthalpy, thermodynamical properties of fuels, and
standard enthalpies of formation.
Week 9: Midterm examination
Week 10: Some comments about the midterm examination
Week 11: The second law of thermodynamics 1 (Chapter 2)
Understanding entropy, entropy change, and absolute entropies.
Week 12: The second law of thermodynamics 2 (Chapter 2)
Understanding standard reaction entropy and spontaneity of chemical
reactions.
Week 13: The second law of thermodynamics 3 (Chapter 2)
Understanding Gibbs energy and relation between Gibbs energy and
spontaneity..
Week 14: The second law of thermodynamics 4 (Chapter 2)
Understanding the Gibbs energy of assembly of proteins and biological
membranes.
Week 15: Final examination
Prerequisites
Students entering this class are assumed to have had “Basic physics” and “Basic chemistry”. This class leads to “Biophysical chemistry I” and “Biophysical chemistry II”.
Required Text(s) and Materials
Peter Atkins and Julio de Paula, Physical chemistry for the life sciences 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press 2011.
References
1) Donald A. McQuarrie and John D. Simon, Physical chemistry -a molecular approach-, University Science Books 1997.
2) Peter Atkins and Julio de Paula, Atkins' Physical chemistry 9th Edition, Oxford University Press 2010.
3) Hans Kuhn and Horst-Dieter Feorsterling, Principles of physical chemistry, Wiley 1999.
Assessment/Grading
Grades will be assigned based on students' performance on examination, quizzes, and reports. Midterm examination; 40% and Final examination; 60%. Quizzes and reports will cause +alpha.
Message from instructor(s)
Let's enjoy understanding nature.
Course keywords
Physical chemistry, Entropy, Enthalpy, Gibbs energy, Spontaneity
Office hours
16:00-17:00 Friday; Room 307, 3rd floor, 12th Building, Koganei Campus
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Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
English
Last update
3/22/2017 1:03:09 PM