Course title
物理化学A   [Physical Chemistry A]
Course category general education courses  Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year 1  Semester Fall 
Course type Fall  Course code 01CH0702b
Instructor(s)
能美 寛子   [NOUMI Hiroko]
Facility affiliation Graduate School of Agriculture Office   Email address

Course description
Main theme in this course is thermodynamics. Thermodynamics is required to understand changes in the chemical reaction. You will understand what factors regulate whether the chemical reaction takes place or not. The purpose of this course is to understand basic items of thermodynamics with examples of familiar phenomena. Beginning with conversion of units and gas state equation, you will understand the concepts in internal energy, enthalpy, entropy, Gibbs free energy and study spontaneity of chemical changes, based on the knowledge that you have obtained in chemistry courses in high school. This course “Physical Chemistry A” is a basis to learn other courses in specialized subjects.
Expected Learning
To achieve the level where you can understand the 1st, 2nd and 3rd law of thermodynamics.
To achieve the level where you understand the concept of free energy and can judge whether a particular process is spontaneous or not.
To achieve the level where you can understand chemical phenomena and biological phenomena from the view point of physical chemistry.
Course schedule
1st Oct. 1st Chapter 1 The property of gas  1・5 Gas constant
International system of units ( S I units )
2nd Oct.8th ( national holiday) 1・3 Ideal gas Boyle’s law Charles’ law Avogadro’s principle
Combined gas law Perfect gas equation of state 1・6 kinetic theory of gas 
3rd Oct.15th  1・9 real gas ~ 1・12 van der Waals equation
4th Oct.22nd  Chapter 2.The first law of thermodynamics ( P.29 ~ )
  Definition of work work with volume change the first law of thermodynamics in closed system
5th Oct.29th  2・6 enthalpy 2・7 heat capacity relationship between CP and CV
6th Nov. 5th  2・8 ~ 2・9 thermochemistry
11 / 12 no class
7th Nov. 19th (dead line of report)Chapter 3 The second law of thermodynamics ( P.57~ )
3・2 heat engine 3・3 Carnot cycle 
8th Nov.26th 3・4 entropy and the second law of thermodynamics
9th Dec. 3rd 3・5 entropy changes for various processes
         3・6 entropy and disorder
10th Dec.10th  3・7 the third law of thermodynamics 3・8 absolute entropy
         3・9 entropy changes for chemical reactions  3・10 a special topic
11th Dec. 17th Chapter 4.Free energy and chemical equilibrium ( P.82 ~)
        4・2 free energy  4・3 standard free energy change
4・4 free energy and spontaneous change 4・5 effect of changes in pressure and temperature
12th Jan.7th 4・8 phase equilibrium in pure substance Clausius ? Clapeyron equation
1 / 14 national holiday no class
13th Jan.21st Chapter 5 Solution ( P. 102 ~ ) partial molar quantity ? partial molar volume
14th Jan. 28th examination
15th Feb.4th 5・2 chemical potential 
Prerequisites
It is required to understand how to calculate logarithm. Differentiation and integration are required.
Required Text(s) and Materials
Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences by James R. Barrante
This book is available in university co-op.
References
The Elements of Physical Chemistry by P. W. Atkins
Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences by G.M. Barrow
Assessment/Grading
Examination and attendance : 80 points (maximum point of attendance is 13) Report : 20 points
It is up to students attended at the first class to include the attendance point into the final evaluation or not. More detail for explanation of the report will be informed in the first class. Dead line of the report is Nov.27th.
The distribution of the grade in the past four years is described in remark 1.
Message from instructor(s)
Science is divided into 4 subjects (physics, chemistry, biology and geology) in high school. I know most of students didn’t learn all 4 subjects. However, nature should be understood comprehensively. Therefore, I recommend to learn various subjects in the field of natural sciences.
I recommend to do the end-of-chapter exercises to develop problem-solving skills.
Course keywords
perfect gas equation of state, the first, second and third law of thermodynamics, chemical equilibrium, Gibbs free energy
Office hours
I am available for 30 minutes after my lecture on Monday or Wednesday because I’m a part time lecturer.
Remarks 1
The distribution of the grade in the past four years is following
2017 S 13%  A 40%  B 28%  C 13% D 6%
2016 S 11%  A 37%  B 41%  C  6% D 5%  
2015 S 14%  A 40%  B 33%  C  6%  D 8%
2014 S 12%  A 37%  B 25%  C 21% D 5%
Remarks 2
The lecture contents will be uploaded in moodle. The registration key is NH0702.
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Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
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9/19/2018 1:56:24 PM