TimeDaysLocationInstructorGERCreditOPUS Class NumberSyllabus (Tentative)
12:50pm-1:40pm
MWF
Chemistry Building 240
Widicus Weaver, Susanna. SNT. 41343 TBA.

January 13, 2010- April 26, 2010

Catalog Description: Spring. Prerequisite: Chemistry 331. Properties of materials, thermodynamics, and statistical mechanics.

Semester Details: Content: This course will be an introduction to the principles and practices of statistical mechanics, thermodynamics and kinetics with a focus on chemical applications. Sample applications include energy landscapes, free energy, phase transitions, combustion and enzyme kinetics, reaction mechanisms, photochemistry and global warming, etc.

Required Textbooks, Articles, and Resources

  1. McQuarrie. 1997. Physical Chemistry.
    ISBN: 9780935702996.

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