Physical Chemistry

General

• Code: TΑBO-31-Γ1
• Semester: 3rd
• Study Level: Undergraduate
• Course type: General Background
• Teaching and exams language: Greek (English for Erasmus students)
• The course is offered to Erasmus students
• Teaching Methods (Hours/Week): Lectures (4)
• ECTS Units: 5
• Course homepage: https://eclass.emt.ihu.gr/courses/FD175/
• Instructors: Balkatsopoulou Paschalia
• Class Schedule:
  • Fri 09:00 - 13:00: Αίθουσα Β1

Course Contents

• Gases: ideal gases, real gases, kinetic theory of gases, molecular speeds.
• Liquids: surface tension, viscosity, vapor pressure, dielectric constant. Measurement of surface tension and viscosity.
• Solids: basics of crystal structure, allotropic forms, amorphous solids.
• Thermodynamics: thermodynamic functions (enthalpy, internal energy, entropy, free energy). Laws of Thermodynamics. Thermochemistry.
• Dispersion systems: miscible liquids, partially miscible liquids, non miscible liquids and distribution law of Nernst. Colligative Properties. Phase Rule. Colloids.
• Chemical Equilibrium: gas phase reactions in homogeneous solutions and heterogeneous chemical reactions, effect of the pressure and temperature on the equilibrium of chemical reactions.
• Chemical kinetics: reaction rate, reaction order, reaction molecularity, reaction constant rate, integrated rate law (zero-order rate law, first-order rate law, second-order rate law), Arrhenius equation, collision theory, activated complex theory – activation energy, catalysis.
• Introduction to Electrochemistry. Galvanic and electrolytic cells.

Educational Goals

After the end of the course, students understand simple physicochemical phenomena, and can solve complex physicochemical exercises.

General Skills

• Search for, analysis and synthesis of data and information, with the use of the necessary technology.
• Working independently.
• Team work.
• Criticism and self-criticism.
• Production of free, creative and inductive thinking.

Teaching Methods

• Face-to-face.

Use of ICT means

• Power point presentations.
• Student contact electronically.

Teaching Organization

Students Evaluation

For the lab course:

• Final written exam (70%) and average of laboratory reports (30%).

For the theoretical course:

• Written final exam.