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| CHIM0012-1 | Chemical Kinetics | |||||
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| Duration : | 30h Th, 35h Pr | |||||
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| Holder(s) : | Jean‑Paul Pirard | |||||
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| Course contents : | Course in Chemical Kinetics : Stoichiometry. The extent of reaction. Definition of an elementary step. Transition-state theory. The rate of an elementary step. Thermodynamic formulation of rates. The collision theory and the equation of Arrhenius. Single reactions : open and closed sequences. The steady-state approximation. Kinetic treatment of catalytic sequences. Kinetic treatment of chain reactions. Principle of microscopic reversibility. Kinetics of polymerisation. The rate-determining step. Shift in rate-determining step. Rate-determining active centers. Ambiguity of simplified kinetics. | |||||
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| Course objective : | Notions of chemical kinetics necessary to calculate chemical reactors and to study heterogeneous catalysis. | |||||
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| Prerequisites : | Good knowledge of the basic concepts of the courses of general chemistry. | |||||
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| Workshops : | Analysis of an article of chemical kinetics recently published in a scientific journal. This work is carried out by groups of two students, is presented in a written report by each student and is the subject of an oral interrogation. | |||||
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| Organization : | First semester | |||||
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| Written notes : | Written notes available for the whole course at the first lesson. These notes are accompanied with a booklet of exercises. | |||||
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| Assessment : | Oral examination on theory and written examination on exercises. Oral interrogation on scientif article of chemical kinetics analysed during worshops. | |||||
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| Contacts : | Professeur Jean-Paul PIRARD Department of Applied Chemistry Chemical Engineering Laboratory University of Liège Institut de Chimie - B6a 4000 Liège, Belgium Tel. : 32-(0)4-366 35 58 Fax : 32-(0)4-366 35 45 e-mail : Jean-Paul.Pirard@ulg.ac.be | |||||
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ULg : Students and Studies Administration - Academic Affairs
Contact : Monique Marcourt, direction A.E.E.
Date of data : 18/05/2007
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