Duration
20h Th, 20h Pr, 15h Mon. WS
Number of credits
| Bachelor in chemistry | 4 crédits | |||
| Bachelor in geology | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
1. Classical Thermodynamics, including te microscopic description
Introduction
First Principle: Internal Energy, Work, Heat, State Function, Equilibrium and Thermodynamic Reversibility, Enthalpy
Second and Third Principles
Free Energy and Free Enthalpy.
The chemical potential
2. Changes in the state of pure substances
Introduction
Conditions of equilibrium between phases
Phase equilibria and phase diagrams: solid-liquid transition, liquid-vapor transition, Trouton's rule and Clapeyron's diagram, solid-vapor transition, solid-solid transition (allotropy)
The phase rule: variance
3. State changes of mixtures
Introduction
Thermodynamics of gas mixtures
Thermodynamics of liquid mixtures: chemical potential of liquids, Raoult's law, Henry's law, chemical activities of solvent and solute
Colligative properties: ebullioscopic elevation, lowering of melting point, osmosis and osmotic pressure.
Solubility
Coefficient of partition
Vapor pressure of ideal binary solutions
Thermodynamic quantities of real binary solutions
Vapor pressure of a real binary solution
4. Diagram of free enthlapie and phase diagrams of binary systems
Stability of solutions
Liquid-vapor, liquid-solid binary systems
5. Diagram of the phases of ternary systems
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
This course of scond year deepens the subjects seen in the 1st year course of General Chemistry and opens to more conceptual subjects.
It covers the following subjects:
Thermodynamics: introduction of concepts and quantities
Change of state of pure and mixed substances.
Phase diagram of simple, binary and ternary systems.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Good knowledge of general chemistry (fisrt year)
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Face-to-face
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Further information:
Thermodynamic part: classroom teaching
20h of theory, 20h of sessions of exercice and 15h of laboratory
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus
Further information:
Chimie générale, Loïc Quinton (CHIM0748)
Reference book: Physical Chemistry, P. Atkins,
Lectures notes progressively desposited on eCampus
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
Further information:
The final evaluation concerns all the parts of the course (theory, problems, laboratory)
The successful completion of the course will be awarded to any student with a minimum overall score of 10,00 / 20.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Enseignants :
Prof. Loïc Quinton, loic.quinton@uliege.be
Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry
MolSys Research Unit
Allée du six Aout 11 - Quartier Agora - Liège Université
B4000 -Liège 1 - Belgium
Tel +0032 4 366 3679
Assistant :
Martin Blavier, martin.blavier@uliege.be