Course teacher(s)
Geneviève DUPONT (Coordinator) and Yannick DE DECKERECTS credits
5
Language(s) of instruction
french
Course content
I. CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS : introduction, first principle, second principle, Nernst-Planck theorem, thermodynamics of perfect and real gases, chemical equilibrium, heterogeneous equilibria, thermodynamics of interfaces II. INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL MECHANICS : Boltzmann distribution and molecular partition function, canonical partition function, statistical expressions for U, S, F, p, H and G, derivation of the perfect gas equation and the Van der Waals equation, relationship between the equilibrium constant and the partition functions
Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)
The aim of the course is to provide a rigorous description of the basic principles of chemical thermodynamics and their statistical foundation. These principle are illustrated with typical chemical reactions and phase transition phenomena.
Prerequisites and Corequisites
Required and corequired courses
Cours ayant celui-ci comme co-requis
Teaching methods and learning activities
Ex-cathedra teaching. Supervised seminars for the resolution of problems.
Other information
Contacts
gdupont@ulb.ac.be
Evaluation
Method(s) of evaluation
- Other
Other
One written examination about problems, and one oral examination.