2018/19 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
CHEM2152 Chemical Kinetics and Thermodynamics
10 creditsClass Size: 250
Module manager: Professor Dwayne Heard
Email: d.e.heard@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2018/19
Pre-requisite qualifications
Level 1 in Chemistry or equivalentModule replaces
CHEM2350 (a two-semester module to be replaced by two one-semester modules, of which this is the first)This module is not approved as a discovery module
Objectives
To provide students with an underpinning understanding of the foundations of physical chemistry through a study of chemical kinetics and thermodynamicsLearning outcomes
- Demonstrate an understanding of both the possibilities for and the rates of chemical and physical change, and of the thermodynamic and kinetic concepts that are most relevant for chemists;
- Understand how energy is stored and distributed in atoms and molecules;
- Understand the relationship between kinetics and thermodynamics;
- Analyse the kinetics of elementary and complex reactions and use kinetic information to understand the mechanisms of chemical reactions;
- Understand the use of chemical potential as a general criterion for phase and chemical equilibrium and be able to calculate the composition of equilibrium mixtures under ideal and non-ideal thermodynamic conditions.
Syllabus
The links between kinetics and equilibria. Experimental methods to study kinetics, in particular for fast reactions. Theories of bimolecular reactions: collision theory and transition state theory. Pressure dependence of unimolecular and recombination reactions. Kinetics of reactions in solution. Kinetics of complex reactions: Chain reactions, polymerisation, explosions and enzyme reactions.
The chemical potential and the criteria for chemical and phase equilibria. Molecular partition functions, Maxwell relations, Ideal and non-ideal systems, activity coefficients, solutes and solvent conventions. Chemical equilibrium, calculation of yields. Phase equilibrium, Clausius-Clapeyron. Colligative properties, osmotic pressure.
Teaching methods
Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
Problem Based Learning | 10 | 1.00 | 10.00 |
Lecture | 20 | 1.00 | 20.00 |
Tutorial | 2 | 1.00 | 2.00 |
Private study hours | 68.00 | ||
Total Contact hours | 32.00 | ||
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 100.00 |
Private study
40 hours - reading (2 hours per lecture)10 hours - computer-based learning
8 hours - tutorial preparation
10 hours - preparation for the examination
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
Two tutorials (one focusing on chemical kinetics, one focusing on chemical thermodynamics)Methods of assessment
Coursework
Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
Tutorial Performance | Marks awarded only for written answers | 12.00 |
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 12.00 |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Exams
Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) (S1) | 2 hr 00 mins | 88.00 |
Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 88.00 |
School of Chemistry Data & Formula booklet to be provided
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 28/06/2018
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