CHE 351
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
FOR THE LIFE SCIENCES

Lecture Outlines



I: MATHEMATICS REVIEW

Exponentian and Logarithms
Summations and Products
Functions and Operators
The Derivative
The Integral

II: GASES

The Definition of Pressure
Liquid Pressure
The Barometer
The Manometer
Boyle's Law
The Two-State Boyle's Law
Charles's or Gay-Lussac's Law
The Two-State Charles's Law
Avogadro's Law
The Ideal Gas Law
The Two-State Ideal Gas Law
Standard Temperature and Pressure (STP)
Molar Mass-Ideal Gas Relationship
Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures
Mole Fraction
Model for the Kinetic Molecular Theory of Gases
Molecular Basis of PV = nRT
The Speed of Gas Molecules
Distribution of Molecular Speeds
Translational Kinetic Energy of Gases
Effusion of Gases
Real Gases
The van der Waals Model of Real Gases

III: THE FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS

Definitions
Types of Systems
Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
Two Different Forms of Energy
Joule's Mechanical Equivalent of Heat Experiment
Units of Energy
State Properties
Sign Conventions
Endothermic/Exothermic Reactions
Thermal/Mechanical Surroundings
Heat Capacity
Specific Heat
Experimental Determination of Specific Heat
The Fundamental Equation of Calorimetry
The "Coffee Cup" Calorimeter
The Bomb Calorimeter
The First Law of Thermodynamics
The Interal Energy of an Ideal Gas Does Not Depend on its Volume
Two Conditions for Expansions/Compressions
Reversible/Irreversible Processes
An Equation for Expansion Work
Free Isothermal Expansion of a Gas
Free Isothermal (Irreversible) Expansion of a Gas
Obtaining Maximum Work by Expansion
A Formula for Controlled (Reversible) Isothermal Expansion
An Equation for the Change in Enthalpy
vs.
What is Enthalpy?
Values of with Special Names
Rules of Thermochemistry
Standard Conditions
Standard Molar Enthalpies of Formation
Bond Energies
Using Bond Energies to Estimate for a Reaction
Temperature Dependence of
The Connection Between and

IV: THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS

Spontaneous/Non-spontaneous Processes
Entropy
The Second Law of Thermodynamics
Aside on Statistical Thermodynamics
More about the Second Law
for Typical Processes
The Third Law of Thermodynamics
The Standard Reaction Entropy,
How do we calculate for a Chemical Reaction?
Gibbs Free Energy gives the Maximum Non-Expansion Work
When is < 0 and a Reaction is Spontaneous?
Method #1 for Determining
The Standard Gibbs Free Energy of Formation
Reaction Gibbs Energy at Arbitrary Concentrations
Equilibrium Constants
Activity
The Connection Between and
Reactions at Equilibrium
The Effect of Temperature on the Equilibrium Constant
The Effect of Pressure on the Equilibrium Constant

V: PHASE DIAGRAMS AND EQUILIBRIUM

Vapor Pressure
Phase Transitions and Phase Diagrams
Gibbs Phase Rule
One-Component Phase Diagrams
The Clapeyron Equation
Measures of Concentration
Partial Molar Quantities
Raoult's Law
Ideal Solutions and Vapor Pressure Curves
Henry's Law
Ideal-Dilute Solutions and Vapor Pressure Curves
Vapor Pressure Lowering
Freezing Point Depression
Boiling Point Elevation
Osmotic Pressure
Phase Diagrams for Binary Mixtures
Mixtures of Volatile Liquids
Fractional Distillation
Tie Lines
The Lever Rule
Highly Non-Ideal Mixtures
Liquid-liquid Phase Diagrams
Liquid-Solid Phase Diagrams

VI: ELECTROCHEMISTRY

A Review of Oxidation-Reduction Reactions
Rules for Assigning Oxidation Numbers
Rules for Balancing Oxidation-Reduction Reactions
Oxidation Numbers Revisited
Formal Charges
Electrical Units and Constants
Types of Electrochemical Cells
Cell Reaction and Half-Reactions
Cell Notation
ReDox Couples
Cell Potential
Standard Voltage
Nernst Equation
The Standard Hydrogen Electrode (SHE)
Standard Reduction Potentials
The Electrochemical Series
Variation of E with pH

VII: CHEMICAL KINETICS

The Rate of a Reaction
Empirical Rates Laws
Zeroth Order Reactions
First Order Reactions
Second Order Reactions
Units of the Rate Constant
The Half-Life
Temperature Dependence of Reaction Rates
Reaction Mechanisms
The Steady-State Approximation
Bimolecular Reaction Mechanisms
Collision Theory
Transition State Theory
A Mechanism for Enzyme-Catalyzed Reactions
Chain Reactions

VIII. WAVE MECHANICS

Electromagnetic Radiation
The Wave Nature of Light
Atomic Line Spectra
The Photoelectric Effect
The Particle Nature of Light
The Bohr Model of the Atom
The Bohr Model Explains the Hydrogen Atom Spectrum
Wave-Particle Duality
The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
The Schrodinger Equation
The Probability Function
The Particle-in-a-1D Box
The Harmonic Oscillator
The Particle-in-a-3D Box
The Hydrogen Atom
Quantum Numbers and Orbitals
The Principal Quantum Number
Orbital Angular Momentum Quantum Number
Magnetic Quantum Number
The s Orbitals
The p Orbitals
The d Orbitals
Radial Functions and Probability Plots
The Electron Spin
Multielectron Atoms
The Pauli Exclusion Principle 
Energy Ordering for Multi-electron Atoms
Electron Configurations
The Structure of the Periodic Table
Orbital Diagrams
Hund's Rule
Magnetic Properties
History of the Periodic Table
Atomic Radius
Shielding
Ionic Radius
Ionization Energy
Electronegativity
Electron Affinity

IX: CHEMICAL BONDING

Types of Chemical Bonds
The Covalent Bond
Polar Covalent Bonds
Valence Bond Model
Bond Number and Geometry as Predicted by VB Theory
Hybridization
Multiple Bonds
Molecular Geometry
Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) Theory
The Effect of Unshared Pairs on Molecular Geometry
An Introduction to Molecular Orbital Theory Molecular
Orbitals Formed by p Orbitals
MO Diagrams
Bond Order
MO Electron Configurations
MO Theory Applied to Heteronuclear Diatomics
On Orbitals and Bonding Theories
Delocalized Electrons

X: MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY

Introduction to Spectroscopy
Dipole Moments
Selection Rules
The Boltzman Distribution
The Rigid Rotor
Vibrational Spectroscopy: Diatomics
Pure Rotational Spectroscopy
Rotational Spectroscopy of Non-linear Polyatomics
Normal Modes
Vibrational Spectroscopy of Polyatomic Molecules
Electronic Spectroscopy
The Frank-Condon Principle

XI: THE CRYSTALLINE STATE

Lattices
The Unit Cell
There are Seven Types of Unit Cells
Closest Packing
Coordination Number
Number of Atoms Per Unit Cell
How Much Space do the Holes Account for?
X-Ray Diffraction
Ionic Crystals

If you have questions, comments or suggestions, email me at jbentley@deltastate.edu Last updated:  December 15, 2007