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Course unit, curriculum year 2023–2024
KEM.250

Physical Chemistry 2, 5 cr

Tampere University
Teaching periods
Active in period 1 (1.8.2023–22.10.2023)
Active in period 4 (4.3.2024–31.5.2024)
Course code
KEM.250
Language of instruction
Finnish, English
Academic years
2021–2022, 2022–2023, 2023–2024
Level of study
Intermediate studies
Grading scale
General scale, 0-5
Persons responsible
Responsible teacher:
Elina Vuorimaa-Laukkanen
Responsible organisation
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences 100 %
Coordinating organisation
Environmental Engineering and Chemistry Studies 100 %
Core content
  • Electrochemical cell and its notation, Nernst equation and the connection between cell potential and equilibrium constant.
  • Statistical thermodynamics: Boltzman distribution, dominant configuration and their and its physical significance. Molecular partition function and molecular energy levels. Calculating the thermodynamic quantites from molecular partition functions.
  • Transport phenomena: diffusion, heat transport in gas phase, viscosity, ionic conductivity.
  • Chemical kinetics: reaction rate, rate laws, integrated rate laws, order of reaction, elementary reactions, steady-state approximation, activated complex theory.
  • Complex reaction mechanisms, homogeneous catalysis, enzyme catalysis, heterogenous catalysis, Langmuir adsorption isotherm, radical chain reactions.
Complementary knowledge
  • Cell potential and activity coefficients.
  • Canonical partition function and residual entropy.
  • viscocity for liquids, experimental setups for determining diffusion coefficients, measuring viscosities, sedimentation.
  • Determining the rate of reactions, diffusion controlled reactions, potential energy surfaces in chemical reactions, experimental techniques for measuring reaction rates.
  • Preequilibrium approximation. Lindeman mechanism, infibitors, photophysical properties, Jablonski diagram.
Specialist knowledge
  • Perturbation-relaxation methhod,
  • Fluorescence quantum yield, fluorescence lifetime, Stern-Volmer equation, photochemicl reactions.
Learning outcomes
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Compulsory prerequisites
Recommended prerequisites
Further information
Learning material
Equivalences
Studies that include this course
Completion option 1
Completion of all options is required.

Exam

27.09.2023 27.09.2023
Active in period 1 (1.8.2023–22.10.2023)
30.08.2023 30.08.2023
Active in period 1 (1.8.2023–22.10.2023)
03.05.2024 03.05.2024
Active in period 4 (4.3.2024–31.5.2024)
10.05.2024 10.05.2024
Active in period 4 (4.3.2024–31.5.2024)

Participation in teaching

04.03.2024 30.04.2024
Active in period 4 (4.3.2024–31.5.2024)
04.03.2024 30.04.2024
Active in period 4 (4.3.2024–31.5.2024)