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Course unit, curriculum year 2024–2025
KEM.250
Physical Chemistry 2, 5 cr
Tampere University
- Description
- Completion options
Teaching periods
Active in period 1 (1.8.2024–20.10.2024)
Active in period 4 (3.3.2025–31.5.2025)
Course code
KEM.250Language of instruction
English, FinnishAcademic years
2024–2025, 2025–2026, 2026–2027Level of study
Intermediate studiesGrading scale
General scale, 0-5Persons responsible
Responsible teacher:
Elina Vuorimaa-LaukkanenResponsible 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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Completion option 1
Estimated total time student spents in this course is 130 h. The only mandatory part of the course is passing the exam.
Completion of all options is required.
Exam
28.08.2024 – 28.08.2024
Active in period 1 (1.8.2024–20.10.2024)
Participation in teaching
04.03.2025 – 30.04.2025
Active in period 4 (3.3.2025–31.5.2025)
04.03.2025 – 30.04.2025
Active in period 4 (3.3.2025–31.5.2025)