PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY II (CHEM 311)
SEMESTER 151
Dr Mohamed A. Morsy (coordinator)
Prerequsite:
CHEM 212 or CHE 203 or ME 203.
Thomas Engel and Philip Reid, Physical Chemistry, 3rd Edition, Pearson
Benjamin Education Inc., 2013.
Textbook:
Course
Description: Electrolyte Solutions (Chapter 10), Electrochemical Cells (Chapter 11),
Elementary Chemical Kinetics (Chapter 35), Complex Reaction Mechanisms
(Chapter 36), Transport Phenomena (Chapter 34).
Grade Distribution:
First Major
Second Major
Final Exam
Class Work *
Laboratory **
80 points ............................... (Chapter 10 and 11)
80 points .............................. (Chapter 35 and 36)
100 points .............................. (Comprehensive)
40 points .............................. (of which 8 points are for attendance)
100 points .............................. (Complete lab report is needed/Expt.)
* Class average will be 26/40 (i.e., 65 %). ** Lab section average will be 75 %.
Attendance: Regular attendance is required. A DN grade will be given after 9 unexcused
absences or a total of 15 (excused + unexcused) absences. An officially
authorized excuse for an absence must be submitted to the instructor no later
than 1 week after resumption of class attendance.
Notes:
Sections not appearing in the lecture schedule are not required.
There will be about 5 quizzes during the course.
There will be no make-ups for quizzes.
Students must turn off their mobile phones during lectures, labs and exams.
Students are not allowed to use mobile phones as calculators.
Homework:*
Chapter
Chapter
Chapter
Chapter
Chapter
10:
11:
34:
35:
36:
Problems
Problems
Problems
Problems
Problems
2, 7, 13, 14 15, 17, 21, 23, 26, and 28
3, 9, 11, 13, 20, 23, 25, 26, and 29
3, 10, 11, 15, 19, 21, 25, 27, 30, and 39
2, 7, 12, 14, 19, 23, 26, 30, 36, 42, 45, and 50
1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 17, 19, 21, 23, 24, 28, 31, 33, 38, 43, 45, and 49.
* Questions from homework problems may be given in quizes or exams.
Academic Integrity:
Cheating will not be tolerated. Anyone who cheats in any academic work/assignment will
receive an F in the course and his case will be referred to the office of the Dean of Student
Affairs.
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Course Content:
Chapter 10: Solutions of Electrolytes (5 classes)
Section 1: The Enthalpy, Entropy, and Gibbs Energy of Ion Formation in Solutions,
Section 2: Understanding the Thermodynamics of Ion Formation and Solvation,
Section 3: Activities and Activity Coefficients for Electrolyte Solutions.
Section 4: Calculating γ+- Using the Debye-Hückel Theory,
Section 5: Chemical Equilibrium in Electrolyte Solutions.
Chapter 11: Electrochemical Cells, Batteries and Fuel Cells (9 classes)
Section 1: The Effect of an Electrical Potential on the Chemical Potential of Charged
Species,
Section 2: Conventions and Standard States in Electrochemistry,
Section 3: Measurement of the Reversible Cell Potential,
Section 4: Chemical Reactions in Electrochemical Cells and the Nernst Equation,
Section 5: Combining Standard Electrode Potentials to Determine the Cell Potential,
Section 6: Obtaining Reaction Gibbs Energies and Reaction Entropies from Cell Potentials,
Section 7: The Relationship between the Cell EMF and the Equilibrium Constant,
Section 8: Determination of Eo and Activity Coefficients Using an Electrochemical Cell,
Section 9: Cell Nomenclature and Types of Electrochemical Cells,
Section 10: The Electrochemical Series,
Section 11: Thermodynamics of Batteries and Fuel Cells,
Section 12: The Electrochemistry of Commonly Used Batteries,
Section 13: Fuel Cells (Reading Assignment) – (A one page report on this section may be requested by
the instructor)
Chapter 35: Elementary Chemical Kinetics (11 classes)
Section 1: Introduction to Kinetics,
Section 2: Reaction Rates,
Section 3: Rate Laws,
Section 4: Reaction Mechanisms,
Section 5: Integrated Rate Law Expressions,
Section 6: Numerical Approaches,
Section 7: Sequential First-Order Reactions,
Section 8: Parallel Reactions,
Section 9: Temperature Dependence of Rate Constants,
Section 10: Reversible Reactions and Equilibrium,
Section 11: Perturbation-Relaxation Methods,
Section 12: The Autoionization of Water: A Temperature-Jump Example,
Section 13: Potential Energy Surfaces,
Section 14: Activated Complex Theory,
Section 15: Diffusion Controlled Reactions.
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Chapter 36: Complex Reaction Mechanisms (10 classes)
Section 1: Reaction Mechanisms and Rate Laws,
Section 2: The Preequilibrium Approximation,
Section 3: The
Lindemann Mechanisms,
Section 4: Catalysis,
Section 5: Radical-Chain Reactions,
Section 6: Radical-Chain Polymerization,
Section 9: Photochemistry.
Sections 36.9.4-36.9.6 (Reading Assignment) – (A one page report on photosynthetic
light-harvesting may be requested by the instructor)
Section 10: Electron Transfer.
Chapter 34: Transport Phenomena (9 classes)
Section 1: What is Transport?
Section 2: Mass Transport: Diffusion,
Section 3: The Time Evolution of a Concentration Gradient,
Section 5: Thermal Conduction,
Section 6: Viscosity of Gases,
Section7: Measuring Viscosity,
Section 8: Diffusion in Liquids and Viscosity of Liquids,
Section 9: Sedimentation and Centrifugation,
Section 10: Ionic Conduction.
Learning Outcomes: On completing the course the students should be able to,
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Know the concepts behind the Debye Huckel model and be able to use the Debye-Huckel
Limiting Law (DHLL) equation to obtain the mean ionic activity coefficient of an electrolyte.
Know why and how the standard hydrogen electrode is used to arrive at the table of relative
standard reduction potentials of other electrodes.
Use half-cell potentials to set up electrochemical cells and give their representations.
Use the Nernst equation to calculate the energies of cell reactions.
Apply electrochemical cells to determine important physical properties such as equilibrium
constant, solubility product, pH and activity coefficients.
Differentiate between elementary and composite reactions and derive their rate laws.
Realize the temperature dependence of reaction rates in the light of transition state theory.
Recognize the kinetics of reactions catalysed on solid surfaces.
Apply the steady state approximation to mechanisms of complex reaction and arrive at their
rate laws.
Know the different photophysical processes and calculations of flourescence times and yields
of photochemical reactions.
Know that transport properties are driven by concentration (diffusion), momentum
(viscosity), and temperature (thermal conductivity) gradients and be able to solve problems
on them.
Know the expressions for the ionic conductivities of weak and strong electrolytes.
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Chem-311-142 Class Schedule and Reading Assignments
Remarks
Lecture
1
2
Day
U
T
Date
23-Aug
25- Aug
Chapter
10
10
Section(s)
1,2
3
Or Notes
3
4
Th
U
27-Aug
30-Aug
10
10
4
5
Lab 01
5
6
T
Th
1-Sep
3-Sep
10
11
Quiz/Review
1
Introduction/Rejection
Rule Experiment
7
8
U
T
6-Sep
8-Sep
11
11
2,3
4,5
Lab 02
9
10
Th
U
10-Sep
13-Sep
11
11
6,7
8,9
11
12
T
Th
15-Sep
17-Sep
11
11
10,11
12
13
T
29-Sep
10/11
Review
14
Th
1-Oct
11
Quiz/Review
Lab 03
Id al-Adha Vacation 18-28 Sep., 2015
st
1
Major Exam (Chpt 10 & 11) on Thursday Oct 1 (8:30 PM)
Location to be
Announced
15
16
U
T
4-Oct
6-Oct
35
35
1,2
3,4
Lab 04
Mid Term Grade
17
18
Th
U
8-Oct
11-Oct
35
35
5
6
Course drop W-Grade
Lab 05
19
20
T
Th
13-Oct
15-Oct
35
35
7
8, 9
21
U
18-Oct
35
10
22
T
20-Oct
35
11, 12
23
Th
22-Oct
35
13, 14
24
25
U
T
25-Oct
27-Oct
35
35
14, 15
Quiz/Review
26
Th
29-Oct
36
1
27
U
1-Nov
36
2,3
28
T
3-Nov
36
4.1, 4.2, 4.3
29
30
Th
U
5-Nov
8-Nov
36
36
4.4, 4.5
5, 6
31
32
T
Th
10-Nov
12-Nov
36
36
9.1, 9.2
9.3
33
34
U
T
15-Nov
17-Nov
36
36
10, 10.1
Quiz/Review
35
Th
19-Nov
35,36
Review
2nd Major Exam (Chpt 35 & 36) on Thursday Nov 19 (8:30 PM)
36
U
22-Nov
34
1.2
37
38
T
Th
24-Nov
26-Nov
34
34
2,3
5
39
40
U
T
29-Nov
1-Dec
34
34
6,7
7,8
41
42
Th
U
3-Dec
6-Dec
34
34
9
10
43
44
T
Th
8-Dec
10-Dec
34
10/11
Quiz/Review
Review
45
U
13-Dec
35,36
Review
Final Exam (Comprehensive) on Thursday Dec 17 (7:00 PM)
4
Lab 06
Lab 07
Lab 08
Semester drop W-grade
Lab 09
No lab
Location to be
Announced
Lab 10
Lab 11
Lab Grades
Location to be
Announced