‫المملكة العربية السعودية‬
‫وزارة التربية والتعليم‬
‫جامعة اإلمام محمد بن سعود اإلسالمية‬
‫ قسم الكيمياء‬- ‫كلية العلوم‬
KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
Ministry of Higher Education
Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University
College of Science – Department Chemistry
2012/2013 SEMESTER 01 SYLLABUS
Course Name
& Code
Course Name
Credit
Hours
Lec
Lab
Tut
Prerequisites
CHM 241
Physical Chemistry 1
4
2
3
1
CHM 102
1. Course: CHM 241, Physical Chemistry
Improving the students’ knowledge of the laws of classical thermodynamics followed by applications to
the properties of gases, liquids, and solids as well as to solutions, phase and chemical equilibria. Kinetic
theory of gases at equilibrium.
2. Instructor Information
Dr. Mortaga Abou-Krisha
My office is on the third floor SR59.
My email is m_abou_krisha@yahoo.com
3. Office Hours
Seek help when you need it! The best time to catch me at my office is during my office hours, or by
appointment. In the following the office hours
Monday 12:30 – 14:20
Tuesday 10:00 – 11:50
During office hours I will be pleased to speak with students without an appointment. If you would like
to see me at another time, please arrange for an appointment before or after class or by e-mail. Since
office hours give students the opportunity to ask in-depth questions and to explore points of
confusion or interest that cannot be fully addressed in class so please come to the office hours.
4. References: Required Textbook & Internal Website
I shall use Physical Chemistry. 8th Edition New York, NY: W.H. Freeman and Company, 2001 (
ISBN: 9780716735397) by Atkins, P., and J. de Paula. Students are required to purchase the
textbook/materials (it is an obligation). The book contains the lecture notes as well as activities for
the students to take part in; the book serves as a workbook. Other essential referencesare:
a) K. J. Laidler, J. H. Meiser, B. C. Sanctuary, Physical Chemistry, Houghton Mifflin
Company, 2003, 4th Ed or later
b) G.M. Barrow “Physical Chmistry” 5th Edition, McGraw-Hill
c) Ira N. Levine “Physical Chemistry" 5th Edition, McGraw-Hill ( ISBN: 0-07-231808-2)
d) Silbey, R., R. Alberty, and M. Bawendi. Physical Chemistry. 4th ed. New York, NY: John
Wiley & Sons, 2004. ISBN: 9780471215042.
Internal website: \\10.10.70.70\ScienceShareFolder
http://www.chemistry.college.hmco.com
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‫المملكة العربية السعودية‬
‫وزارة التربية والتعليم‬
‫جامعة اإلمام محمد بن سعود اإلسالمية‬
‫ قسم الكيمياء‬- ‫كلية العلوم‬
KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
Ministry of Higher Education
Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University
College of Science – Department Chemistry
5. Topics Outline
chapter 1 – Fundamental Concepts
of thermodynamics
Chapter 2 – Heat, work, Internal Energy, Enthalpy
and the first law of thermodynamics
5 & 6& 7& 8
1 & 2 & 3& 4
Week
Chapter
Disclaimer: this is a very fast-paced course. There will be little time—if any—for review. What follows
is an approximate outline of the pace of the course. We may go faster or slower, contingent on class
response. The semi-official syllabus for this course, with all the caveats that the word “semi-official”
entails, can be found here:
Topics
Nature of physical chemistry. Classical mechanics
and Properties of Gases, The Perfect Gas – States of
gases
Gas laws, Individual Gases, Boyle’s Law, Charles’s
and Gay-Lussac’s law, Avogadro’s Principle,
Graham’s law, Perfect (Ideal) Gas Equation,
Mixtures of Gases.
Dalton’s Law, Mole Fractions, Real Gases, , Virial
coefficients, Molecular Interactions, Compression
factor Boyle’s Temperature, CO2 Phase Diagram,
Condensation.
Critical Constants, van der Waals Equations,
Principle of Corresponding States, Kinetic Model of
Gases.
Introduction to Thermodynamics, Basic Concepts
(Work, Heat and Energy), ZERO’th Law. The First
Law of Thermodynamics - Conservation of Energy,
Systems and Surroundings.
Expansion Work, General Expression for Work,
Free Expansion, Expansion Against Constant
Pressure, Reversible Expansion, Isothermal
Reversible
Expansion,
Heat
Transactions,
Calorimetry, Heat Capacity.
Enthalpy, Definition of Enthalpy, Measurement of
Enthalpy, Variation of Enthalpy with Temperature,
Relation Between Heat Capacities, Adiabatic
Change, Work of Adiabatic Change, Heat Capacity
and Adiabats.
Standard Enthalpy Changes, Enthalpies of Physical
Change, Enthalpies of Chemical Change, Hess’
Law, Standard Enthalpies of Formation Changes,
Reaction Enthalpy & Enthalpy of Formation, Group
Contributions,
Temperature
Dependence
of
Reaction Enthalpies.
Reading
Assignments
Suggested
Problems
Hours
Tot
Numbers
Sect.
3
Sect.
3
12
Sect.
3
Sect.
3
3
Sect.
3
12
Sect.
3
Sec.
3
MIDTERM 1 - DURING THE EIGHTH WEEK
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‫المملكة العربية السعودية‬
‫وزارة التربية والتعليم‬
‫جامعة اإلمام محمد بن سعود اإلسالمية‬
‫ قسم الكيمياء‬- ‫كلية العلوم‬
Chapter 4 – Entropy and the Second Chapter 3 – the state function,
Law and third law of thermodynamics Internal Energy and Enthalpy
11 & 12 & 13
9 & 10
Week
Chapter
KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
Ministry of Higher Education
Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University
College of Science – Department Chemistry
Topics
Reading
Assignments
Suggested
Problems
Hours
Tot
Numbers
State Functions, Exact and inexact differentials,
1.5
Changes in internal energy, The Joule experiment,
Changes in internal energy at constant p.
1.5
6
Sect.
Temperature Dependence of Enthalpy, Changes in
enthalpy at constant volume,
1.5
Isothermal compressibility, Joule-Thomson effect,
CV vs. Cp.
1.5
The second law of thermodynamics. Carnot Cycle
and entropy: The Concepts, Direction of
Spontaneous Change, Dispersal of Energy, Entropy,
Thermodynamic definition, Entropy as a State
Function, The Clausius Inequality.
Entropy of Phase Transition at the Transition
Temperature, Expansion of the Perfect Gas,
Variation
of
Entropy
with
Temperature,
Measurement of Entropy.
Third Law of Thermodynamics, Nernst Heat
Theorem, Third-Law Entropies, Reaching Very Low
Temperatures, Helmholtz and Gibbs Energies,
Helmholtz Energy, Maximum Work, Gibbs Energy,
Maximum Non-Expansion Work, Standard Molar
Gibbs Energies.
Sect.
3
Sect.
3
Sect.
3
9
Chapter 5 – Gibbs Free
Energy & Equilibrium
REVIEW
16
14 &15
MIDTERM 2 - DURING THE thirteenth WEEK
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Combining First and Second Laws, Properties of the
Internal Energy, Properties of the Gibbs Energy,
The Chemical Potential of a Pure Substance.
3
Sect.
6
Real Gases: The Fugacity, Definition of Fugacity,
Standard States of Gases, Relation Between
Fugacity and Pressure.
Sect.
REVIEW
ALL
3
ALL
3
CHM 241
3
‫المملكة العربية السعودية‬
‫وزارة التربية والتعليم‬
‫جامعة اإلمام محمد بن سعود اإلسالمية‬
‫ قسم الكيمياء‬- ‫كلية العلوم‬
KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
Ministry of Higher Education
Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University
College of Science – Department Chemistry
Topics to be covered (Laboratories)
Topics
Lab No.
Lab 01
Safety and Laboratory equipment's and measurements and reports
Number
of Weeks
Contact
hours
1
2
Gas Laws
Lab 02
Boyle and Mariette’s law (P, V)
1
3
Lab 03
Amontons’ law (P,T)
1
3
Lab 04
Gay-Lussac’s law (V, T)
1
3
Thermochemistry/ calorimetry
Lab 05
Boiling point elevation
1
3
Lab 06
Freezing point depression
1
3
Lab 07
Molecular Weight Determination by Freezing Point Depression
1
3
Lab 08
Determining the Molecular Mass of liquid
1
3
Lab 09
Calibration of a calorimeter and Determination of the specific heat
capacity of a metal
1
3
Lab11
Review
1
3
2 Course components (total contact hours per semester):
Lecture: 35 hours
Tutorial: 12 hours
Laboratory: 29 hours
Practical/Field
work/Internship
Other:
6. Exams & Grading System
The semi-official dates of the exams for this course, with all the caveats that the word “semi-official”
entails, can be found here:
 Midterm 1:
Wednesday 25/4/1434
۩
01/12/2010
 Intermediate
Saturday
26/06/1432
۩
01/01/2011
 Midterm 2:
Saturday
26/06/1432
۩
01/01/2011
 Final Exam:
18/02/1432 → 29/02/1432 ۩ 22/01/2011 → 02/02/2011
(Exams can be shifted one week)
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CHM 241
‫المملكة العربية السعودية‬
‫وزارة التربية والتعليم‬
‫جامعة اإلمام محمد بن سعود اإلسالمية‬
‫ قسم الكيمياء‬- ‫كلية العلوم‬
KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
Ministry of Higher Education
Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University
College of Science – Department Chemistry
Your course grade will be based on Final Exam, Midterms, Homework, Quizzes, Participation,
Attendance and Project.
Midterm 1: 20 %
Midterm 2: 20 %
Intermediate exams:10 %
Quizzes, Homework, Attendance, Participation: 10%
Final Exam: 40 %
A+:
A:
B+:
B:
C+:
C:
D+:
D:
95% - 100 %
90% - 94%
85% - 89%
80% - 84%
75% - 79%
70% - 74%
65% - 69%
60% - 64%
7. Student Attendance/Absence
Only three situations will be considered as possible excused absences:
 Occurrence of a birth or death in the immediate family will be excused. (“Immediate family” is
defined by the University as spouse, grandparents, parents, brother, or sister).
 Severe illness in which a student is under the care of a doctor and physically unable to attend
class will be excused. Students are not excused for a doctor's appointment. Do not make
appointments that conflict with rehearsals. Notes from the University Health Center will be
accepted.
8. Appropriate Classroom Behavior
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


Please be on time for class. It is distracting to me as to your other classmates to have people come
in late.
Please switch off pagers and cell phones before entering the classroom. Abstain from bringing
friends or small children to the classroom.
Be courteous and considerate to your other classmates and to me.
Do not ask for extra credit, as none will be given.
Homework may be assigned, but not collected. Do the assigned homework.
NOTE: This syllabus is tentative and should not be considered definitive. The
instructor reserves the right to modify it (including the dates of the tests) to meet the
needs of the class. It is the student responsibility to attend class regularly and to make
note of any change.
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