ECTS credits ECTS credits: 6
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 99 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 24 Interactive Classroom: 24 Total: 150
Use languages Spanish, Galician, English
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Physical Chemistry
Areas: Physical Chemistry
Center Faculty of Chemistry
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable
At the end of the course the students must have the ability
• To understand the principal aspects of the thermodynamics and their applications to chemistry
• To dominate the concepts, laws and theories related with chemistry
• To design qualitative and quantitative problems using the developed models. To interpretate the expermimental dates obtained in laboratory using theories and models applied in chemistry
1. First law of thermodynamics.
Basic concepts. Zeroth law of thermodynamics. First law of thermodynamics. Heat. Work. Heat capacity. Definition of enthalpy.
2. Second and third laws of thermodynamics.
Spontaneous process. Thermodynamical definition of entropy. Second law. Calculation of entropy variations in typical process. Third law. Zero entropy.
3. Thermodynamic functions.
General conditions of equilibrium and spontaneity. The Gibbs and Helmholtz energies. Standard reaction Gibbs energy. Thermodynamic relations for a system at equilibrium. The variation of the Gibbs energy with pressure and temperature. Chemical potential. Partial molar quantities.
4. Chemical equilibrium.
Introduction. Equilibrium constant and the application to ideal gases. The response of equilibria to the conditions. Heterogeneous equilibrium.
5. Phase equilibrium for one-component systems.
Definitions. The phase rule. Phase diagram and application to one-component systems. Three typical phase diagrams. The stability of phases. Phase transitions.
6. Solutions.
Introductions. Thermodynamics of mixing. Ideal solutions. Ideal-dilute solutions. Excess functions. Colligative properties. Real solutions. Activity. Ionic solutions.
7. Phase equilibrium for two-component systems.
Definitions. Vapour pressure diagram. Temperature-composition diagram. Liquid-liquid phase diagram. Liquid-solid phase diagram.
Practices Program:
Practice 1. Partial molar volume of a binary mixture.
Practice 2. Phase diagrams: ternary system.
Practice 3. Solid-liquid phase diagram of a binary system.
BASIC BIBLIOGRAPHY:
• P.Atkins and J. de Paula, Química Física, 8ª Edición, Oxford U.P. 2008.
• P.Atkins and J. de Paula, Physical Chemistry, 8th Edition, Oxford U.P. 2006.
Online resources
• Chemistry LibreTexts. University of California Davis. Map: Physical Chemistry (Atkins et al.)
https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemis…
COMPLEMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHY:
• I.N. Levine, Fisicoquímica Volumen 1, 5ª Edición, 2004, MacGraw-Hill Inc./ Interamericana de España, S.A.U, 2004.
• J.A. Rodríguez Renuncio, J.J. Ruiz Sánchez y J.S. Urieta, Termodinámica Química, 2ª Ed. Síntesis, 2000.
• T. Engel y P. Reid, Química Física 8ª Ed. Pearson, Addison-Weley, 2006.
• T. Engel y P. Reid, Thermodynamics, Statistical Thermodynamics & Kinetics, 3ª Ed. Pearson, 2013.
• M. C. Buján Núñez, Problemas de termodinámica para estudiantes de química, Universidade de Santiago, Servizo de Publicacións e Intercambio Científico, 2018.
• J.A. Rodríguez Renuncio, J.J. Ruiz Sánchez y J.S. Urieta, Problemas resueltos de Termodinámica Química. Síntesis, 2000.
• P.W. Atkins, Students Solutions Manual for Physical Chemistry, 6th Edition, Oxford U.P. 1998.
• M. Del Barrio Casado, E. Bravo Guil, F. J. Lana Pons, D. O López Pérez, J. Salud Puig, J. L. Tamarit Mur, Problemas resueltos de Termodinámica Química Thomson, 2005.
Online resources
• Chemistry LibreTexts. University of California Davis. Map: Thermodynamics and Chemistry (DeVoe)
https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemis…
• Chemistry LibreTexts. University of California Davis. Map: Thermodynamics and Chemical Equilibrium (Ellgen)
https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemis…
• Chemistry LibreTexts. University of California Davis. Map: Physical Chemistry (Fleming)
https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemis…
COMPETENCES
GENERAL SKILLS
CG1. To be able to understand the most important concepts, methods and results of the different Chemistry branches and their historical development.
CG3. The ability to apply the theoretical/practical knowledge and the analysis and abstraction capacities to raise problems and look for their solutions, both in academic and professional context.
CG4. To be able to communicate chemical knowledge, procedures, results and ideas, by means of oral presentations and written reports, to a specialized and non-specialized audience.
SKILLS
CT1. The ability to analyse and summarise.
CT4. Problem solving
SPECIFIC SKILLS
General competences:
CE5. Thermodynamic principles and their applications in Chemistry.
CE13. The ability to demonstrate knowledge of essential facts, concepts, principles, and theories relating to chemistry areas.
CE14. To solve qualitative and quantitative problems following previously developed models.
CE20. Interpretation of experimental data from laboratory measurements in terms of their meaning and on theoretical basis.
Large group lectures: Lectures can have different formats (theory, problems and / or general examples, general guidelines on the matter ....) The teacher may have the support of audiovisual and computer facilities. Usually these classes will follow the contents of a proposed reference manual in the Teaching Guide of the subject. Attendance at these classes is recommended.
Interactive classes: Theoretical / practical classes in which the teacher presents applications of the theory, problems, exercises ... The students must participate actively in these classes. The teacher may have the support of audiovisual and computer facilities. Attendance at these classes is mandatory.
Laboratory practices: These classes take place in laboratory. The students acquire chemical lab skills and consolidate the knowledge gained in the lectures. The student's personal work in this activity is greatly reduced. For these practices, the student will have a laboratory manual, including general observations about the laboratory work and a script of each of the practices. The student will have to attend every practice session having read carefully the contents of this manual. Following an explanation by the teacher, the students will perform, individually or in groups of two, experiences and calculations required for the achievement of the objectives of the practice. The students should collect data, calculations and derived results, which will be presented to teacher the same day or the next session and which will be evaluated. Attendance at these classes is mandatory. There will have an exam at the end of practical session.
Tutorials in very small group: Tutorials are scheduled by the teacher and coordinated by the Centre. In general, each student will have two hours per semester and subject. Activities as clarification of doubts about the theory or practice, problems, exercises, readings, and the presentation and discussion of individual or small group work may be proposed. Attendance at these classes is mandatory.
A virtual classroom for this subject is available (USC Virtual Campus).
Scene 1:
-Lectures and seminars will be mainly face-to-face in the classroom. Exceptionally, 10 % of these classes may take place online (via streaming, MS Teams or using the Virtual Classroom).
-Tutorials will be mainly in the classroom, but can also take place online (via streaming, MS Teams or using the Virtual Classroom).
-Laboratory sessions will be presential.
-Final exams will be presential.
Scene 2:.
- Lectures may take place totally online (if it is not possible to keep a security distance in the teaching facilities) via streaming, MS Teams or the Virtual Classroom, or 50% presential and 50 % online if the classroom allows to keep the required distance between students.
Up to 50 % of the total hours of seminars and laboratory sessions may be online (via streaming, MS Teams or the Virtual Classroom) if required to keep the safety distance and the rest face-to-face.
-Tutorials will be preferentially online (via streaming, MS Teams or using the Virtual Classroom).
-Final exams will be preferentially online, using the Virtual Classroom.
Scene 3:.
-Lectures will be online, mainly synchronous by videoconference (MS Teams), but videos with audio, available in the Virtual Classroom at the scheduled time for the class, can also be used.
-Seminars will be synchronous online by videoconference (MS Teams) and/or via the Virtual Classroom.
-Tutorials will be synchronous online (MS Teams) and/or via the Virtual Classroom.
-Laboratory experiments will be online based (MS Teams and the virtual classroom) at the scheduled sessions. The experimental part of these lab sessions will be replaced by illustrative videos. Experimental data sets will be provided to the students for them to do the data analysis and discussion of their results and a final report. Students will upload the report to the Virtual Classroom platform for assessment
-Final exams will be online via the Virtual Classroom.
Both in the ordinary opportunity and in the second opportunity the assessment system will have two parts:
Summative assessment, (40%) which in turn consists of:
- Laboratory Practices: work in the lab and test (20%).
- Summative assessment exams (20%).
- Active participation in lectures, interactive and laboratory class: Those students showing an active participation in seminars, tutorials, lectures and lab sessions can get an additional 10% increase of the continuous assessment final mark.
Final exam (60%). The final exam will consist on:
-a part with questions about basic concepts of the subject and some numerical problems (a minimum mark in both the questions and the problems will be required). The weight of this part in the final exam will be 85 %.
-a second part with questions connected to the laboratory experiments (15% of the final exam).
The final mark will never be lower than the mark obtained on the final exam or than the weighted mark obtained taking into account summative student assessment (but the student must pass the laboratory practices).
All the above is also applicable to those students who are repeating the course except for the laboratory classes, that will be only compulsory for those who have not passed them (however, all students must do the laboratory test).
Attendance to at least 60 % of seminar and tutorial classes is mandatory to be allowed a summative assessment.
Attendance to all the laboratory sessions and handing in the required assignments is mandatory. Students failing to do so will not pass the subject. Students unable to attend any of the lab sessions (with a good reason) will contact the teacher to reschedule it for another date.
The assessment system will be independent of the teaching scene. The only difference between the three scenes will be that the assessment activities will be presential or non-presential depending of the scene.
Scene 1:
All the assessment activities will be presential.
Scene 2:
Summative assessment activities will be either presential or online via the Virtual Classroom. The final exams will be preferentially online via the Virtual Classroom.
Scene 3:
All the assessment activities will be online via the Virtual Classroom.
In case fraudulent exercises or exams are detected what is compiled in “Normativa de evaluación del rendimiento académico de los estudiantes y de revisión de calificaciones” will be applied.
Competence Assessment:
Interactive classes: CG1, CG3, CG4, CT1, CT4, CE5, CE13, CE14
Laboratory Practices: CG1, CG3, CG4, CT1, CT4, CE5, CE20
Tutorial classes: CG1, CG3, CG4, CT4, CE5, CE13, CE14
Final exam: CG1, CG3, CT1, CT4, CE5, CE13, CE14
Working hours in the classroom:
- Large group lectures: 23 hours
- Interactive classes: 10 hours
- Laboratory practices: 20 hours
- Tutorials: 2 hours
Total: 55 hours
Personal working hours:
- Individual or group self-study: 46 hours
- Solution of exercises, or other works: 22 hours
- Preparation of oral or written presentations and proposed exercises. Library or similar activities: 10 hours
- Preparation of laboratory work: 17 hours
Total: 95 hours
- Attendance to the lectures is recommended.
- It is important to study every day.
- The solution of problems is fundamental in this subject.
PREREQUISITES
This course requires substantial knowledge of mathematics and physics. It is therefore recommended that the student has passed the subjects of maths and physics of the first year and General Chemistry II.
CONTINGENCY PLAN
A virtual classroom for this subject is available (USC Virtual Campus).
Communication with students will take place via MS Teams and the Virtual Classroom.
Adjustments of Teaching Methodology to Scenes 2 and 3
Scene 2
- Lectures may take place totally online (if it is not possible to keep a security distance in the teaching facilities) via streaming, MS Teams or the Virtual Classroom, or 50% presential and 50 % online if the classroom allows to keep the required distance between students.
Up to 50 % of the total hours of seminars and laboratory sessions may be online (via streaming, MS Teams or the Virtual Classroom) if required to keep the safety distance and the rest face-to-face.
-Tutorials will be preferentially online (via streaming, MS Teams or using the Virtual Classroom).
-Final exams will be preferentially online, using the Virtual Classroom.
Scene 3
-Lectures will be online, mainly synchronous by videoconference (MS Teams), but videos with audio, available in the Virtual Classroom at the scheduled time for the class, can also be used.
-Seminars will be synchronous online by videoconference (MS Teams) and/or via the Virtual Classroom.
-Tutorials will be synchronous online (MS Teams) and/or via the Virtual Classroom.
-Laboratory experiments will be online based (MS Teams and the virtual classroom) at the scheduled sessions. The experimental part of these lab sessions will be replaced by illustrative videos. Experimental data sets will be provided to the students for them to do the data analysis and discussion of their results and a final report. Students will upload the report to the Virtual Classroom platform for assessment
-Final exams will be online via the Virtual Classroom.
Adjustments of Assessment system to Scenes 2 and 3
The assessment system will be independent of the teaching scene. The only difference between the three scenes will be that the assessment activities will be presential or non-presential depending of the scene.
Scene 1
All the assessment activities will be presential.
Scene 2
Summative assessment activities will be either presential or online via the Virtual Classroom. The final exams will be preferentially online via the Virtual Classroom.
Scene 3
All the assessment activities will be online via the Virtual Classroom.
Communication channels with the students in Scenes 2 and 3
In scenes 2 and 3, the teachers will be available for the students via MS Teams at the scheduled time.
Maria Del Carmen Rios Rodriguez
Coordinador/a- Department
- Physical Chemistry
- Area
- Physical Chemistry
- Phone
- 881814404
- carmen.rios [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
María De La Flor Rodríguez Prieto
- Department
- Physical Chemistry
- Area
- Physical Chemistry
- Phone
- 881814208
- flor.rodriguez.prieto [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor
Maria Carmen Bujan Nuñez
- Department
- Physical Chemistry
- Area
- Physical Chemistry
- Phone
- 881814228
- mariadelcarmen.bujan [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Emilio Martinez Nuñez
- Department
- Physical Chemistry
- Area
- Physical Chemistry
- Phone
- 881814223
- emilio.nunez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
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