KE508: Physical Chemistry B
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Entry requirements
Fundamental Chemistry (FF503 or KE501), KE523 Physical Chemistry A (or KE537 Microscopic and macroscopic physical chemistry) and KE528 Introductory inorganic chemistry (or KE521 Chemistry of the elements) are expected.
Academic preconditions
- have knowledge of introductory chemistry and willingness to extend and apply this knowledge to towards physical chemistry,
- be able to use basic physical chemistry principles from the course KE537.
- be able to perform basic calculations such as working with fractions, use of force laws, converting decimal powers, use and conversion of physical units, read and pool tables for the presentation of properties, prepare readable data graphs,
- be able to use basic algebra and rewrite algebraic equations in order to apply them to describe physico-chemical phenomena,
- have some understanding about statistical and systematic errors and about error propagation.
Course introduction
concepts of physical chemistry, and to apply them in the laboratory, and extend them towards non-ideal behavior. Furthermore, physical chemistry principles will be applied to biological systems. The
students will get more familiar with the dependence of systems on
temperature, pressure and composition. Students will solve quantitative exercises in tutorial sessions to test their ability to apply physical chemistry principles. The
students will also apply general laboratory techniques to conduct 6-7 laboratory exercises. They are expected to submit professional scientific lab reports with careful error analysis.
The laboratory part includes simple physico-chemical methods such as
calorimetry, vapor pressure measurements, conductivity measurements,
quantitative material determination, etc. The theoretical and
practical topics are chosen so that they serve as a repetition but also
for deepening of relevant details from the course syllabus.
The
course builds on the knowledge acquired in the courses of the first two
and half years of the bachelor's program, and it provides a basis for
applying and extending previous knowledge with regard to experimental
verification and reporting. Focus is hands-on laboratory work.
In relation to the competence profile of the degree it is the explicit focus of the course to:
- provide knowledge about the physico-chemical characteristics of chemical and biochemical systems.
- develop skills to gather new knowledge and combine it with a specific experimental task,
- provide
skills to break down the task into its specific aspects and establish
formal plans and documentation about the activity (on sample making, on
data acquisition, making tables, graphing data, etc.) - make the students practice collaboration and communication skills in laboratory exercises.
Expected learning outcome
- be able to apply basic mathematics for use in the laboratory and for data analysis;
- quantitatively apply physical chemistry principles on biological systems
- apply physical chemistry principles to non-ideal systems encountered more frequently in real life.
- identify the central topics to conduct the lab exercise and to read up the scientific background (using textbooks, hand -outs, Internet sources, etc.);
- document the course progress continuously by writing an individual notebook while working, for later use during the oral exam
- take data and analyze them applying the knowledge gained throughout the course,
- evaluate the literature for the discussion of their results,
- draw a scientific conclusion on the lab exercise outcome.
Content
- deepened knowledge on physical chemistry (non-ideal behavior, mixtures, reaction kinetics, etc.)
- application of physical chemistry principles to biology and non-ideal systems
- introduction into experimental work in physical chemistry,
- introduction to the planning and implementation of hands-on lab exercises,
- introduction to data collection and statistical analysis
Literature
- Atkins, P., & de Paula, J. and Ronald Freidmann., Physical Chemistry, Quanta, Matter and Change (2nd ed.) Oxford, Great Britain: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780199609819
See Blackboard for syllabus lists and additional literature references.
Examination regulations
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Participation in laboratory exercises
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Active contribution during the laboratory work in teams, completion of the laboratory work and data analysis.
The prerequisite examination is a prerequisite for participation in exam element a)
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Prerequisites
Type | Prerequisite name | Prerequisite course |
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Examination part | Prerequisites for participating in the exam element a) | N530022101, KE508: Physical Chemistry B |
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Oral examination
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Indicative number of lessons
Teaching Method
Intro Phase: 20
Training phase: 32, hereof 8 hours of tutorials and 24 hours of lab.exercises
Intro phase: The theoretical part of the course delves deeper into the concepts of Physical Chemistry. This involves lectures, discussions in class, and the reading up of lecture contents.
The training phase has two components:
- The tutorial sessions will be used to test and establish the quantitative understanding of physical chemistry concepts. This involves about 6 2-hour tutorial sessions with the instructor.
- Laboratory sessions for the practical implementation of the concepts learnt in the training phase. There will be 6-7 laboratory exercises, one of them possibly computational.
- preparation for the
laboratory exercises: collection of the essential topics of the
experiments, preparation of tables to enter details on sample making,
and preparation of tables for the data to take, - reading about the background behind the laboratory exercises, entering the details into the course notebook
- writing laboratory reports for the experiments as hand in and as training for the bachelor thesis writing.
The study phase spans the entire course, and the students work on the lectures (go through reading materials), work on problem sets provided for the tutorial sessions; and go through background material for the laboratory sessions.