CHEME 2200

Physical Chemistry II for Engineers

Course Description

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Applications of quantum chemistry to (1) the interaction of electromagnetic radiation with matter for spectroscopy and strategic bond breaking and (2) the behavior of electrons in solids – insulators, conductors, and semiconductors. Quantum and statistical mechanics for classical thermodynamics – 1st and 2nd laws, phase equilibrium, chemical equilibrium, and heat pumps. Devising rate equations for chemical reactor design from experiment and theory – kinetic theory of gases and transition state theory.

When Offered Spring.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: MATH 2930, CHEM 3890, PHYS 2213, and ENGRD 2190.

• Predict the outcome of electromagnetic radiation interacting with a substance – heating, chemical dissociation, or ionization.
• Predict if a solid is an insulator, conductor, or semiconductor.
• Understand the effects of doping a semiconductor for electronic devices – conduction paths, diodes, and transistors.
• Analyze experimental data to obtain a rate equation.
• Analyze a rate equation, an overall reaction, and chemical intuition to devise a mechanism of elementary chemical reactions for homogeneous and heterogeneous (solid-catalyzed) reactions.
• Predict the spontaneity of a chemical process.
• Devise a heat engine or heat pump and calculate the efficiency.
• Analyze the phase behavior of a pure substance.
• Analyze the phase behavior of a binary mixture.
• Predict the spontaneity of a chemical process; design a chemical reactor with recycle.

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