Course Code (credit): CUNT2475 (3-0-1)
Surface Science and Thermodynamics
Teacher
Dr. Ashish Kumar Sahoo
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Course objective
- To have understanding of behavior of surfaces and surface phenomenon.
- To understand concepts of thermodynamics
- To have proper understanding of chemical kinetics
Learning Outcomes
| COs | Course outcomes | Mapping COs with POs (High-3, Medium-2, Low-1) |
| CO1 | After the completion of the course, students will have lots of conceptual understanding of the surface phenomenon
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PO1 (3) |
| CO2 | Students will be able to apply the concepts predicting the themodynamic behavious pertaining to the feasibility of processes and/or chemical reactions. | PO2 (3) |
| CO3 | They will understand and determine kinetic parameters of any reactions, which is an useful skill in different chemical industries and also in research
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PO4 (3) |
Module I: (4 hours)
Colloids and surfaces: Stability and properties of colloids; isotherms and surface area; heterogeneous catalysis.
Module II: (4 hours)
Chemical thermodynamics: Laws, state and path functions and their applications; thermodynamic description of various types of processes; Maxwell’s relations; spontaneity and equilibria; temperature and pressure dependence of thermodynamic quantities;
Module III: (4 hours)
Le Chatelier principle; elementary description of phase transitions; phase equilibria and phase rule; thermodynamics of ideal and non-ideal gases, and solutions.
Module IV: (4 hours)
Statistical thermodynamics: Boltzmann distribution; kinetic theory of gases; partition functions and their relation to thermodynamic quantities - calculations for model systems.
Module V:(4 hours)
Electrochemistry: Nernst equation, redox systems, electrochemical cells; Debye- Huckel theory; electrolytic conductance - Kohlrausch’s law and its applications; ionic equilibria; conductometric and potentiometric titrations.
Module VI:(4 hours)
Chemical kinetics: Empirical rate laws and temperature dependence; complex reactions; steady state approximation; determination of reaction mechanisms; Collision and transition state theories of rate constants; unimolecular reactions; enzyme kinetics; salt effects; homogeneous catalysis; photochemical reactions.
Module VII:(6 hours)
Environmental chemistry:Introduction to Environmental Chemistry. Stratospheric Chemistry: The Ozone Layer and The Ozone Holes, The Chemistry of Ground-Level Air Pollution, The Environmental and Health Consequences of Polluted Air – Outdoors and Indoors, The Detailed Chemistry of the Atmosphere. The Greenhouse Effect, Fossil-Fuel Energy, CO2 Emissions, climate change, Renewable Energy, Alternative Fuels, and the Hydrogen Economy. Dioxins, Furans, PCBs, Radioactivity, Radon, Nuclear Energy, Water Chemistry and Water Pollution; Toxic Heavy Metals, Wastes, Soils, and Sediments
Project: Students shall have to complete a given project related to the domain topics and submit report.
Books for Reference
- Physical Chemistry: P.W. Atkins, J.D. Paula, Oxford III University Press, 8th Edition.
- Modem Electrochemistry: Vol.-I and Vol. II, J.O.M. Bockris, A.K. N. Reddy, and M. G. Aldeco, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2nd Edition.
- Chemical Kinetics: K. J. Laidler, Person Education Inc. 3rd Edition
- Principles of Physical Chemistry: B. R. Puri, L. R. Sharma, and M. S. pathania, Vishal Publishing Co. 42nd Edition.
Session 2
Stability and properties of colloids
Session 5
Laws of thermodynamics, state and path functions, and their applications
Session 8
Temperature and pressure dependence of thermodynamic quantities
Session 15
Partition functions and their relation to thermodynamic quantities
Session 18
Electrochemical cells; Debye- Huckel theory
Session 19
Electrolytic conductance - Kohlrausch’s law and its applications
Session 20
Ionic equilibria; conductometric and potentiometric titrations
Session 21
Chemical kinetics: Empirical rate laws and temperature dependence
Session 22
Complex reactions; steady state approximation; determination of reaction mechanisms
Session 23
Collision and transition state theories of rate constants; unimolecular reactions
Session 24
Enzyme kinetics; salt effects; homogeneous catalysis; photochemical reactions
Session 25
Introduction to Environmental Chemistry, Stratospheric Chemistry: The Ozone Layer and The Ozone Holes
Session 26
The Chemistry of Ground-Level Air Pollution, The Environmental and Health Consequences of Polluted Air – Outdoors and Indoors
Session 27
The Detailed Chemistry of the Atmosphere. The Greenhouse Effect, Fossil-Fuel Energy, CO2 Emissions, climate change
Session 28
Renewable Energy, Alternative Fuels, and the Hydrogen Economy
Session 29
Dioxins, Furans, PCBs, Radioactivity, Radon, Nuclear Energy
Session 30
Water Chemistry and Water Pollution, Toxic Heavy Metals, Wastes, Soils, and Sediments
Our Main Teachers
Dr. Ashish Kumar Sahoo has 3 years of teaching experience in undergraduate as well as postgraduate level. His areas of interest are in Advanced Physical Chemistry and Material Chemistry. Dr. Sahoo has a number of international publications. His research interest semiconducting materials in both pure as well as interstitially dopped and making use of simple […]