Surface Science and Thermodynamics

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Dr. Ashish Kumar Sahoo

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Course Code (credit): CUNT2475 (3-0-1)

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

 

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

 

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

  1. Physical Chemistry: P.W. Atkins, J.D. Paula, Oxford III University Press, 8th Edition.
  2. Modem Electrochemistry: Vol.-I and Vol. II, J.O.M. Bockris, A.K. N. Reddy, and M. G. Aldeco, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2nd Edition.
  3. Chemical Kinetics: K. J. Laidler, Person Education Inc. 3rd Edition
  4. Principles of Physical Chemistry: B. R. Puri, L. R. Sharma, and M. S. pathania, Vishal Publishing Co. 42nd Edition.

Session 1

Introduction to colloids and surfaces

https://youtu.be/QWjufDhjbdc

Session 2

Stability and properties of colloids

https://youtu.be/8sz4CdY3v0k

https://youtu.be/T6AGwoiLviI

Session 3

Isotherms and surface area

https://youtu.be/02uRHbYoPrQ

https://youtu.be/LPfbCWpzj1o

Session 4

Heterogeneous catalysis

https://youtu.be/1eFg6f3quiU

Session 5

Laws of thermodynamics, state and path functions, and their applications

https://youtu.be/sz6t8XAGeF8

Session 6

Thermodynamic description of various types of processes

https://youtu.be/V1X6toH5RTc

Session 7

Maxwell’s relations; spontaneity and equilibria

https://youtu.be/6LvmtyZK-BA

Session 8

Temperature and pressure dependence of thermodynamic quantities

https://youtu.be/2ylB-0IZZAw

Session 9

Le Chatelier principle

https://youtu.be/EjsyxxM2Az0

Session 10

Elementary description of phase transitions

https://youtu.be/oaxV6qOUT6Y

Session 11

Phase equilibria and phase rule

https://youtu.be/Ioi6YiPGV4A

Session 12

Thermodynamics of ideal and non-ideal gases, and solutions

https://youtu.be/5fUpIKW59nQ

Session 13

Statistical thermodynamics: Boltzmann distribution

https://youtu.be/NdEIwRA9uVk

Session 14

Kinetic theory of gases

https://youtu.be/EV6BNZ_F8zo

Session 15

Partition functions and their relation to thermodynamic quantities

https://youtu.be/egsqMUXA6ws

Session 16

Calculations for model systems

https://youtu.be/IEODSTUe1i0

Session 17

Electrochemistry: Nernst equation, redox systems

https://youtu.be/WqsJNtBEKtg

Session 18

Electrochemical cells; Debye- Huckel theory

https://youtu.be/Qv32QBXdxOM

https://youtu.be/hJQireOrbto

Session 19

Electrolytic conductance - Kohlrausch’s law and its applications

https://youtu.be/vewIM-xBc0Q

Session 20

Ionic equilibria; conductometric and potentiometric titrations

https://youtu.be/H7sL5Ym3Z5Y

https://youtu.be/29_mk0B4GeQ

Session 21

Chemical kinetics: Empirical rate laws and temperature dependence

https://youtu.be/Ut2An23TuVE

Session 22

Complex reactions; steady state approximation; determination of reaction mechanisms

https://youtu.be/cMyURrG6-bQ

Session 23

Collision and transition state theories of rate constants; unimolecular reactions

https://youtu.be/nzsXlFmPUdA

Session 24

Enzyme kinetics; salt effects; homogeneous catalysis; photochemical reactions

https://youtu.be/5zx5cdbRLwk

Session 25

Introduction to Environmental Chemistry, Stratospheric Chemistry: The Ozone Layer and The Ozone Holes

https://youtu.be/5CGtESB40Rc

https://youtu.be/lmLlpgsSi5M

Session 26

The Chemistry of Ground-Level Air Pollution, The Environmental and Health Consequences of Polluted Air – Outdoors and Indoors

https://youtu.be/nqRPRwO79kg

https://youtu.be/zJtS7ziEOc0

 

Session 27

The Detailed Chemistry of the Atmosphere. The Greenhouse Effect, Fossil-Fuel Energy, CO2 Emissions, climate change

https://youtu.be/G4H1N_yXBiA

https://youtu.be/SN5-DnOHQmE

Session 28

Renewable Energy, Alternative Fuels, and the Hydrogen Economy

https://youtu.be/aYBGSfzaa4c

https://youtu.be/fkX-H24Chfw

Session 29

Dioxins, Furans, PCBs, Radioactivity, Radon, Nuclear Energy

https://youtu.be/7Jt4ZH2CgfY

https://youtu.be/fES21E0qebw

Session 30

Water Chemistry and Water Pollution, Toxic Heavy Metals, Wastes, Soils, and Sediments

https://youtu.be/-zoloMKOKxc

https://youtu.be/ZMDi0U_HAaU

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 […]