Introduction to Physical Chemistry
Free online course on Physical Chemistry that ties in concepts from thermodynamics to chemical equilibrium.
Description
In this section we will discuss the basics of chemical energetics and thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, oxidation-reduction reactions, and acids and bases and relationship between acid-base chemistry to chemical equilibrium. This course will teach the effect of temperature, pressure, catalyst, and surface area on rate of a reaction, predict the rate law of reaction. Improve your knowledge on strong and weak acids – bases, pH and pOH of a solution. This course will also teach you how to solve problems involving neutralization reaction. Describe endothermic process and exothermic process.
This course will help you gain an understanding on the overall enthalpy changes in terms of the energy changes associated with the breaking and making of covalent bonds, represent energy changes by energy profile diagrams, including reaction enthalpy changes and activation energies.
This course will provide an understanding on oxidation-reduction reactions or redox reactions, steps to determine the oxidation number of chemical compounds. You will also learn how to define oxidation and reduction (redox) in terms of oxygen/hydrogen gain/loss and electron transfer and the several ways to approach balancing redox reactions along with step by step procedure and few examples.
This course will help you learn about rate of reactions and steps required to determine the rate of a reaction, learn how to write the rate law of a reaction and few examples to determine the rate of an equation and order of the equation. The course will help describe the effect of concentration, pressure, particle size, catalyst, and temperature on the rates of reactions and explain these effects in terms of collisions between reacting particles. You will learn the different methods to determine the rate law or order of the reaction using concentration-time data and interpret data obtained from experiments concerned with rate of reaction.
Start Course NowModules
Thermodynamics
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Thermodynamics - Learning Outcomes
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General Concepts and Terminology
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Energy and Different Forms of Energy
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Laws of Thermodynamics
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Enthalpy
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Internal Energy and Specific Heat
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Enthalpy, Enthalpies for Different Types of Reactions
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Hess’s Law
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Gibbs Free Energy
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Example Problem on Thermodynamic Favorability
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Thermodynamics - Summary
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Introduction to Physical Chemistry - First Assessment
Chemical Kinetics
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Chemical Kinetics - Learning Outcomes
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The Rate of a Reaction
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The Rate Law
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Factors that Affect Reaction Rate
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Half-life of Reaction
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Determining Rate Law using Concentration –Time Data
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Chemical Kinetics - Summary
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Introduction to Physical Chemistry - Second Assessment
Oxidation and Reduction Reactions
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Oxidation and Reduction Reactions - Learning Outcomes
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Oxidation Numbers
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Redox Reactions
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Balancing Redox Equations
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Predicting Spontaneity of Redox Reactions
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Oxidation and Reduction Reactions - Lesson summary
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Introduction to Physical Chemistry - Third Assessment
Acid, Bases and Salts
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Acids, Bases and Salts - Learning Outcomes
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Properties of Acid and Bases
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Types of Acid and Bases, Ionization and Dissociation Strength
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Strong and Weak Acid – Base and Acid Strength
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Acid – Base Indicators
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Base Neutralization Reaction
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Equilibrium Constant of Water
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Buffer Solutions
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Example Problems on Acid-Base Neutralization
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Titration Curves
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Solubility Equilibria of Sparingly Soluble Salts
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Sulfuric Acid
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Ammonia
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Water Pollution
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Soil Pollution
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Environmental Chemistry – Salts (preparation and general properties of salts)
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Acid, Bases and Salts - Lesson Summary
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Introduction to Physical Chemistry - Fourth Assessment
Course assessment
Learning Outcomes
After completing this course, the students should be able to:
- Describe enthalpy through exothermic and endothermic reactions
- Describe crude oil/ petroleum and its separation using fractionation method to form useful distillation products
- Analyze the effect of concentration, catalyst, pressure, particle size and temperature on reaction rate
- Analyze redox reactionsin terms of oxygen/hydrogen gain/loss
- Explain the types and properties of acids and bases, strength of acid and bases, and dissociation constant
- Describe calculations associated with acid-base neutralization reaction
- Discuss the properties of bases in reactions with acids and ammonium salts
- Summarize techniques used in the preparation, separation and purification of salts
- Explain the synthesis of ammonia by the Haber process
- Explain the manufacture of sulfuric acid, sulfur dioxide and its uses
- Discuss environmental impact of acid rain
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