After having finished the course the student is able to treat thermodynamic problems in physical chemistry at an advanced level in a quantitative and perceptive way, involving
- the use of Maxwell relations
- the construction and interpretation of phase diagrams
- the use of Gibbs' phase rule
- the activities in non-ideal mixtures and electrolytes
- surface free energies between phases
- Boltzmann statistics
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Thermodynamics is built on two phenomenological perceptions, the first law and the second law describing the conditions for spontaneous processes.
In the course Thermodynamics these laws were treated together with a few basic applications.
In the course Thermodynamics 2 this basic perception is deepened and applied to more complex systems. |
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