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CHEM 234

Physical Chemistry I: Thermodynamics

3 credits · Undergraduate

Winter 2026 · 02

Topics

  • Ideal and real gases
  • Heat, work, internal energy and enthalpy
  • First, second and third laws of thermodynamics
  • Entropy and free energy
  • Reversible and irreversible processes
  • Heat-engine cycles
  • Phase equilibria and transformations
  • Ideal and real mixtures
  • Chemical equilibrium

Readings

  • Peter Atkins and Julio de Paula. Physical Chemistry, Volume 1: Thermodynamics and Kinetics, 12th edition. Oxford University Press, 2023.
    Listed reading
  • Chapters 1–6: properties of gases (1A and 1C); first law; second and third laws; physical transformations of pure substances; simple mixtures; chemical equilibrium (6A and 6B).
    Listed reading
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