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Lec # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 State of a System, 0th Law, Equation of State
2 Work, Heat, 1st Law
3 Internal Energy
4 Expansion Work
5 Enthalpy, Joule-Thompson Problem set 1 due
6 Adiabatic Changes, Thermodynamic Cycles
7 Thermochemistry
8 Calorimetry Problem set 2 due
Exam 1
9 Second Law
10 Second Law (cont.)
11 Entropy
12 Entropy and Disorder Problem set 3 due
13 Fundamental Equations, Absolute Entropy, 3rd Law
14 Criteria for Spontaneous Change
15 The Gibbs Free Energy Problem set 4 due
16 Multicomponent Systems, Partial Molar Quantities, and Chemical Potential
17 Phase Equilibria in a One-component System I
18 Clausius-Clapeyron Equation
Exam 2
19 Two Component Phase Equilibria I
20 Two Component Phase Equilibria II
21 Non-Ideal Solutions Problem set 5 due
22 Colligative Properties
23 Chemical Equilibrium in Ideal Gas Mixtures
24 Chemical Equilibria (cont.)
25 Introduction to Kinetics
26 Elementary and Complex Reactions

Reaction Mechanisms
Problem set 6 due
Exam 3
27 Consecutive, Series, and Reversible Reactions
28 Steady State and Equilibrium Approximations Problem set 7 due
29 Chain Reactions
30 Arrhenius Equation
31 Catalysis Problem set 8 due
32 Chemical Oscillators
33 Chemical Kinetics in the Earth's Atmosphere Problem set 9 due
Final Exam