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This subject deals primarily with equilibrium properties of macroscopic systems, basic thermodynamics, chemical equilibrium of reactions in gas and solution phase, and rates of chemical reactions.
Acknowledgements
The material for 5.60 has evolved over a period of many years, and therefore several faculty members have contributed to the development of the course contents. The following are known to have assisted in preparing the lecture notes available on OpenCourseWare:
Emeritus Professors of Chemistry: Robert A. Alberty, Carl W. Garland, Irwin Oppenheim, John S. Waugh.
Professors of Chemistry: Moungi Bawendi, John M. Deutch, Robert W. Field, Robert G. Griffin, Keith A. Nelson, Robert J. Silbey, Jeffrey I. Steinfeld. Professor of Bioengineering and Computer Science: Bruce Tidor. Professor of Chemistry, Rice University: James L. Kinsey. Professor of Physics, University of Illinois: Philip W. Phillips.
Course Homepage: 5.60 Thermodynamics & Kinetics Spring 2008
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Lecture 29: Applications: chemical and phase equilibria
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Lecture 35: Enzyme catalysis
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Lecture 30: Introduction to reaction kinetics
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Lecture 7: Calorimetry
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Lecture 9: Entropy and the Clausius inequality
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Lecture 32: Steady-state and equilibrium approximations
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Lecture 8: Second law
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Lecture 5: Adiabatic changes
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Lecture 16: Temperature, pressure and Kp
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Lecture 12: Criteria for spontaneous change
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Lecture 3: Internal energy, expansion work
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Lecture 23: Colligative properties
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Lecture 4: Enthalpy
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Lecture 2: Work, heat, first law
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Lecture 26: Partition function (Q) — many particles
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Lecture 6: Thermochemistry
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Lecture 10: Entropy and irreversibility
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Lecture 1: State of a system, 0th law, equation of state
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Lecture 18: Phase equilibria — one component
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Lecture 34: Temperature dependence, Ea, catalysis
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Lecture 13: Gibbs free energy
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Lecture 24: Introduction to statistical mechanics
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Lecture 19: Clausius-Clapeyron equation
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Lecture 14: Multicomponent systems, chemical potential
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Lecture 36: Autocatalysis and oscillators
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Lecture 31: Complex reactions and mechanisms
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Lecture 21: Ideal solutions
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Lecture 22: Non-ideal solutions
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Lecture 17: Equilibrium: application to drug design
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Lecture 11: Fundamental equation, absolute S, third law
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Lecture 20: Phase equilibria — two components
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Lecture 27: Statistical mechanics and discrete energy levels
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Lecture 33: Chain reactions
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Lecture 15: Chemical equilibrium
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Lecture 25: Partition function (q) — large N limit
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Lecture 28: Model systems
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