Date

Topic

Reading

Due

#

January

19

T

Review; First Law; state functions; heat capacities

Chs. 1,2

1

21

R

2

26

T

PVT behavior of pure substances; ideal gases, real gases, equations of state; isothermal and adiabatic processes; computational paths

Ch. 3

PS 1

3

28

R

4

February

2

T

PS 2

5

4

R

6

9

T

Sensible and latent heat, heats of reaction; temperature effects

Ch. 4

PS 3 

7

11

R

8

16

T

Second Law; heat engines; thermodynamic temperature scale; entropy

Ch. 5

PS 4 

9

18

R

10

23

T

Thermodynamic functions; Maxwell relations, residual properties; generalized property correlations; computational paths

Ch. 6

PS 5 

11

25

R

12

March

2

T

Exam #1 (Problem Sets 1-5)

13

4

R

Chemical potential; phase equilibrium conditions; partial properties; ideal-gas mixtures; fugacity; ideal solutions; excess properties; hydrogen bonding

Ch. 10

PS 6

14

9

T

No Class (Spring Break)

x

11

R

No Class (Spring Break)

x

16

T

Chemical potential, etc.

Ch. 10

PS 7 

15

18

R

16

23

T

Nonideal solutions; activity coefficient; Gibbs excess; consistency tests; solution models; mixing rules; VLE data reduction; heat effects

Ch. 11

PS 8 

17

25

R

18

30

T

PS 9 

19

April

1

R

Phase diagrams; calculation of of VLE at moderate P; dew, bubble, flash calculations; phase diagrams

Ch. 12

20

6

T

PS 10 

21

8

R

22

13

T

Exam #2 (Problem Sets 6-10; Chapters 6, 10, 11)

PS 11 

23

15

R

Thermodynamic properties and VLE from eqns of state; stability; phase equilibria

Chs. 13, 14

24

20

T

PS 12 

25

22

R

Chemical reactions; reaction coordinate; equilibrium constants; temperature and pressure effects; multireaction equilibria; multi-phase systems

Ch. 15

26

27

T

PS 13 

27

29

R

28

May

4

T

No class

PS 14

TBA

Final Exam (Problem Sets 11-14; Chapters 12-15)