CHEM12020  Energy and Reactivity

Not offered in 2001

Reaction kinetics; temperature dependence of reactions; the steady state approximation and chain reactions, collision theory and transition state theory. Ionic solutions; equilibrium electrochemistry and its applications. Interfacial phenomena and electrode processes; corrosion, batteries and fuel cells, voltammetry. Surface processes; isotherm equations; heterogeneous catalysis and colloid systems.Distance education students will be required to attend a residential school for this course.

Text: Atkins, Physical Chemistry (International Student Edition), 6th ed., Oxford, 1998.