CH 280 - Physical Chemistry I

A study of the properties of systems at equilibrium including the development and application of the laws of thermodynamics; equations of state; a brief treatment of electrochemistry; kinetic theory of gases; elementary chemical kinetics including rate laws, integrated rate laws, and the steady state approximation.

Three hours of lecture and four hours of laboratory each week. Five credits.

Prerequisite(s): MA 170 - MA 180; Pre or Co-requisite(s): PS 131-132 or permission of instructor.