PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY - THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETICS

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This course presents the fundamentals of chemical thermodynamics and of kinetics. Thermodynamic topics will include the fundamentals of energy, entropy and free energy and their application to chemical systems. Kinetic topics will include the basics of describing chemical kinetics, common methods of simplifying complex kinetics and an introduction to chemical dynamics. Three hours of lecture weekly. PREREQ: CHEM 352 COREQ: PRIOR COMPLETION OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT IN MATH 254 AND ( PHYSCS 141 OR PHYSCS 181 )