Teacher
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PORCELLI Fernando
(syllabus)
The properties of Gases. Thermodynamics: the first law. Work, Heat and Energy. Conservation of Energy. The Internal energy. The internal Energy as a state function. The Enthalpy. Heat capacity. Thermochemistry. Applications: Isothermal Titration Calorimetry (ITC). Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC). Ligand Binding. The second Law. Direction of a spontaneous change. Entropy and second law. The entropy change accompanying expansion, heating and phase transition. The statistical Entropy. The Gibbs energy: properties of the Gibbs energy. Chemical potential and equilibrium. Osmotic pressure. Equilibrium and temperature change. Equilibrium and composition. Physical Equilibria of pure substances. Variation of Gibbs energy with pressure and temperature. Thermodynamics of mixtures. Partial molar properties. Spontaneous mixing. Ideal solutions. Colligative properties. Electrochemistry. Electrochemical cells. Half reactions and electrodes. The cell potential. Standard potentials. Action and resting potential. Chemical kinetics. Reaction rate: definitions. Rate laws and rate constants. Reaction order. The determination of the rate law. Integrated rate laws. Arrhenius theory. Collision theory. Quantum theory. Wave-particle dualism. Wave theory. Translational Energy: the particle in the box. Rotational motion and energy calculation. Vibrational motion and energy calculation. Spectroscopy. The electromagnetic spectrum. Rotational spectroscopy. I.R spectroscopy. Electronic spectroscopy and the Lambert-Beer law. Introduction to fluorescence
(reference books)
Atkins De Paula - Elementi di Chimica Fisica, Zanichelli
Atkins- De Paula: Chimica Fisica Biologica, Zanichelli. Klostermeier D. - Rudolph MG: Biophysical Chemistry, CRC Press R. Chang : Chimica Fisica 1, 2 vol., Zanichelli Donald A. McQuarrie, John D. Simon: Chimica Fisica Un approccio molecolare, Zanichelli Kuriyan-Konforti-Wemmer: The Molecules of Life. Garland Sciences
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