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Curriculum
What You'll Learn
01 Fundamentals of Thermodynamics 4 topics
1 Basic Concepts and Definitions
- System, Surroundings, and Universe
- State Functions and Path Functions
- Extensive and Intensive Properties
2 Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
- Thermal Equilibrium
- Temperature Scales
3 First Law of Thermodynamics
- Internal Energy
- Heat and Work
- Enthalpy
- Heat Capacity
4 Thermochemistry
- Hess's Law
- Standard Enthalpies of Formation
- Bond Enthalpies
- Calorimetry
02 Second and Third Laws of Thermodynamics 4 topics
1 Spontaneous Processes
- Entropy and Disorder
- Microscopic Interpretation of Entropy
2 Second Law of Thermodynamics
- Entropy Changes in Reversible Processes
- Entropy Changes in Irreversible Processes
- Entropy Changes in Phase Transitions
3 Gibbs and Helmholtz Free Energy
- Maximum Work
- Criteria for Spontaneity and Equilibrium
4 Third Law of Thermodynamics
- Absolute Zero
- Residual Entropy
- Unattainability of Absolute Zero
03 Chemical Equilibrium 4 topics
1 Law of Mass Action
- Equilibrium Constants
- Reaction Quotient
2 Thermodynamics of Chemical Equilibrium
- Relation Between ΔG° and K
- Temperature Dependence of Equilibrium Constants
- van't Hoff Equation
3 Le Chatelier's Principle
- Effect of Concentration
- Effect of Pressure
- Effect of Temperature
- Effect of Catalysts
4 Heterogeneous Equilibria
- Solid-Liquid Equilibria
- Liquid-Vapor Equilibria
04 Phase Equilibria 4 topics
1 Phase Rule
- Components, Phases, and Degrees of Freedom
- Gibbs Phase Rule
2 One-Component Systems
- Phase Diagrams of Pure Substances
- Critical Phenomena
- Triple Point
3 Two-Component Systems
- Liquid-Liquid Equilibria
- Ideal and Non-ideal Solutions
- Raoult's Law and Henry's Law
- Colligative Properties
4 Three-Component Systems
- Triangular Phase Diagrams
- Tie Lines and Lever Rule
05 Electrochemistry 4 topics
1 Electrolytic Solutions
- Strong and Weak Electrolytes
- Activity and Activity Coefficients
- Debye-Hückel Theory
2 Conductance
- Specific and Equivalent Conductance
- Kohlrausch's Law
- Transport Numbers
3 Electrochemical Cells
- Half-Cells and Cell Notation
- Cell Potential and Free Energy
- Standard Reduction Potentials
- Nernst Equation
4 Applications of Electrochemistry
- Batteries and Fuel Cells
- Corrosion
- Electrolysis and Faraday's Laws
06 Chemical Kinetics 6 topics
1 Rate Laws and Rate Constants
- Order of Reaction
- Molecularity
- Determination of Rate Laws
2 Integrated Rate Equations
- Zero-Order Reactions
- First-Order Reactions
- Second-Order Reactions
- Half-Life
3 Complex Reactions
- Consecutive Reactions
- Parallel Reactions
- Chain Reactions
- Reversible Reactions
4 Theories of Reaction Rates
- Collision Theory
- Transition State Theory
- Activated Complex
- Energy Profile of Reactions
5 Factors Affecting Reaction Rates
- Temperature Dependence - Arrhenius Equation
- Pressure Effects
- Solvent Effects
6 Catalysis
- Homogeneous Catalysis
- Heterogeneous Catalysis
- Enzyme Catalysis
- Autocatalysis
07 Quantum Mechanics in Chemistry 4 topics
1 Wave-Particle Duality
- Blackbody Radiation
- Photoelectric Effect
- de Broglie Wavelength
- Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
2 Schrödinger Equation
- Time-Dependent and Time-Independent Forms
- Wave Functions and Probability Density
- Operators and Eigenvalues
3 Quantum Mechanical Systems
- Particle in a Box
- Harmonic Oscillator
- Rigid Rotor
- Hydrogen Atom
4 Quantum Numbers and Atomic Orbitals
- Principal, Angular Momentum, Magnetic, and Spin Quantum Numbers
- Shapes of Atomic Orbitals
- Electron Spin and Pauli Exclusion Principle
08 Atomic and Molecular Structure 4 topics
1 Electronic Structure of Many-Electron Atoms
- Shielding and Effective Nuclear Charge
- Aufbau Principle, Hund's Rule, and Pauli Exclusion Principle
- Periodic Trends in Atomic Properties
2 Molecular Orbital Theory
- Linear Combination of Atomic Orbitals (LCAO)
- Bonding and Antibonding Orbitals
- Molecular Orbital Diagrams
- Bond Order
3 Valence Bond Theory
- Hybridization
- Resonance
- Comparison with Molecular Orbital Theory
4 Molecular Geometry
- VSEPR Theory
- Bond Lengths and Bond Angles
- Dipole Moments
09 Spectroscopy 6 topics
1 Electromagnetic Radiation
- Properties of Electromagnetic Waves
- Interaction of Radiation with Matter
- Beer-Lambert Law
2 Rotational Spectroscopy
- Rigid Rotor Model
- Selection Rules
- Rotational Energy Levels
3 Vibrational Spectroscopy
- Harmonic Oscillator Model
- Anharmonicity
- Vibrational Modes and Degrees of Freedom
- Infrared Spectroscopy
- Raman Spectroscopy
4 Electronic Spectroscopy
- UV-Visible Spectroscopy
- Franck-Condon Principle
- Fluorescence and Phosphorescence
5 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
- Nuclear Spin and Magnetic Moment
- Chemical Shift
- Spin-Spin Coupling
- 2D NMR Techniques
6 Mass Spectrometry
- Ionization Methods
- Mass Analyzers
- Fragmentation Patterns
10 Statistical Thermodynamics 4 topics
1 Boltzmann Distribution
- Maxwell-Boltzmann Statistics
- Partition Function
2 Molecular Partition Functions
- Translational Partition Function
- Rotational Partition Function
- Vibrational Partition Function
- Electronic Partition Function
3 Statistical Interpretation of Thermodynamic Properties
- Internal Energy
- Entropy
- Heat Capacity
- Free Energy
4 Quantum Statistics
- Fermi-Dirac Statistics
- Bose-Einstein Statistics
11 Surface Chemistry 4 topics
1 Adsorption
- Physisorption and Chemisorption
- Adsorption Isotherms (Langmuir, BET, Freundlich)
- Heat of Adsorption
2 Surface Tension
- Capillarity
- Surface Free Energy
- Young-Laplace Equation
3 Colloids
- Classification of Colloids
- Properties of Colloids
- Stability of Colloids
- Zeta Potential
4 Catalytic Activity at Surfaces
- Adsorption and Catalytic Activity
- Langmuir-Hinshelwood Mechanism
- Eley-Rideal Mechanism
12 Solid State Chemistry 4 topics
1 Crystal Structures
- Unit Cells and Bravais Lattices
- Miller Indices
- Close-Packed Structures
2 X-Ray Diffraction
- Bragg's Law
- Powder Diffraction
- Structure Determination
3 Solid State Properties
- Electrical Properties (Conductors, Semiconductors, Insulators)
- Magnetic Properties (Diamagnetism, Paramagnetism, Ferromagnetism)
- Optical Properties
4 Defects in Solids
- Point Defects (Vacancies, Interstitials)
- Line Defects (Dislocations)
- Surface Defects (Grain Boundaries)
13 Computational Chemistry 4 topics
1 Molecular Mechanics
- Force Fields
- Energy Minimization
- Conformational Analysis
2 Quantum Chemical Methods
- Ab Initio Methods
- Semi-Empirical Methods
- Density Functional Theory
3 Molecular Dynamics
- Equations of Motion
- Time Integration Algorithms
- Thermostats and Barostats
4 Monte Carlo Methods
- Metropolis Algorithm
- Simulated Annealing
- Free Energy Calculations
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