Introduce the students to the notions of Physical Chemistry in order to learn and understand:
· The composition and internal structure of matter at equilibrium,
· The relationships between the structure of matter and its different properties,
· The conditions in which any physical and/or chemical transformations can take place.
At the end of the Teaching Unit, students will be able to:
• Rigorously present the formalisms (and demonstrations) of the course, explain their meaning (contextualize them) and specify their conditions of validity;
• Solve problems similar to those treated in tutorials and/or during the course;
• Interpret and/or produce any schema and diagram discussed/detailed during the course;
• Illustrate or propose applications, with examples from the course, of concepts, formalisms, methodologies in physical chemistry;
• Highlight and explain the links between the theoretical course and the practical labs associated with the course.
Introduce the students to the notions of Physical Chemistry in order to learn and understand:
· The composition and internal structure of matter at equilibrium,
· The relationships between the structure of matter and its different properties,
· The conditions in which any physical and/or chemical transformations can take place.
At the end of the Teaching Unit, students will be able to:
• Rigorously present the formalisms (and demonstrations) of the course, explain their meaning (contextualize them) and specify their conditions of validity;
• Solve problems similar to those treated in tutorials and/or during the course;
• Interpret and/or produce any schema and diagram discussed/detailed during the course;
• Illustrate or propose applications, with examples from the course, of concepts, formalisms, methodologies in physical chemistry;
• Highlight and explain the links between the theoretical course and the practical labs associated with the course.
After the Block 1 General Chemistry and Block2 Analytical Chemistry courses, this Physical Chemistry course consists of the study of matter at equilibrium seen at the macroscopic scale. It is made up of three parts: · Classical thermodynamics, · Changes of state of pure substances and mixtures as well as chemical equilibria, · Electrochemistry at equilibrium.
Chapter 1: Introduction: Matter and energy
Chapter 2: Gaseous state
Chapter 3: First law of thermodynamics
Chapter 4: U and H as quantities of state
Chapter 5: Expansion of a gas
Chapter 6: Second and third principles of thermodynamics
Chapter 7: Combination of the first and second principles of thermodynamics
Chapter 8: Changes of state: Pure materials
Chapter 9: Changes of state: Simple mixtures
Chapter 10: Changes of state: Phase diagrams of binary and ternary mixtures
Chapter 11: Chemical Equilibrium
Chapter 12: Equilibrium Electrochemistry
Students benefit from tutorials (TD) and practical lab works (TP) sessions. They must prepare the manipulations they are going to perform in the laboratory and are questioned orally at the start of each manipulation. The students then have one week to write a laboratory report that includes a theoretical introduction, the presentation and discussion of the experimental results, a conclusion and bibliographical references. When the report is submitted, its content is discussed and defended with the assistant. The evaluation of the practical work is based on five main learning outcomes:
AA1: Write a theoretical introduction including a description of the concepts, relationships, apparatus and tabulated data useful for understanding the results.
AA2: Correctly process data collected during the practical work with the aim to determine quantities or relationships (applications of relationships between concepts, creation of graphs and data tables).
AA3: Discuss measured or calculated data and compare with tabulated or theoretical data, including consideration of the accuracy of the measuring instruments.
AA4: Correctly present a long report, with the formal quality that complies with the standards of university higher education (spelling, style, syntax, layout, bibliography).
AA5: Orally defend the written report: Answer questions related to concepts, relationships, equipment, measured or calculated data, discussions.
A 6th learning outcome on the preparation for experimental manipulations is also assessed but in a less systematic way.
The course is based on rigorous mathematical demonstrations and on the explanation of concepts and methodologies illustrated by practical explanations in relation to macroscopic experimental data. The course is illustrated on the blackboard, as well as on transparencies and/or slides updated regularly and distributed to the students.
The teaching unit (UE) is divided into three learning activities (AAs for 'activités d'apprentissage'):
AA1: Laws of thermodynamics
Correspond to chapters 1 to 7.
Written exam in January, ponderation of 20% of the UE.
It is composed of a series of questions related to the different chapters of the course and to exercises similar to those seen in tutorials or in class.
AA2: Applications of the laws of thermodynamics
Correspond to chapters 8 to 12.
Written exam in January, ponderation of 50% of the UE.
The exam is divided into two parts, one for each lecturer, with a 50/50 ponderation.
In the event that a part of the exam receives a mark below or equal 7/20, this mark applies to the whole AA.
It is composed of a series of questions related to the different chapters of the course and to exercises similar to those seen in tutorials or in class.
AA3: Labs
Ponderation of 30% of the UE.
If the student has not completed all the practical lab works, the UE will not be validated.
AA3 cannot be remediated during the second session.
In the event that one of the AAs receives a mark below or equal 4/20, this mark applies to the UE.
For AA1 and AA2, in case of failure of the UE and if the AA is validated, the mark will be transferred within the same academic year but not for the next one.
For AA3, in case of failure of the UE and if AA3 is validated, the mark will be transferred to the next academic year.
Atkins' Physical Chemistry, P. Atkins and J. de Paula, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2018, 11th edition.
A syllabus for Prof. Liégeois' part of the course will be available at the Librairie des Sciences from the academic year 2022-2023.
A non-mandatory syllabus for the practical courses is available at the Science Bookshop.
| Training | Study programme | Block | Credits | Mandatory |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor in Geology | Standard | 0 | 7 | |
| Bachelor in Geology | Standard | 2 | 7 |