Chemistry 304: Fundamentals of Physical Chemistry

Recommended Text:

Physical Chemistry by Ira N. Levine, McGraw-Hill, 5th Ed'n (2002).
Physical Chemistry by P. W. Atkins and J. De Paula, W. H. Freeman, 2009 (or earlier)

Curriculum:

• Review of second year thermodynamics.
• Statistical Mechanics: Boltzmann distribution, fundamental postulates,
  ensembles, microstates, non-interacting systems, particle partition functions
  translational, rotational, and vibration contributions to partition functions
  Equipartition Principle, applications of Statistical Mechanics and
  connection with thermodynamics
• Solutions: Open systems, partial molar quantities, standard states,
  Gibbs-Duhem equation, ideal and non-ideal solutions, Raoult's and
  Henry's laws.
• Applications: Osmotic pressure, ion activities, Donnan membrane equilibrium,
  active and passive transport, electrochemical potential, chemical equilibria.