| Course title | Physical Chemistry 2 |
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| Course code | KFC/FC2 |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture + Seminar |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | 2 |
| Semester | Winter |
| Number of ECTS credits | 3 |
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Status of course | Compulsory |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
| Lecturer(s) |
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| Course content |
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1.Electrolytes, electrolysis, Faraday's laws, the galvanic cell, electrical work. 2.Standard electrodes, concentration cells, Nernst equation. Electrolytic conduction, ionic diffusion and transport. 3.Chemical potential and activities in solution. The limiting Debye-Hückel equation and its usage. 4.Electrode equilibria. Reversible electrodes and their Nernstian behaviour, reversible galvanic cells, emf and its relationship with electrolyte equilibria and thermodynamic quantities for cell reactions. 5.The electrochemical measurement of pH and associated problems. Selective-ion electrodes, their Nernstian behaviour and performance characteristics. 6.Aspects of non-equilibrium electrochemistry - electrochemical kinetics, electroanalytical chemistry, electrochemical synthesis, industrial electrochemistry, batteries and fuel cells, corrosion. 7.Relation between reaction rate and electric current density (j = zFv), fundamental principles of electrode kinetics, the electric double layer, the Tafel equation, Butler-Volmer law, Fick's laws. 8.Kinetics of chemical reactions.Rate of reaction and factors that affect it, rate constant, rate equation, control of rates, concept of mechanism. 9.The distinction between homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions and catalyses. 10. Order of reaction, molecularity. Arrhenius equation, activation energy. Chain reactions. 11.Experimental methods of studying rate of reaction. Evaluation of rate constant for zero-, first- and second-order reactions. Variation of rate constant with temperature, evaluation of activation energy and pre-exponential factor. 12.Simple collision theory. Unimolecular reactions and the Lindemann theory. Parallel and consecutive reactions. Rate determinination for step and steady state approximation. 13. Thermodynamic formulation of activation parameters, enthalpy and entropy of activation, and their interpretation, nature of transition state. 14. Kinetics and mechanism of homogeneous catalysed reactions.
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
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| Learning outcomes |
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The lecture is focused on the balance in homogeneous and heterogeneous electrochemical system, chemical kinetics and colloid chemistry.
ability to associate information, explain principles, and interpret problems of balances in homogenous and heterogenous electrochemical systems and their exploitation in practice |
| Prerequisites |
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unspecified
KFC/FC1 |
| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Written exam
Seminar final credit test successfully fulfilled in 75 % Examination Final credit test successfully fulfilled in 51 % |
| Recommended literature |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Science | Study plan (Version): Chemistry (2019) | Category: Chemistry courses | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Science | Study plan (Version): Nanomaterial Chemistry (2024) | Category: Chemistry courses | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter |