Syllabus academic year 2007/2008
THERMODYNAMICS AND SURFACE CHEMISTRYKFK060

Higher education credits: 10,5. Grading scale: TH. Level: G1 (First level). Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish. KFK060 overlap following cours/es: KFKA01. Compulsory for: W2. Course coordinator: Jan-Erik Norne, Jan-Erik.Norne@bpc.lu.se och Bengt Jönsson, Bengt.Jonsson@bpc.lu.se, Biofysikalisk kemi. Recommended prerequisits: Course KOO080 Introductory Chemistry or equivalent. Assessment: The final grade is based on a written exam in the end of the course. Laboratory practicals must also be completed. Home page: http://www.bpc.lu.se/education/kurser.

Aim

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

be able to use a numerical calculator to solve equations and integrate and also to use the calculator in least square fits of experimental data to a polynom function.

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

understand the validity of the models presented in the course.

Contents
The course treats three main areas:

Thermodynamics: a thorough treatment of classical thermodynamics and its applications.

Reaction kinetics: an introduction to the basic ideas; reaction mechanisms; enzyme kinetics.

Surface chemistry: an introduction to surface- and colloid chemistry with special emphasis on applications in chemistry and industry.

Literature
Atkins, P W: Physical Chemistry, 8th Ed. Oxford 2006. ISBN: 0198700725.
Compendia.