Chemical
Engineering 498
Molecular Properties of Gases,
Liquids and Solids
Course Outline
Week 1
1. Overview: Atoms, Molecules and
Forces (partially in Tabor pp 1-31)
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Evidence, structure,
size
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Force
interactions between atoms, intermolecular forces, potentials
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Nanocharacterization tools: Scanning Probe microscopy (SPM)
Week 2-4
2. Molecular and Interfacial
Interactions (partially in Tabor pp 312-331)
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From covalent
bonds to surfaces forces
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Noncovalent bonding
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Ionic bonds, hydrophobic
interactions, hydrogen bonds, dipole-dipole bonds
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Van der
Waals (
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Adhesion and surface
energies
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Biological
systems, colloids, self-assembling nanostructured molecular
materials, and liquid crystals
Week 5-7
3. Review on Laws of Thermodynamics (Tabor pp
32-52)
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Heat
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The
laws of thermodynamics
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Gibbs
and Helmholtz free energy
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Ideal
gas specific thermodynamic processes
4. Molecular Kinetic
Theory to describe bulk systems
(from perfect
gases to Van der Waals
gases)
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Bulk
properties described with perfect gas kinetic theory (Tabor pp
53-63)
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Thermal
energy of molecules (specific heat capacities, number of degree of freedom,
internal energy) (Tabor pp 105-116)
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Transport
phenomena (Tabor pp 64-77)
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Van der Waals gases (Tabor pp 126-133)
5. Condensed Matter
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Liquid
state as a modified gas (Tabor pp 253 - 257)
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Eyring theory of liquid viscosity
(Tabor pp 304 - 310)
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Solid
state (Tabor pp 152 - 156)
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Elasticity
(Tabor
pp 168 - 169)
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Viscoelasticity
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Surface
energy (Tabor pp 162-168) and tension (Tabor pp 280-285)
Week 8-10
6. Thermodynamic in
Small Systems
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The Chemical
Potential of Small Thermodynamic Systems
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Melting Point in
Small Systems
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Crystal-Melt
Interfacial Energy
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The Effect of
Small System Size on the Solubility
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Ostwald Ripening
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Condensation and
Nucleation
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Finite Size
Effect on Strain