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LEC #TOPICSKEY DATES
1Introduction to Thermo; 0th Law; Temperature; Work; Heat
2State Functions, 1st Law, Paths
3Joule and Joule-Thompson; Heat Capacity
4Reversible and Irreversible Processes
5ThermochemistryProblem set 1 due
62nd Law; Entropy (Boltzmann and Clausius)
7ΔS for Reversible and Irreversible ProcessesProblem set 2 due
8Equilibrium; Maxwell Relations; Free Energy
9Chemical Potential; Phase Equilibrium
10Chemical Equilibrium; Equilibrium ConstantProblem set 3 due
11Standard States; Gibbs-Duhem
12ΔG0= -RTlnK; Example
Hour Exam 1
13Boltzmann Distribution
14Thermo and Boltzmann DistributionProblem set 4 due
15Occupation of States
16Third Law
17Phase Equilibria, Single ComponentProblem set 5 due
18Phase Equilibria II; Clausius Clapeyron
19Regular Solutions; Mixing Energy; Mean Fields
20Nonideal SolutionsProblem set 6 due
21Solvation; Colligative Properties
Hour Exam 2
22Osmotic Pressure and Phase Partitioning
23Surface Tension
24Polymer 1 - Freely Jointed ChainProblem set 7 due
25Polymer 2 - Chain Conformation
26Polymer 3 - Rubber Elasticity
27Electrolyte SolutionsProblem set 8 due
28Electrolytes at Interfaces; Debye Length
29Titration of Polyelectrolytes
30Thermodynamics of DNA HybridizationProblem set 9 due
31Cooperativity
Hour Exam 3
32Cooperativity, Part 2
33Cooperativity, Part 3
34Driving Forces for Self-AssemblyProblem set 10 due
35Special Topic (Coarse Grain/Monte Carlo Model)
36Course Review and Evaluations

 








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