CHEM 360 - Physical Chemistry I

3 credit hours

1. Quantum chemistry and spectroscopy. 2. States of matter, thermodynamics, equilibrium, kinetics. 3. Theory of reaction rates, thermodynamics of solutions, phase equilibrium, electrochemistry, photochemistry and statistical thermodynamics. Three lectures per week. 1 may be taken either before or after 2 and 3. Prerequisites: CHEM 123, CHEM 133, MATH 232, and one year of physics for CHEM 360 and CHEM 361; CHEM 361 for CHEM 362. (360 fall, 361 winter, 362 spring)