University Catalog 2014-2015

University of Colorado Boulder

CHEN-4521 (3) Physical Chemistry for Engineers

Examines the laws of classical thermodynamics followed by physical transformations of pure substances, the thermodynamics of simple mixtures and chemical equilibrium. Applies quantum theory to atomic and molecular structure. Presents the concepts and applications of statistical thermodynamics. Introduces rates of chemical reactions, reaction dynamics and catalysis. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of APPM 2350 and CHEN 1211 (all minimum grade C-) and requires a corequisite course of APPM 2360. Restricted to College of Engineering majors only.