2024 Faculty Courses School of Materials and Chemical Technology Undergraduate major in Chemical Science and Engineering
Physical Chemistry I (Thermodynamics) B
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Chemical Science and Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Saiko Aoki
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 3-4 Fri
- Class
- B
- Course Code
- CAP.H201
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 17, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
[Description] In this course, the properties of gas, the gas law, the perfect gas and real gases are first introduced to study the fundamentals of chemistry. Then, it gives detailed explanations of work and heat, internal energy, and enthalpy for fully understanding the basic concept of The First Law of thermodynamics. Finally, students will study properties of the Gibbs energy regarded as combining the First and Second laws through understandings of the basic concept of The Second Law of thermodynamics such as the direction of spontaneous change and entropy.
[Aims] This course focuses on The First and Second Laws of thermodynamics that students who study the natural science are required to understand. And then, the aim of this course is to enable students to learn the concept of enthalpy, entropy, the Gibbs energy, and the fundamentals of chemical thermodynamics.
Course description and aims
[Outcomes] At the end of this course, students will be able to understand:
1) the basic concept of The First Law of thermodynamics.
2) the basic concept of The Second Law of thermodynamics.
3) the concept of enthalpy, entropy, and the Gibbs energy.
4) properties of the Gibbs energy based on combining the First and Second laws.
Keywords
The Second Law of thermodynamics, entropy, the Gibbs energy, the Helmholtz energy, combining the First and Second Laws, the fugacity
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Explanation is provided on PowerPoint slides in lecture. Towards the end of class, students are given exercise problems related to what is taught on that day to solve. Before coming to class, students should read the course schedule and check what topics will be covered. Required learning should be completed outside of the classroom for preparation and review purposes.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | The basic concept of The Second Law of thermodynamics, the direction of spontaneous change, and entropy | To understand the basic concept of The Second Law of thermodynamics, the direction of spontaneous change, and entropy. |
| Class 2 | The entropy as a state function and entropy changes accompanying specific process | To understand the entropy as a state function and entropy changes accompanying specific process. |
| Class 3 | The calorimetric measurement of entropy and The Third Law | To understand the calorimetric measurement of entropy and The Third Law. |
| Class 4 | The Helmholtz and Gibbs energies and Standard molar Gibbs energies | To understand the Helmholtz and Gibbs energies, and standard molar Gibbs energies. |
| Class 5 | Combining the First and Second Laws and properties of the internal energy | To understand combining the First and Second Laws and properties of the internal energy. |
| Class 6 | Properties of the Gibbs energy and the fugacity | To understand properties of the Gibbs energy and the fugacity. |
| Class 7 | Final Exam |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Peter Atkins & Julio de Paula, Physical Chemistry, Tenth edition, Oxford, ISBN: 978-0199697403
Reference books, course materials, etc.
All materials used in class can be found on T2SCHOLA.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Students will be assessed on their understanding of the basic concept such and the First and Second laws of thermodynamics and the Gibbs energy, based on their scores of final exam and exercise problems given in the class.
Related courses
- LAS.C107 ： Basic Chemical Thermodynamics
- CAP.G202 ： Chemical Engineering I (Phase & Interface Engineering)
- CAP.H202 ： Physical Chemistry II (Chemical Equilibirum)
Prerequisites
No prerequisites are necessary, but enrollment in the related courses is desirable.
Other
Classes A and B are for the students with an odd and even student ID numbers, respectively.