651-2100/01 – Physical Chemistry (FCH)
| Gurantor department | Department of Chemistry and Physico-Chemical Processes | Credits | 4 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Jana Dobrovská, CSc. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Jana Dobrovská, CSc. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | English |
| Year of introduction | 2022/2023 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | FBI | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The graduate of the course will be able to:
- formulate state quantities, thermodynamic laws and criteria of chemical and phase equilibria,
- use basic concepts and relations of chemical kinetics,
- apply the acquired theoretical knowledge to the processes of burning, explosion and extinguishing.
Teaching methods
Lectures
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Summary
Fundamentals of chemical thermodynamics and chemical kinetics and their application to combustion, explosion and extinguishing processes.
Compulsory literature:
Dobrovská J.: Physical Chemistry, The Basics of Chemical Thermodynamics and Kinetics. On-line textbook. 2020 VŠB-TUO.
Warnatz,J., Maas,U., Dibble,R.W., Combustion. Physical and Chemical Fundamentals, Modelling and Simulation, Experiments, Pollutant Formation. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York. 1996. 265 p.
Recommended literature:
Atkins,P.W.,Paula, J.: Elements of Physical Chemistry, Fifth edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. 578 p.
Warren Strahle C., An Introduction to Combustion. Gordon and Breach Science Publishers. Combustion Science and Technology Book Series. Volume 1. 1993. 166p.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Exam (calculating and oral part).
E-learning
Other requirements
No additional requirements.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Introduction to the subject, the importance of physical chemistry in the field of Safety and Security.
2. Thermodynamics of combustion and explosion processes - heat capacities of substances, 1st Law of Thermodynamic, enthalpy, heating and cooling of substances.
3. Thermodynamics of combustion and explosion processes - heat of reaction and their dependence on temperature, theoretical reaction temperature.
4. Conditions of the course and equilibrium of physico-chemical processes - 2nd Law of Thermodynamic, entropy, thermodynamic potentials and their significance for the prediction of the course of processes.
5. Equilibrium of chemical reactions - equilibrium constants, the influence of temperature and pressure on the equilibrium of chemical reactions, Le Chatelier - Braun principle.
6. Physical equilibria - Gibbs law of phases, Clausius-Clapeyron equation, evaporation of pure liquids.
7. Solutions - thermodynamic characteristics, basic empirical laws, evaporation of liquids from solutions.
8. Thermodynamic characteristics of explosives and combustibles.
9. Kinetics of homogeneous combustion and explosion reactions - rate of chemical reactions, reaction mechanism of simple reactions, influence of temperature on the rate of chemical reactions.
10. Combustion and explosion in gaseous mixtures - reaction mechanism of chain reactions and mechanism of thermal explosion, ignition limits.
11. Kinetics of heterogeneous processes during combustion and explosion - basic steps of heterogeneous processes, principle of diffusion, kinetic and diffuse combustion.
12. Kinetics of heterogeneous processes during combustion and explosion - the principle of adsorption, adsorption of gases on the solid phase.
13. Basics of physical chemistry of mists, fumes, foams, dust mixtures and adsorption phenomena at the phase interface - the importance of dispersions of systems in the field of fire protection, including their risks, properties of colloidal systems, electrokinetic phenomena.
14. Basics of physical chemistry of mists, fumes, foams, dust mixtures and adsorption phenomena at the phase interface - Gibbs adsorption isotherm, Adsorption from solutions, Surface tension and wettability, Foams.
Conditions for subject completion
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