Recorded on April 6, 2012.

Slide Information
00:19 - Example-A certain atom has a threefold degenerate ground level...
01:02 - Function for Calculating Degeneracy of Energy Levels
01:24 - Sum of Three Energy Levels
03:35 - We need to calculate the thermal energy kT, in units...
04:22 - Energy Level Diagram
07:20 - Example: The four lowest electronic energy levels of atomic C have energies and degeneracies as follows...
07:51 - Equation: Partition Function
08:32 - In this case, q will have four terms - one for each state
08:49 - How to Calculate the Four Terms
09:59 - Example: 9.27 of 14 total states in C...
10:24 - does this makes sense (calculating thermal energy again)
10:56 - Diagram-Electronic States of Carbon
12:53 - now find the fractional population of each level for C...
14:51 - Diagram: ...now, it will be obvious to you that W must depend on energy...
15:45 - Partition Function (W must depend on energy, but how?)
20:03 - Example: the NO molecule has a doubly degenerate excited electronic level...
21:03 - Diagram--Wave Numbers
22:05 - Example - The NO molecule has a doubly degenerate excited electronic level... (continued)
22:40 - Plot (Diagram)
23:38 - Calculating Term Populations

1. Syllabus, Homework, & Lectures
2. The Boltzmann Distribution Law
3. Energy and q (The Partition Function).
4. Entropy
5. The Equipartition Theorem
6. The Rotational Partition Function
7. Vibrational Partition Functions
8. The First Law
9. Law (review) & Adiabatic Processes Part II
10. Jim Joule
11. Midterm I Review
12. Entropy and The Second Law
13. The Carnot Cycle
14. The Gibbs Energy
15. Getting to Know The Gibbs Energy
16. The Chemical Potential
17. Finding Equilibrium
18. Equilibrium In Action
19. Observational Chemical Kinetics
20. The Integrated Rate Law
21. The Steady State Approximation
22. Midterm Exam Review
23. Lindemann-Hinshelwood Part I
24. Lindemann-Hinshelwood Part II
25. Enzymes Pt. II
26. Transition State Theory
27. The Final Exam

In Chemistry 131C, students will study how to calculate macroscopic chemical properties of systems. This course will build on the microscopic understanding (Chemical Physics) to reinforce and expand your understanding of the basic thermo-chemistry concepts from General Chemistry (Physical Chemistry.) We then go on to study how chemical reaction rates are measured and calculated from molecular properties. Topics covered include: Energy, entropy, and the thermodynamic potentials; Chemical equilibrium; and Chemical kinetics.

Chemistry Dept. | Physical Sciences Sch. | University of California, Irvine