Recorded on May 16, 2012.

00:06 - Introduction: Observational chemical kinetics
00:17 - Henry Louis Chatelier (1850 - 1936)
00:25 - Henry Louis Le Chatelier..."I let the discovery of the ammonia sythesis slip..."
02:21 - Le Chatelier's Principle says, for example, that with an increase in the total...
02:47 - example: Can we determine the relationship between...
03:06 - answer:
06:30 - what about the influence of temperature on K?
08:12 - That's it for Thermodynamics (Topic discussed in Chapter 17)
10:11 - Diagram: where are we?
12:30 - the first chemical subjected to kinetic analysis?
13:12 - some notation & jargon...a stoichiometric reaction...
17:30 - so an elementary reaction is one in which the indicated products...
17:53 - we discussed the extent of reaction...
18:52 - this is not as confusing as it looks. Here's an example...
20:19 - in terms of the extent of reaction...
22:44 - ...for this generation reaction...
23:20 - in terms of the extent of reaction...
23:30 - A rate law relates the concentration of reactants...
28:23 - for stoichiometric reactions, the rate law can not be deduced by inspection.
30:08 - Often, reactions are significantly reversible and both the forward and backward...
32:10 - be reminded that these simple expressions apply only because...
33:35 - what are the units of the rate constant in this case?
34:46 - Method 1. Method of Initial Rates
40:05 - Method 2. Use an integrated rate law.
43:59 - Method 2. (continued) Half-life
45:17 - Graph: (length of half of line is constant.)
45:55 - How do we experimentally determine the rate of law

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.

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