Syllabus
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Department of Chemistry
Physical chemistry for Nano and Chem Eng students
204-1-2881
Dr. Iris Visoly-Fisher
Spring Semester
Course Description: Chemical
kinetics: reaction -rate, -order, -mechanism, catalysis, photochemistry,
kinetics of electron transfer
Course Structure:
Lecture: 2 hr/wk
Recitation: 1 hr/wk Lab: N/A Total
# of Credits: 2.5
Course requirements:
1. Homework assignments
2. Paper and presentation
3. Final exam
Structure of Final
Course-Grade:
Component Weight
1. Homework 10%
2. Paper 25%.
3. Final exam 65%
__________ _______
Total:
100%
A "Pass"
requirement regarding final exam: Yes/No
Lecturer Details:
Reception hours: by appointment, Building 29, Room 113
E-mail: irisvf AT bgu.ac.il Telephone: 72716
Teaching Assistant
Details: Maya Kleiman
Reception hours: by appointment
E-mail: km AT bgu.ac.il Telephone: 79470
Description of Meetings
|
Meeting |
Subject(s) |
|
1 |
Introduction, reaction rate and order |
|
2 |
Reaction mechanisms |
|
3 |
Complex reactions |
|
4 |
Chain reactions, kinetics in liquids |
|
5 |
Kinetics in gas, collision theory |
|
6 |
Experimental techniques |
|
7 |
Catalysis |
|
8 |
Catalysis |
|
9 |
Photochemistry |
|
10 |
Photochemistry |
|
11 |
Kinetics of electron transfer |
|
12 |
Student paper presentations |
|
13 |
Student paper presentations |
Course textbooks
1. Atkins, De Paula, Atkins’ Physical Chemistry, 7th ed., Oxford 2002
2.