Course

Chemistry 1B - ZPEM1102

Faculty: UNSW Canberra at ADFA

School: School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences @ UNSW Canberra at ADFA

Course Outline: ZPEM1102 Course Outline

Campus: UNSW Canberra at ADFA

Career: Undergraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 6

CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

The direction in which chemical reactions proceed (thermodynamics) is studied. There is an introduction to the laws of thermodynamics and the concepts of entropy, enthalpy and free energy. In kinetics, the temperature and concentration dependence for rates of reaction are discussed. This includes the concept of rate laws, activation energy and mechanism. The degree to which a reaction proceeds (chemical equilibrium) is discussed and related to the change of free energy. Electron transfer is introduced as an important area of chemistry, together with the principles of electrochemical cells. Finally, some military chemistry is presented, including a brief introduction to chemical and biological weapons.
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