- Docente: Francesco Zerbetto
- Credits: 6
- SSD: CHIM/02
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Francesco Zerbetto (Modulo 1) Stefania Rapino (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Chemistry and Materials Chemistry (cod. 8006)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student is able to understand and
describe elementary and complex reaction kinetics, both in
homogeneous and heterogeneous phases. He/She is also able to
understand and apply reaction rate theory from microscopic
statistical principles.
Course contents
Elementary processes. First order reactions, Second order reactions. Integration of elementary reactions kinetics. Complex reaction schemes. Numerical integration with matrices. Stationary state. Arrhenius. Hindelmann-Hinshelwood. Michaelis-Menten; Lineweaver-Burke. Kinetics in the presence of phase transfer. Langmuir. Probability and entropy. Lagrange multipliers. Boltzmann distribution. Partition functions, free energy and chemical potential. Transition state theory.
Readings/Bibliography
P. Atkins, Physical Chemistry, Oxford University Press; lecture
notes
Teaching methods
The lectures will focus on the practical use of kinetics and of the
theoretical tools associated to it. The lectures will be
supplemented with exercises and laboratory. The practical
exercises/laboratory will be carried out individually and aimed at
giving the students the opportunity to tackle real problems while
working independently or in small groups.
Assessment methods
Written test and viva. The written test verifies that the student
is able to calculate the time evolution of all the species involved
in a reaction. The viva verifies the ability of the student to
understand the theoretical framework of chemical kinetics.
Teaching tools
PC, overhead projector, laboratories
Office hours
See the website of Francesco Zerbetto
See the website of Stefania Rapino