Taking as starting point the capabilities and skills acquired in Chemistry along the basic module and those achieved in the subject Physical Chemistry I, in this subject the student will use experimental methods to determine the macroscopic properties of matter in fields like Chemical Thermodynamics, Chemical Kinetics and Electrochemical phenomena. Besides, the concepts related with surface properties, macromolecules and colloids will be also applied.

SKILLS

1. Understanding and management of the basic principles of Physical Chemistry and their impact on the chemical processes

2. Ability to plan and carry out easy synthetical processes and characterization protocols of chemical compounds in the laboratory, as well as to evaluate and understand the data derived from such experiments in diverse fields related with chemistry.

3. Be able to clearly explain, both speaking and writing, phenomena and processes dealing with Chemistry and related issues.

4. Ability to search and select information about Chemistry and other related scientific fields using bibliographic tools as well as other technologies of information and communications.

I.- CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS AND THERMOCHEMISTRY

Experiment 1: Combustion enthalpy by bomb calorimeter.



II.- BINARY MIXTURES. PARTIAL MOLAR PROPERTIES

Experiment 2: Determination of partial molar volumes in binary mixtures.



III.- PHASE EQUILIBRIUM

Experiment 3: Liquid-vapor phase diagram in binary systems.

Experiment 4: Solid-liquid phase diagram in binary systems.



IV.- CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM

Experiment 5: Determination of the equilibrium constant at different temperatures.



V.- ELECTROCHEMISTRY

Experiment 6: Determination of thermodynamic magnitudes.



VI.- SURFACE PHENOMENA AND COLLOIDS

Experiment 7: Determination of the critical micelle concentration of dodecyl sulfate.

Experiment 8: Adsorption isotherms



VII.- TRANSPORT DYNAMICS

Experiment 9: Migration rate of the permanganate ion



VIII.- MACROMOLECULES

Experiment 10: Synthesis and characterization of polymers.

Experiment 11: Polymethylmetacrylate polymerization kinetics.

It is mandatory the assistance of the student to all the activities. At the beginning of the academic course, a book containing the guidelines and explanations of all the experiments will be provided.

In the classroom practices (GA) all the issues related with the experiments and their realization in the laboratory will be explained. It is essential for the student knowing deeply the experiment before doing it in the laboratory.

The laboratory experiments (GL) are laboratory sessions where the experiments will be done, demanding a rigorous fulfilling of the security rules. At the beginning of each experiment, the student will answer some questions about the experiment to be done. Besides, during the experiment, the student will do a laboratory notebook.

In the seminars (S) all the results achieved in the laboratory will be analyzed and understood.

Finally, the student will prepare a report about the carried out experiment and will give it to the professor before the beginning of the next experiment.



40% of the lab practices will work according to the research-based learning methodology (RBL) applied to one of the development and sustainable objectives in accordance with the ikd3 project guidelines.

• Final Assessment System
• Tools and qualification percentages:
  • Written test to be taken (%): 60
  • Individual works (%): 20
  • Team projects (problem solving, project design)) (%): 20

Evaluation criteria:

In the continuous evaluation, the following activities carried out during the academic course will be considered:

- Work at the laboratory and seminars (20%): individual answer to the questions done in the laboratory before each experiment, laboratory notebook, ability in the experimental techniques management, and results discussion in pairs in the seminars.

- Reports of the experiments (20%): after finishing each experiment, the student will write a report about it.

The continuous evaluation, as well as the realization of all the experiments, are mandatory. A minimum grade of 4 will be needed to average with the final exam and be able of approving the subject.

The day fixed by the deanship the final exam will be done (60%) and it will have two parts: a writing exam consisting of questions to develop (30%) and a practical exam (30%) where an experiment will be done in the laboratory. To make the average with the continuous evaluation, a minimum grade of 4 in each part of the final exam will be required. Therefore, to pass the subject it is necessary to achieve the minimum criteria in each part of the evaluation, as well as to achieve a 5 in the final grade. If the student do not assist to this exam, his/her final calification will be not presented.



To refuse the continuous evaluation, the student has 18 weeks, from the beginning of the school year, to communicate it to the teachers (Article 8.3 of the Evaluation Policy).

The extraordinary call will consist of a final exam (100%) in terms of the current official regulation (BOPV nº 50, march 13, 2017). This final exam will have two parts; writing and experimental. A minimum grade of 4 will be demanded in each part, as explained before in the ordinary call. Nevertheless, the results of the continuous evaluation will be saved and took into account in the final grade (40% as in the ordinary call), if they are positive.

White lab coat, security glasses, laboratory spatula, calculator and laboratory notebook

Basic bibliography

A.M.Halpern, G.C. McBane. Experimental Physical Chemistry. A laboratory textbook, 3rd edition. W.H. Freeman, 2006.

C. W. Garland, J. W. Nibler, D. P. Shoemaker. Experiments in Physical Chemistry, 7th Edition. MacGraw-Hill, 2002.

R. J. Sime. Physical Chemistry: Methods, Techniques, and Experiments. Saunders College Publishing, USA, 1990.

J.J. Ruiz Sanchez, J.M. Rodríguez Mellado, E. Muñoz Gutierrez, J.M. Sevilla Suarez de Urbina. Curso Experimental en Química Física. Ed. Síntesis, 2003.

In-depth bibliography

D.R.Lide ed., Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 89th Edition, CRC Press, 2008
I. R. Levine. Fisicoquímica, vols. 1 y 2. 5º ed. Ed. Mac Graw Hill, 2004.
P.Atkins, J.de Paula. Quimica Física. Ed. Panamericana, 2008.
R.J.Silbey, R.A.Alberty. Kimika Fisikoa. Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, 2006.

Journals

Journal of Chemical Education

Web addresses

https://ocw.ehu.eus/course/view.php?id=207&lang=es
http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry
http://www.chemtube3d.com
https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/chemistry/5-61-physical-chemistry-fall-2007/lecture-notes/