Guia docente 2020_21 Facultade de Química

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
Phenomena of transport	Kinetic theory of gases. No-electrical transport phenomena. Electrical transport transport: conductivity
Surface phenomena	Surface tension. Structure of the solid surfaces. Adsorption on solid surfaces. Physisorption and chemisorption: models. The electrical interface.
Formal kinetics	Reaction rates and rate equations. Analysis of data. Kinetic analysis of complex reactions. Mechanisms. Influence of the temperature in the rate of reaction.
Experimental methods in chemical kinetics	Transformation of the rate equations. Conventional methods. Experimental methods for the study of fast reactions.
Theoretical interpretation of the rate of the reaction	Collision theory for bimolecular reactions. Transition-state theory.
Macromolecules	Structure of the macromolecules. Structural models. Characterization of macromolecules.
Colloids	Classification of colloidal systems. Synthesis and characterization of colloids. Stability of colloidal systems.
Catalysis	General catalysis mechanism. Homogeneous catalysis mechanism. Heterogeneous catalysis mechanism.
Electrode kinetics	Stages of an electrode process. Sobrepotential. Sobrepotential of transfer of load. Diffusion sobrepotential. Sobrepotential of reactions and crystallizations. Experimental methods.
Laboratory practical	Experiments of kinetic chemistry including catalysis, transport phenomena, electrochemistry, macromolecules and colloids.