Guia docente 2023_24 Facultade de Química

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
Statistical thermodynamics	Introduction to the Statistical Thermodynamics. Configurations. Function of molecular partition. Canonical community. Thermodynamic functions. Constants of balance.
Kinetical theory of the gases	Foundations of the kinetical theory of the gases. Collisions and surfaces. Effusion.
Kinetical formal.	Rates of chemical reactions and rate equations. Orders of reactions, half-lives, elementary steps, molecularity. Analysis of kinetic data. Kinetic analysis of some complex reactions. Mechanisms. Effects of temperature.
Experimental methods in Kinetical Chemical	Transformation of the rate equations. Conventional techniques for slow reactions. Relaxation methods to study fast reactions.
Theoretical interpretation of the speed of reaction.	Collision theory for bimolecular reactions. Transition state theory.
*Catálisis	Catalysis. Homogeneous, acid-base, enzymatic, and heterogeneous catalysis.
Kinetical *electródica	Electrode-solution interface. Steps of an electrodic process. Galvanic cells. Overpotentials. Butler-Volmer and Tafel equations. Corrosion. Experimental techniques.