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Course Outlines

Spring 2015 - CHEM 363 D100

Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Dynamics (3)

Class Number: 5023

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jan 6 – Apr 13, 2015: Mon, 11:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

    Jan 6 – Apr 13, 2015: Wed, Fri, 11:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Apr 16, 2015
    Thu, 3:30–6:30 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    CHEM 260.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Fundamental principles of chemical kinetics, rate laws, mechanisms, reactive intermediates, theories of reaction rates, solvation effects, photochemistry, radiation chemistry, and experimental methods. Quantitative.

COURSE DETAILS:

Combined graduate course: CHEM 869 - Special Topics in Physical Chemistry (3)

3 lecture hours/week; 1 tutorial hour/week

Lecture Topics:
Empirical chemical kinetics
Mechanisms
Modelling
Oscillating reactions
Rate theories
Reaction dynamics
Reactions in solution
Radiation chemistry

Grading

  • Assignments 25%
  • Midterm Exam 25%
  • Final Exam 50%

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

One of the following:
Michael J. Pilling & PaulW. Seakins. Reaction Kinetics. 2nd Ed. 1999. Publisher: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780198555278.
Keith J. Laidler. Chemical Kinetics. 3rd Ed. 1997. Publisher: Prentice Hall. ISBN: 9780060438623.
S. R. Logan. Fundamentals of Chemical Kinetics. 1996. Publisher: Prentice Hall. ISBN: 9780582251854.
Margaret R. Wright. Introduction to Chemical Kinetics. 2004. Publisher: Wiley-Interscience. ISBN: 9780470090596.

Department Undergraduate Notes:

A grade of C- or better is required for all prerequisite courses.

Registrar Notes:

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