Educational guide Faculty of Oenology |
english |
Bachelor's Degree in Biotechnology (2009) |
Subjects |
THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETICS |
Contents |
IDENTIFYING DATA | 2017_18 |
Subject | THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETICS | Code | 19204111 | |||||
Study programme |
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Cycle | 1st | |||||
Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
4 | Compulsory | Second | 2Q |
Competences | Learning outcomes | Contents |
Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
Topic | Sub-topic |
Review of thermodynamic concepts | State equations Thermodynamic relations and functions Ideal gases Mass and energy balances. 1st, 2nd and 3rd laws. Gibbs energy and chemical potential. |
Transformations of matter | Change and phase balance. Pure substances. Multicomponent systems. Phase diagrams |
Solutions | Composition, mixing magnitudes, ideal and diluted ideal solutions. Deviation from ideal behavior |
Reminder of concepts of chemical kinetics | Reaction rate: rate equation, reaction order, rate constant Mechanisms of reaction: elementary stage, simple reaction, complex reaction. Apparent constant, pseudoordre |
Analysis of kinetic data | Methods of determining reaction orders. Method of integration by simple reactions. Pseudo-order reaction. Apparent constant. Experimental techniques for the determination of reaction rates. |
Influence of temperature on the rate of reactions | Arrhenius equation. Arrhenius Theory. Activated complex and frequency factor. Molecular interpretation. |
Kinetic treatment of complex reactions | Arrhenius equation. Arrhenius Theory. Activated complex and frequency factor. Molecular interpretation. |
Mechanisms of reaction | Complexity of mechanisms. Approximation of the determining step of a reaction. Steady state approach. Examples of known mechanisms. Catalytic mechanisms. Enzymatic catalysis. |