| Educational guide Faculty of Oenology |
english |
| Bachelor's Degree in Biotechnology (2009) |
 Subjects |
| THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETICS |
| Contents |
| IDENTIFYING DATA | 2023_24 |
| Subject | THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETICS | Code | 19204111 | |||||
| Study programme |
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Cycle | 1st | |||||
| Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
| 4 | Compulsory | Second | 2Q |
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| Competences | Learning outcomes | Contents |
| Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
| Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| Review of thermodynamic concepts | Equations of state (EoS). Thermodynamic relations and functions. Ideal gases. Mass and energy balances. 1st, 2nd and 3rd laws. Gibbs free energy and chemical potential. |
| Transformations of matter | Changes and phase equilibrium. Pure substances. Multicomponent systems. Phase diagrams. |
| Solutions | Composition and mixing variables. Ideal solutions and diluted ideal solutions. Deviation from ideal behaviour. |
| Chemical equilibrium | Stoichiometry and extent of reaction Equilibrium conditions. Equilibrium constant. Reactions in gas phase. Reactions in liquid phase. |
| Reminder of concepts of chemical kinetics | Reaction rate: rate equation, reaction order, rate constant. Mechanisms of reaction: elementary step, simple reaction, complex reaction. Apparent constant, pseudo-order. |
| Analysis of kinetic data | Methods for estimating reaction orders. Method of integration for 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 | Reversible reactions. Simultaneous reactions. Series reactions. Influence of temperature over complex reactions. |
| Mechanisms of reaction | Complexity of mechanisms. Approximation of the dominant step of a reaction. Steady state approach. Examples of known mechanisms. Catalytic mechanisms. Enzymatic catalysis. |
