Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

PCE 301 — Chemical Thermodynamics

2 units · PCE department course · Nigerian universities

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What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

apply first, second and third law to ideal and real gases
calculate heat requirements for reacting and non-reacting systems
apply the concept of fugacity and its application to processes;
apply thermodynamic principles to chemical, phase equilibrium, and electrochemical processes.

Course contents

First law and the energetics of chemical reactions. Second law, calculation of entropy changes. Definitions of thermodynamic potentials. Heat of mixing. Fugacity, free energy and work function. Chemical potentials and affinity of reactions. Equilibrium in chemical reaction systems. Equilibrium constant of a reaction. Third law. Thermal data. thermodynamics of electrochemical cells. Work production from chemically reacting systems. Phase relations and thermodynamics of solutions. Equilibrium in heterogeneous reactions.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study PCE 301.

PCE 301 — Chemical Thermodynamics

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

Course contents

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