Advanced Physical Chemistry

Molecular theory of kinetics and statistical mechanics: transport and reactions in gases and liquids, ensembles and the Boltzmann distribution law, partition functions, molecular simulation, structure and dynamics of liquids. Diffusion and activation limited reactions, potential energy surfaces, collision theory and transition-state theory. Prerequisites: either CHEM 173 or CHEM 171 for students who took CHEM 171 in Spring 2021 or later, or equivalent course.