the folder contains topics from biology and chemistry topics for period 1 in Maastricht university science programme. It has all the necessary documents from few selected topics from Biology Campbell textbook (biology) and Principles of general chemistry textbook (chemistry).
Learning objecties
By the end of this lecture you will be able to:
• Decide what represents the best system
• Calculate reacton enthalpies
• Recall the 4 laws of thermodynamics and explain them
• Understand the concepts of spontaneity, entropy and
reversibility
• Calculate Gibbs free energy
• Make a choice between using entropy and Gibbs free
energy as a predictng tool
• Relate Gibbs free energy to the equilibrium constant
,3 key questons
AB
Thermodynamics
• Will a reacton occur at all?
• How much energy will be absorbed or
released?
• How fast will the reacton be? Kinetcs
, Beaker = System
Lab around the beaker = Surroundings
Conientons Lab with the beaker = Universe
System +
UN
Surroundings
IVE
RSE
System
Surroundings What you want to
study
What is around it
, Energy
• In Thermodynamics we are interested in the energy
process
• Energy can be exchanged between the system and the
surroundings through work (w) and through heat (q)
• They are both processes of energy transfer and not
forms of energy
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