Electrochemistry: cells, standard potentials, electrolysis and batteries
The Daniell cell, anode and cathode, standard reduction potentials, the Nernst equation, electrolysis with Faraday's laws, battery types and galvanic corrosion.
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The Daniell cell, anode and cathode, standard reduction potentials, the Nernst equation, electrolysis with Faraday's laws, battery types and galvanic corrosion.
Arrhenius, Brønsted and Lewis definitions, the pH scale, strong and weak acids with numerical examples, titrations and buffers with the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation.
How substances dissolve, molarity, molality and mole fraction, dilution, boiling point elevation, freezing point depression and osmotic pressure.
The law of mass action, Kc and Kp, the reaction quotient, an ICE-table problem, Le Châtelier's principle with ammonia synthesis and the…
Rate law and reaction orders, first-order reactions and half-life, activation energy and the Arrhenius equation, catalysts and component reliability.
The first law and enthalpy, Hess's law with enthalpies of formation, entropy and the second law, spontaneity with ΔG and the link…
Oxidation numbers, names of inorganic compounds, types of reaction, balancing by inspection and with the half-reaction method, with worked examples.
Dispersion forces and hydrogen bonds, the ideal gas equation with examples, vapour pressure, crystalline solids and energy bands in conductors, semiconductors and…
The octet rule and Lewis structures, the three types of bond, molecular shape with the VSEPR model, hybrid orbitals and the step…
Partial sums, geometric, harmonic and telescoping series, the necessary condition, comparison, ratio, root and integral tests, Leibniz and absolute convergence.