KJM4300 ¨C Physical Chemistry II

Course description

• Course content
• Learning outcome
• Admission
• Prerequisites

• Overlapping courses
• Teaching
• Examination

Course content

Kinetic Theory of Gases, Collision Theory, Activated complex Theory, Transport Properties, Reactions in Liquid Solutions, Rapid Reactions and Relaxation Techniques, Photochemistry, Statistical Thermodynamics.

Learning outcome

The student shall acquire increased knowledge of central fields in physical chemistry and be able to use this in practical work with chemical systems.

Admission

Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.

Prerequisites

Formal prerequisite knowledge

KJM1100 ¨C General chemistry (continued), KJM1110 ¨C Organic chemistry I (continued), KJM1120 ¨C Inorganic Chemistry (continued) and KJM1130 ¨C Physical Chemistry I - Thermodynamics and Kinetics or similar courses.

Recommended previous knowledge

KJM2600 ¨C Physical chemistry II - quantum chemistry and spectroscopy (continued).

Overlapping courses

KJ230 og KJM3300 ¨C Physical Chemistry II (discontinued)

Teaching

The course consists of 32 hours of lectures and 24 hours of group seminars, and each student must also give 9 presentations during the semester in a compulsory student lecture seminar.

The first lecture/group seminar and the student lecture seminar are mandatory. If you are unable to join, the Expedition Office has to be informed in advance (phone 22 85 54 46, or e-mail ekspedisjonen@kjemi.uio.no). If you fail to register as an active student for the course in either of these ways, you will loose the access to the course for the given semester.

Examination

Oral examination. Each student must pass all the presentations in the student lecture seminar before he/she can take part in the final examination. Students may bring a calculator. Letter grades (A-F).

Information about examination rules

Other

The teaching will be cancelled if less than 3 students have registered for the course by the closing date for course registration in January.

The student lecture seminar is only valid in the semester it was approved for the first time.