Thermodynamics and Chemical Dynamics 131C. Lecture 07. Vibrational Partition Functions.
Channel: UCI Open
Date: 17/04/2012

UCI Chem 131C Thermodynamics and Chemical Dynamics (Spring 2012)
Lec 07. Thermodynamics and Chemical Dynamics -- Vibrational Partition Functions --
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Instructor: Reginald Penner, Ph.D. 

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Description: In Chemistry 131C, students will study how to calculate macroscopic chemical properties of systems. This course will build on the microscopic understanding (Chemical Physics) to reinforce and expand your understanding of the basic thermo-chemistry concepts from General Chemistry (Physical Chemistry.) We then go on to study how chemical reaction rates are measured and calculated from molecular properties. Topics covered include: Energy, entropy, and the thermodynamic potentials; Chemical equilibrium; and Chemical kinetics.

Thermodynamics and Chemical Dynamics (Chem 131C) is part of OpenChem: http://ocw.uci.edu/openchem/
This video is part of a 27-lecture undergraduate-level course titled "Thermodynamics and Chemical Dynamics" taught at UC Irvine by Professor Reginald M. Penner.

Recorded on April 16, 2013.

Index of Topics:
0:00:41  The Symmetry Number
0:07:09  Aluminum Chloride Atoms
0:13:03  Example: Benzene
0:15:43  Rotational Partition Function of HCl
0:19:12  Rotational Partition Function of Methane
0:22:02  Vibrational States
0:33:24  What About Vibrational Energy?
0:36:13  Vibrational Modes

Required attribution: Penner, Reginald Thermodynamics and Chemical Dynamics 131C (UCI OpenCourseWare: University of California, Irvine),  http://ocw.uci.edu/courses/chem_131c_thermodynamics_and_chemical_dynamics.html. [Access date]. License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/deed.en_US).