Physical Chemistry is often perceived as one big collection of derivations. This is not really the case. Many, if not most, natural phenomena can be more fully understood when mathematics and physics techniques are applied to them.
Chemistry is no different.
Consider a real gas, in which molecular volume and intermolecular interactions are important. The objective in this project is to use mathematics as applied to chemistry to mathematically describe the behavior of a real gas sample under a specific set of conditions. We will use several different equations, determine the appropriate parameters for each, and develop a statistical model which will allow us to determine how good each equation is at describing the gas sample we are considering. To the right you have a collection of Web links for this project. Start with the Welcome link and proceed to build, along with your colleagues, an understanding of our descriptions of real gas behavior.