Use this schedule to plan your reading and studying. The topic sequence is good, but the actual dates will change based on our progress.
Readings keyed to SVA6 are to Smith, VanNess, and Abbott, Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (6th ed.)
| August 24 | Administrivia | |
| Introduction | Text pp. 171 | |
| August 26 | Gibbs' Phase Rule | SVA6 pp. 29-31 |
| Heat Capacities | ||
| Measurable Properties | Text pp. 176-77, 181-82 | |
| Calculus Review | Text pp. 177-79 | |
| August 28 | Fundamental Property Relations | Text pp. 174-76; SVA6 pp. 195-97 |
| Maxwell's Relations | Text pp. 179-80; SVA6 pp. 197-98 | |
| Thermodynamic Identities | SVA6 pp. 198-99 | |
| August 31 | Heat Capacities | |
| Thermodynamic Functions from Total Derivatives | Text pp. 182; SVA6 pp. 198-204 | |
| September 2 | PVT Relationships | Text pp. 193-95; SVA6 p. 69 |
| Generalized Correlations | Text pp. 195-200; SVA6 pp. 95-97, 100-108 | |
| September 4 | Virial Equations of State | Text pp. 200-202; SVA6 pp. 68, 70, 87-91 |
| September 9 | Virial Equations of State | Text pp. 200-202; SVA6 pp. 68, 70, 87-91 |
| The van der Waals Equation | Text pp. 202-3, 220; SVA6 pp. 91-92, 93-94 | |
| September 11 | RMP CANCEL | |
| September 14 | The van der Waals Equation | Text pp. 202-3, 220; SVA6 pp. 91-92, 93-94 |
| September 16 | Other Cubic EoS | Text pp. 203-4; SVA6 p. 95 |
| Solving Cubic EoS | Text pp. 203-4; SVA6 p. 95 | |
| September 18 | Solving Cubic EoS | Text pp. 203-4; SVA6 p. 95 |
| Departure Functions | Text pp. 229-35; SVA6 pp. 205-6 | |
| September 21 | Applying Departure Functions | Text pp. 235, 245-45, 247; SVA6 pp. 207-8 |
| September 23 | Calculating Residuals with EoS | |
| September 25 | Test 1 | |
| September 28 | Two Phase Systems | Text pp. 257-60, 264; SVA6 pp. 217-19 |
| September 30 | Fugacity | Text pp. 264-68; SVA6 pp. 384-86 |
| October 3 | Determining Pure Component Fugacities | Text pp. 268, 271-73; SVA6 pp. 386-87 |
| Fugacity Estimation via Generalized Correlations | Text pp. 268-71; SVA6 pp. 396-98 | |
| October 5 | Determining Pure Component Fugacities | Text pp. 268, 271-73; SVA6 pp. 386-87 |
| October 7 | Determining Pure Component Fugacities | Text pp. 268, 271-73; SVA6 pp. 386-87 |
| Vapor Liquid Phase Diagrams | Text pp. 285-87 | |
| October 9 | Partial Properties | Text pp. 288-89; SVA6 pp. 371-75 |
| October 12 | Partial Properties | Text pp. 288-89; SVA6 pp. 371-75 |
| October 14 | Partial Properties | Text pp. 288-89; SVA6 pp. 371-75 |
| October 16 | Test 2 | |
| October 26 | Equilibrium Criteria | Text pp. 289-90 |
| October 28 | Fugacities of Species in Mixtures | Text pp. 290-91; SVA6 pp. 390-93 |
| Ideal Solutions and Activity | Text pp. 293-95; SVA6 pp. 401-2 | |
| October 30 | Mixing Rules | Text pp. 291-92, 296-98 |
| November 2 | K-Values | Text pp. 298-300; SVA6 pp. 354-58 |
| Basic VLE Calculations | Text pp. 301-5; SVA6 pp. 342-47, 358-61 | |
| November 4 | Basic VLE Calculations | Text pp. 301-5; SVA6 pp. 342-47, 358-61 |
| November 8 | CLASS WASTED -- MOST DIDN'T SHOW | |
| November 9 | Non-Ideal VLE | Text pp. 310-13 |
| Mixtures and the Virial Equation | Text pp. 320-21; SVA6 pp. 393-94, 398-99 | |
| November 11 | Mixture Fugacities from the Virial Equation | Text pp. 324-26, 329-32; SVA6 pp. 393-95 |
| November 13 | Mixture Fugacities from the Virial Equation | Text pp. 324-26, 329-32; SVA6 pp. 393-95 |
| November 16 | Solving VLE Problems | Text pp. 335-36, 613-17 |
| November 18 | Test III | |
| November 20 | Activity Coefficient Models | Text pp. 363-67, 369-71 |
| November 26 | Activity Coefficient Models | Text pp. 363-67, 369-71 |
| November 28 | Reacting Systems | Text p. 481 |
| Reaction Coordinate | Text pp. 483-85; SVA6 pp. 467-72 | |
| November 30 | Reaction Coordinate | Text pp. 483-85; SVA6 pp. 467-72 |
| December 3 | Equilibrium Constants | Text pp. 486-88; SVA6 pp. 473-75 |
| December 5 | Equilibrium Constants | Text pp. 486-88; SVA6 pp. 473-75 |
| December 7 | ||
| TBA | Final Exam |
Revised: 3 August 2007 by RMP