E&PS 507
Office 337 Northrop Hall
Office Hours:MWF 2:00-3:00.
A lovely 'unit conversion chart' is available
here
Class: MWF 1-2, 340 Northrop
Laboratory: To be discussed
Assigned book: Fegley CD
Other
Books: William White's book (on line .. awesome text
)
Nordstom and Munoz
“Thermodynamics of Natural Systems” by G.M. Anderson
Weekly problem sets will be assigned. You are welcome
to work on these in pairs or small groups.
There will be three 1-hour exams and 1 final.
Grading:
Hour exam 240 points (x 3) 720
The following is a suggested outline for the course.
Minor modifications are likely.
Week of Topics Suggested Readings
Jan 16th, 23rd
Definitions
Chap. 1
Gas Laws
Chap 2 in Nordstrom and Munoz
Some mathematical techniques
Appendix. C,
App. B; Nordstrom & Munoz
PROBLEM SET # 1 
Jan. 30th, Feb. 6th
Heat and Work
Chap. 3
Second law of thermodynamics
Entropy, Enthalpies, Heat capacity
Standard State
PROBLEM SET # 2
LABORATORY EXERCISE #2 
Data for sillimanite 
PROBLEM SET # 3
Feb 20
Free Energy
47-64 GMA
Second law of thermodynamics
37-46, 57-63 White
Entropy
LABORATORY EXERCISE #3
1st HOUR EXAM
Friday, Feb. 25th
March 1, 8
Free Energy & 3rd law
65-84, 85-96 GMA
Maxwell’s relations 64-67 White
Chemical equilibria in ideal/non-ideal systems
PROBLEM SET # 4
March 13-20th
Spring Break
March 20th
Phase rule
E. Zen USGS Bull.
Schreinemaker’s Rules
12.25 (1966)
12.25 (1966)
SECOND HOUR EXAM
Friday, March 25th
PROBLEM SET 6 
April 5
Partial molar quantities
70-90 W
April 3rd
Activities
97-118,121-140 W
Chemical Potential
Disorder
Solvus relations (ideal, nonideal)
Equilibrium constants, fugacities
PROBLEM SET # 5
PROBLEM SET # 6
THIRD HOUR EXAM
Friday, April 22nd
April 24th
pH, f(O2) acids and bases
145-174, 177-200
Redox, etc. 90-120 W
PROBLEM SET # 7
April 26th
Salts
261-302
May 1st
Mineral Stability diagrams
May 1st
Kinetics
Old Final
FINAL EXAM
Wednesday, May 11th,12:30 – 2:30.