Complex chemical equilibria and equilibrium diagrams.
Electrochemistry.
Solutions, colligative properties, and real gases.
KH1221 Applied Physical Chemistry 5.0 credits
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Information for Spring 2027 Start 12 Jan 2027 programme students
- Course location
KTH Campus
- Duration
- 12 Jan 2027 - 12 Mar 2027
- Periods
Spring 2027: P3 (5 hp)
- Pace of study
33%
- Application code
10201
- Form of study
Normal Daytime
- Language of instruction
Swedish
- Course memo
- Course memo is not published
- Number of places
Places are not limited
- Target group
- No information inserted
- Planned modular schedule
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- Schedule
- Schedule is not published
Contact
Course syllabus as PDF
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Content and learning outcomes
Course contents
Intended learning outcomes
After successfully completed course the student shall be able to:
- use MEDUSA/HYDRA to create and interpret chemical equilibria for solving problems of complex chemical equilibria, including coupled equilibria and electrochemical phase diagrams.
- describe voltaic and electrolytic cells with cell diagrams and anode/cathode reactions. The student should also be able to use the electrochemical standard potentials to determine which redox reactions that are spontaneous, and in calculations use the relations between chemical equilibrium constants, changes in Gibbs free energy and standard redox potentials.
- account for conversion of chemical energy to electrical energy (batteries and fuel cells), as well as conversion of electrical energy to chemical energy (electrolysis). The student should also be able to describe unwanted electrochemical reactions (corrosion).
- apply the van der Waals gas law and determine when and why the ideal gas law is insufficient.
- define colligative properties and perform calculations for, e.g., vapour pressure (Raoults law), osmotic pressure and boiling/freezing point changes in solutions.
Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites
No information inserted
Literature
You can find information about course literature either in the course memo for the course offering or in the course room in Canvas.
Examination and completion
Grading scale
A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Examination
- LAB2 - Laboratory Work, 1.0 credits, grading scale: P, F
- TEN1 - Written examination, 3.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
- LAB1 - Computer Laboratory Work, 1.0 credits, grading scale: P, F
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Examiner
Ethical approach
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.
Further information
Course room in Canvas
Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.
Offered by
Main field of study
Technology
Education cycle
First cycle