Thermodynamics Problem Solving in Physical Chemistry

Kathleen Murphy grew up near Saginaw Michigan and obtained a B.S. degree in Chemistry from Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant, MI). She then went on to receive a PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of Vermont (Burlington, VT) and did postdoctoral work at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY). Dr. Murphy is currently a Professor of Chemistry, in the Natural Science Department at Daemen College (Amherst, NY) and has been teaching general, analytical and physical chemistry for over 40 years. Eighteen of those years were spent being in an administrative role within the department and the College and oversaw the transition of the College into health-related areas and major expansion of the department. Dr. Murphy never left the classroom though and looks forward to devoting much more of her time using her experience to develop new strategies for students to address their weaknesses in problem-solving and surmounting them. Her research interests have been the role of oxygen in wound healing and various environmental topics, such as bioremediation or detection of metals in the soil or water.

Part 1: Gases and Gas Laws. Part 2: First Law of Thermodynamics: (PV) and Heat, as ΔU and ΔH. Part 3. Second and Third Law of Thermodynamics, ΔS. Part 4. Free Energy (ΔG), Helmholtz energy (ΔA), and Phase Equilibrium. Part 5: Free Energy (ΔG) of Mixing, Binary Liquid Mixtures, Colligative Properties, and Activity. Part 6: Free Energy, Equilibrium Constants, and Electromotive Force. Answers to Example Problems. Index.