Abstract:
This course is the fruits of years of teaching experience in L1 whether in ST
since 2004-2016 or in SM since 2016 to date. It is aimed primarily at first-year
SM learners, not forgetting ST and SNV Science and Technology learners.
Chapter I covers the basics of thermodynamics, with definitions that are - for
the most part - essential to understanding the chapters that follow.
The chapters that follow develop the first two principles of thermodynamics
and their application to perfect gases. This is one of the fundamental postulates
assimilated to principles, and serves as the foundation for the imposing edifice
of macroscopic thermodynamics and the various cycles of thermal machines.
The last two chapters provide an indispensable basis for any kinetic study of a
chemical process, covering both the elementary notions of formal kinetics and
the mathematical bases concerning the notion of the speed of a chemical
reaction and its evolution over time, the parameters influencing the speed of a
reaction and the determination of the order of a reaction by physical -chemical
methods. The form in which this handout is presented is the result of reading
numerous basic works and documents, most of which are cited in the
bibliography.
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