Information page for Chemical kinetics (NAKE005)
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Chemical kinetics, 6 credits
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he course syllabus was confirmed by the Faculty board for graduate studies 30 June 2016. The course is in the third cycle and amounts to 6 credits.
The course syllabus is formally approved in Swedish. This is a translation.
Learning outcomes
On completion of the course, participants shall be able to:
Knowledge and understanding
• Describe the basics of chemical kinetics
• Account for rate laws of reversible, parallell and consecutive reactions
• Describe TS-theory and activation parameters
Skills and abilities
• Interpret experimental data
• Evaluate kinetics data in terms of the rate laws
• Derive the rate law for all types of mechanisms and determine whether they are compatible with experimental data
• Use simple computer programmes to evaluate the dynamic NMR data
Judgement and approach
• To evaluate different mechanisms and judge what experimental data speak in favour of different mechanistic models
Course content
Reaction rates, rate laws, reversible and consecutive reactions, steady state approximation, deduction of reaction mechanisms, transition-state theory, chain reactions, activation parameters, experimental methods, dynamic NMR
Teaching
Group seminars (in total ca 14 h)
Assessment
Assessment is based on the written assignments and the written exam
Grading scale
Possible grades are Pass and Fail. To pass the course, the student must pass the written assignments and pass the written exam.
Language of instruction
The course is given in English.
Entry requirements
Basic knowledge of physical, inorganic and organic chemistry
Course responsible teacher and unit/division
Ola Wendt
Email: ola.wendt@chem.lu.se
Centre for Analysis and Synthesis (CAS), KILU
THE COURSE WILL RUN SPRING TERM (VT) 2025.
For more info contact Ola Wendt.
Do you have questions? Please contact viveka.alfredsson@chem.lu.se