Phases and Phase Equilibria

Keywords: solid, liquid, gas, kinetic molecular theory, phase diagram

  1. Gas Phase
    1. Standard temperature and pressure; standard molar volume
    2. Ideal Gas
      1. Ideal gas law (PV = nRT)
      2. Boyle's law
      3. Charles' law
    3. Kinetic molecular theory of gases
    4. Qualitative aspects of deviation of real gas behavior from ideal gas law
    5. Partial pressure, mole fraction
    6. Dalton's law relating partial pressure to composition

  2. Liquid phase (inter- and intra-molecular forces)
    1. Hydrogen bonding
    2. Dipole interaction
    3. Van def Waals' forces

  3. Phase equilibria (solids, liquids, gases)
    1. Phase changes and phase diagrams
    2. Freezing point, melting point, boiling point
    3. Molality
    4. Colligative properties
      1. Vapor-pressure lowering (Raoult's law)
      2. Boiling-point elevation (Tb = Kb m)
      3. Freezing-point depression (Tf = Kf m)
      4. Osmotic pressure