CHEM-ENG 621 Thermodynamics I, Fall 2018

1 Basic information
Instructor: Professor Peng Bai (pengbai@umass.edu, 101 Goessmann)
Lectures: Monday & Wednesday 10:00 – 11:15, 261 Goessmann
Office Hours: announced in class & by appointment
Teaching Assistant: Chao-Shou Chen (Josh, chaoshouchen@umass.edu, 214 Goessmann)

2 Course policies
Grading
Homework: 40%
Mid-term exam (2018-10-29): 30%
Final exam (2018-12-14): 30%

Homework
Homework will be assigned roughly weekly and will be due one week later at the beginning
of class. Late submissions will be accepted only under exceptional circumstances.

Exams
Exams will be open notes. Calculators may be needed. Smart phones must be switched to
offline mode if used as calculator substitutes. Requests for a make-up exam will be considered
under exceptional circumstances and should be accompanied by supporting documentation.

Academic Honesty
Violations of University regulations on academic honesty whether in connection with home-
work or exams will be handled according to procedures described in the University’s Code of
Student Conduct (available online at http://www.umass.edu/dean_students/academic_
policy). Potential penalties include failure for the entire course. Whenever in doubt about
the expectations for a specific assignment or exam, ask.

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3 Recommended reference books
• "Thermodynamics and Its Applications" (3rd edition) by Jefferson W. Tester and
Michael Modell, Prentice Hall.

• "Statistical Mechanics" by Donald A. McQuarrie, University Science Books.

• "Thermal Physics" (2nd edition) by Charles Kittel and Herbert Kroemer, Freeman.

• "Molecular Thermodynamics of Fluid Phase Equilibria" (3rd edition) by John M.

Prausnitz, Rudiger N. Lichtenthaler, and Edmundo Gomes de Azevedo, Prentice Hall.

• "The Principles of Chemical Equilibrium" (4th edition) by Kenneth G. Denbigh, Cam-

bridge.

• "Chemical, Biochemical and Engineering Thermodynamics" (3rd or 4th edition) by

Stanley I. Sandler, Wiley.

• "Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics" (6th or 7th edition) by J.

M. Smith, H. C. Van Ness and M. M. Abbott, McGraw Hill.

4 Outline
• Introduction

• The first law of thermodynamics

• The second law of thermodynamics

• Calculus of thermodynamics

• Principles of equilibrium and stability

• Introduction to statistical mechanics

• Thermodynamics and phase equilibrium of pure materials

• Thermodynamics of mixtures

• Phase equilibrium in mixtures

• Chemical reaction equilibrium

• Phase diagrams

• Thermodynamics of surfaces