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CHEM051 HM - Foundations of Physical Chemistry

Credit(s): 3

Instructor(s): Healy, Hernandez-Castillo, Zhuang

Offered: Fall

Description: This course examines the structures and interactions of molecules and how these microscopic behaviors connect with the macroscopic chemical properties that we observe. It looks into how physical laws apply in the molecular world. Topics include introductory quantum chemistry, thermodynamics, statistical thermodynamics, kinetics, and non-equilibrium systems.

Prerequisite(s): CHEM024 HM  and CHEM042 HM