KE538: Physical Chemistry for pharmacy (5 ECTS)

STADS: 10013101

Level
Bachelor course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the autumn semester.

Teacher responsible
Email: pcs@sdu.dk

Timetable
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Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
The course is based on fundamental knowledge within general and organic chemistry, biology, physics and mathematics, corresponding to the first year of the study programme.

Course introduction

• Give understanding of a range of concepts in physical chemistry
• To apply such knowledge to solving problems

Expected learning outcome

• Apply the ideal gas law and explain deviations from ideality for real gases.
• Apply the thermodynamic laws and be able to use concepts such as internal energy, enthalpy, entropy, free energy, as well as their dependence on pressure and temperature.
• Interpret phase diagrams for pure substances and use the relevant formulae to describe quantitatively the different part of such a phase diagram.
• Apply thermodynamics to the quantitative description of simple mixtures of gases and fluids, including use of the chemical potential.
• Apply thermodynamics to equilibrium chemistry and electrochemistry for situations with deviations from ideality, including being able to use the concept of activity.
• Describe the time dependence of chemical reactions using kinetics and the associated integrated expressions, and relate this to equilibrium chemistry and thermodynamics.
• Describe passive transport in solution
• Combine aforementioned competences to solve problems in physical chemistry. 

Subject overview

• The properties of gases
• 1st law of thermodynamics, energy, enthalpy
• 2nd law of thermodynamics, entropy, Helmholtz and Gibbs functions
• Chemical potential
• The concept of activity
• Sublimation, vaporization and fusion of pure substances
• Mixtures, binary phase diagrams, colligative properties
• Chemical reactions and equilibria
• Gas liquid interfaces and interfacial tension
• Equilibrium electrochemistry, electrochemical cells
• Diffusion and viscosity
• Reaction kinetics

Literature

• P.J. Sinko: Martin’s Physical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 7th edition, Wolters Kluwer.

Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None

Assessment and marking:

1. Approval of individual reports. Internal marking by teacher, pass/fail. (1 ECTS). (10013112).
2. 4-hour written examination. External marking, 7-mark scale. (4 ECTS). (10013102). A closer description of the exam rules will be posted under 'Course Information' on Blackboard.

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.
Intro phase: 20 hours
Skills training phase: 31 hours, hereof:
 - Tutorials: 22 hours
 - Laboratory exercises: 9 hours

Educational activities

• Reading textbook
• Reading lecture notes
• Solving problems 

Educational form

Language
This course is taught in Danish or English, depending on the lecturer.

Remarks
The course cannot be chosen by students who: passed KE523. Is only allowed for Pharmacy students.

Course enrollment
See deadline of enrolment.

Tuition fees for single courses
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