KFC/BSFC Seminar in Physical Chemistry

Seminar lecturers: Michal Otyepka, Karolína Šišková
Seminar: 45 hours/semester
Credits: 3
Winter semester
Form of course completion: exam

• Basic conceptions on electrolytes and electrolysis, conductivity of electrolytes and its measurement, molar conductivity, usage of conductivity measurement, conductometry, conductometric titration, transmissive numbers
• Activity and activity coefficient of electrolytes – strong electrolytes, ion numbers, Debye-Hückel theory
• Equilibria in solutions of weak electrolytes, development of the term "acid" and "base", quantitative description of protolytic equilibria, autoprotolysis of water, constants of acidity and basicity, buffers, pH, Henderson-Hasselbach equation, amphoteric electrolytes
• Basic conceptions of electromotive force of galvanic cell, electrode potential, Nernst equation for electrode potential, classification of semi-cell - electrodes, electrodes of the first kind, electrodes of the second kind, oxidative-reductive electrodes, ion-selective electrodes, potentiometry, measurement of pH, potentiometric titration, electric double layer
• Electrolysis and chemical sources of electric current, electrode polarization, overvoltage, principle of polarography, voltammetry, amperometric titration, coulometry
• Colloidal systems, preparation of salts, dialysis, electrodialysis, ultrafiltration, sedimentation, electroosmosis, electrophoresis, emulsions, foams, aerodispersion and environment