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Thermodynamics and Kinetics (2024)

This class covers the topics of thermodynamics and kinetics, which are fundamental to understanding all chemical reactions. This year, it will be taught from a biomolecular perspective. Click here for the syllabus.

Lecture Notes

  • Lecture 1 - Introduction (Live)
  • Lecture 2 - Probability (Live)
  • Lecture 3 - Distributions (Live)
  • Lecture 4 - Calculus and Thermo Intro (Live)
  • Lecture 5 - First law (Live)
  • Lecture 6 - Work and Carnot Cycle (Live)
  • Lecture 7 - Carnot continued and Entropy (Live)
  • Lecture 8 - Entropy continued (Live)
  • Lecture 9 - Mixtures (Live)
  • Lecture 10 - Phase transitions (Live)
  • Lecture 11 - Phase equilibrium (Live)
  • Lecture 12 - Chemical equilibrium (Live)
  • Lecture 13 - Chemical potentials of mixtures (Live)
  • Lecture 14 - Conformational equilibrium (Live)
  • Lecture 15 - Introduction to Kinetics (Live)
  • Lecture 16 - Kinetics Continued (Live)
  • Lecture 17 - Rate Laws (Live)
  • Lecture 18 - Intermediates (Live)
  • Lecture 19 - Complex reaction mechanisms, Lindemann mechanism, Intro to enzymes (technical difficulties)
  • Lecture 20 - Enzymes, Intro to Stat Thermo (Live)
  • Lecture 21 - Partition functions (Live)
  • Lecture 22 - Ising Model (Live)
  • Lecture 23 - Helix Coil Model (Live)
  • Lecture 24 - Helix coil model, and ligand binding (Live)
  • Lecture 25 - 2024 Thermo Review notes

Past versions of this class

  • Material from Thermodynamics and Kinetics 2020 can be found at this link.
  • Material from Thermodynamics and Kinetics 2022 can be found at this link.

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