Chemistry for Engineers
Stoichiometry, bonding, gases, solutions, thermochemistry, free energy, kinetics, equilibrium, electrochemistry, materials and environmental chemistry with engineering applications.
CHEM-103 Year 1 3 credits 12 lessons · 6 h 49 min
Offered by HSM University · Engineering Core
This is the American version of this course. See the Canadian version.
What you'll learn
- Balance equations and solve stoichiometry and limiting-reactant problems
- Apply the ideal gas law to engineering systems
- Calculate heat flows and reaction enthalpies
- Predict how equilibria respond to changes in conditions
- Explain corrosion and how it is prevented
- Relate atomic structure and bonding to the properties of substances
- Apply vapor pressure, humidity, colligative properties and Henry's law
- Use entropy and Gibbs free energy to predict spontaneity and equilibrium constants
- Analyze reaction rates with rate laws, half-lives and the Arrhenius equation
- Connect the chemistry of metals, ceramics, concrete and polymers to their engineering behavior
- Estimate fuel emissions and explain air pollution, climate and water treatment chemistry
- Combine the course tools to analyze and recommend solutions for real engineering systems
Course content
12 lessons · 6 h 49 min total · final exam
- 1 Stoichiometry and the mole 41 min · quiz
- 2 Atoms, the periodic table and chemical bonding 27 min · quiz
- 3 Gases 36 min · quiz
- 4 Liquids, solutions and phase behavior 34 min · quiz
- 5 Thermochemistry 42 min · quiz
- 6 Entropy, free energy and spontaneity 32 min · quiz
- 7 Reaction rates and kinetics 30 min · quiz
- 8 Chemical equilibrium 37 min · quiz
- 9 Electrochemistry and corrosion 39 min · quiz
- 10 Chemistry of engineering materials 33 min · quiz
- 11 Environmental and energy chemistry 28 min · quiz
- 12 Case studies and course project 30 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Description
Stoichiometry, bonding, gases, solutions, thermochemistry, free energy, kinetics, equilibrium, electrochemistry, materials and environmental chemistry with engineering applications.
Part of the Engineering stream, typically taken in year 1.