MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Engineering Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

CHE2120

Thermodynamics I

4 points + 26 lectures, 13 tutorials, 8 laboratory classes + Second semester + Clayton + Prerequisites: CHE1110

Objectives The student is expected to acquire a further understanding of the laws of thermodynamics and the applications of these laws to the analysis of power cycles and refrigeration cycles; the calculation of heat effects and equilibrium in chemical reactions; the analysis of electrochemical cells.

Synopsis Properties of substances; the laws of thermodynamics and their applications; entropy; power cycles; refrigeration cycles; cryogenics; chemical reactions - heat effects and equilibrium; electrochemical cells.

Assessment Examinations: 85% + Laboratory: 15%

Prescribed texts

Lawson F and others Thermodynamics: An introduction Dept Chemical Engineering, Monash U, 1993
Rogers G F C and Mayhew Y R Thermodynamic and transport properties of fluids (SI units) 4th edn, Blackwell, 1988

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