3.00 Credits
Classical and statistical thermodynamics applied to problems in chemical engineering emphasizing modern methods of predicting thermophysical properties of gases and liquids. Students' and instructor's interests influence course content but usually include fundamentals of applied statistical mechanics, molecular theory of dense fluids, descriptions of intermolecular forces, gas-liquid and liquid-liquid critical phenomena, theories of interfacial phenomena and adsorption, statistical mechanics of polymeric systems, statistical mechanics of polydispersed systems, computer simulation of fluids by Monte Carlo, molecular dynamics and stochastic dynamics methods. Preq: CHE 8040.