- Students will be able to compute changes in free energy and quantitatively describe the transformation of energy from one form to another in a variety of chemical processes.
- Students will be able to describe the fundamental forces and principal laws that govern the formation of chemical bonds and intermolecular interactions.
- Students will be able to distinguish between enthalpic and entropic driving forces for chemical processes.
- Students will be able to explain how changes in state functions (P, V, T) can alter equilibria in chemical systems and change the direction of chemical reactions.
- Students will be able to explain the basic tenets of quantum theory and the structure of the atom.
- Students will be able to state the principal laws of thermodynamics and to explain how these laws apply to real chemical systems.
