Jeffery L. Yarger Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry & Physics,  

School of Molecular Sciences,  

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1604. 

 

 

Lecture Notes - General Thermodynamics Prof. Yarger’s Hand Written Lecture Notes 

 

 

These set of notes started as student lecture notes from a class by Prof. George Wolf. They were further                                     

developed over several years of teaching Thermodynamics at the University of Wyoming and Arizona                           

State University. This is a subset of lecture notes on the fundamentals of thermochemistry. The notes                               

have been compiled as a foundation for teaching ‘thermodynamics with a biological focus’  

 

ASU BCH 341 - ‘Physical Chemistry With A Biological Focus’ - i.e. BioPhysical Chemistry  

BioPchem: Thermo 

 

Lecture Notes - Set 1 - Topics: Thermodynamic Concepts (1-11), Mathematics of Thermodynamics (11-16), Reversible               

Processes (17-18), Adiabatic Accessibility (19), Isochoric Process (20-21), Isobaric Processes                   

(22-24), Sensible Heat (25), Isochoric Calorimeter - Bomb Calorimeter (26-27), Isobaric                     

Calorimetry (28-32), Introduction to Thermochemistry (33-35), Standard States (36), Hess' Law                     

(37), Combustion Rxns (38), Formation Rxns (39), Solution Enthalpy (40-41), Temperature                     

Dependence of Enthalpy (42-43). 

 

 

 

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