https://gdpark.blog/tags/physical-chemistry/Recent content in Physical Chemistry on gdpark.blogHugoenMon, 11 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/thermal-statistical-47-le-chatelier-s-principle/Thu, 23 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/thermal-statistical-47-le-chatelier-s-principle/A casual deep-dive into Le Chatelier’s Principle through the lens of Gibbs free energy, explaining why reactions reach dynamic equilibrium and how the system responds to disturbances.https://gdpark.blog/posts/thermal-statistical-54-van-der-waals-gas-equation-of-state/Wed, 29 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/thermal-statistical-54-van-der-waals-gas-equation-of-state/We crack open two ideal gas assumptions — molecular size and intermolecular forces — to build the Van der Waals equation of state from intuition up.https://gdpark.blog/posts/thermal-statistical-66-ebullioscopic-and-cryoscopic-constants/Mon, 11 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/thermal-statistical-66-ebullioscopic-and-cryoscopic-constants/Let’s derive the boiling point elevation and freezing point depression constants from scratch using chemical potential and Raoult’s law.