Welcome to the introduction to the physical
chemistry playlist.
Physical chemistry is the use of the laws
of physics to develop mathematical models
which can give us insight into chemical systems.
It is one of five sub-divisions of chemistry.
Others include organic, inorganic, analytical,
and biochemistry.
Typically it is taken for 2-3 semesters by
university chemistry students.
Typically they have already taken 2 semesters
of general chemistry and 2 semesters of general
physics, giving them familiarity with the
concepts of those courses.
The mathematical pre-requisites are algebra,
trigonometry, and calculus.
As far as what specific elements of those
math courses would be required, examples are
included in the "PChem Math Review" playlist
where I have some videos which give the introductory
background of the math, but also some more
advanced topics for more advanced pchem material.
The sub-topics within physical chemistry which
are covered during 2 semesters at an introductory
level include: quantum chemistry, the use
of the laws of quantum mechanics that describe
the behavior of very very small objects like
atoms and molecules and the application of
quantum mechanics to chemistry.
Spectrsoscopy: knowing the energy levels from
quantum mechanics, what is the energy of transition
between those levels and what kind of spectra
do those produce (IR, microwave, NMR, etc.).
Those two together are the "Quantum Chemistry
and Spectrscopy" playlist, which is one of
the two main courses on this channel.
That forms a playlist which is 120 videos
which cover a one semester course in those
topics.
There is also thermodynamics: how the laws
of energy transfer
are applied to chemical reactions and other
chemical processes.
Kinetics: the timescale at which those processes
occur, how fast they're occuring during these
reactions.
Thermodynamics tells you how far they go,
kinetics tells you how fast they go.
Those two form the "Chemical Thermodynamics
and Kinetics" playlist which is the other
main course of the 2 semesters of undergraduate
physical chemistry.
Additionally there is statistical mechanics.
I have one chapter of statistical mechanics
in the thermo playlist.
The core content of that is ~140 videos for
that course, and ~10 on statistical mechanics.
Stat mech is not typically covered in great
detail at the undergraduate level, but there
is some stuff there to give you an intro to
using these energy levels that come from quantum
mechanics to build up to thermodynamic behavior
of large, bulk systems.
This channel is primarily dedicated to those
topics, of those two undergraduate physical
chemistry courses.
In addition there are some more advanced topics,
specifically theoretical and computational
chemistry: taking quantum chemistry to a more
advanced, graduate level for those topics.
This is the main content in this channel,
"TMP Chem".
Any questions you have I highly encourage
you to leave those in the comments.
Any suggestions or feedback you can leave
in comments as well, or email me at "tmpchemistry@gmail.com"
(Links in the description).
This is the basic intro to physical chemistry.
It will consist of these two courses.
I'm trying to make it as easy as possible
to navigate between all the content.
They are organized into playlists by course,
by chapter, and there are various review and
overview videos as well.
If you're having trouble finding something,
you should be able to search for it, but if
it's still hard to find just ask and I'll
be happy to help you out.
