Upon successful completion of this course the students will acquire new knowledge and specific skills on the following subjects and will be able:

1. To understand in depth issues related to the kinetics and rate of homogeneous and heterogeneous chemical reactions and their mechanisms.
2. To conduct experiments to obtain kinetic equations and to analyze them in order to understand the mechanism of homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions.
3. To construct/develop reaction mechanisms based on experimental evidences and vice versa to derive kinetic equations based on the mechanisms of reactions.
4. To understand in depth electrodic phenomena, electrochemical reactions, and the operation of electrochemical devices of any type (batteries, fuel cells, electrolytic cells). To know the basic equations which govern the behavior of electrochemical cells and to analyze their operation.

• Review, analysis and synthesis of data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
• Project design and management
• Work in interdisciplinary environment

1. Chemical kinetics and rate equations of chemical reactions. The necessity of rate equations in the design of chemical reactors. Order and stoichiometry of chemical reactions. The reaction rate constant. Analysis of reaction rate equations of 0^th , 1^st , 2^nd
2. ν-order reactions. Reaction’s time.
3. Dependence of the kinetic constant on the temperature. Arrhenius equation, Collision theory, Activated-complex theory.
4. Reaction mechanism and rate-determination step. Relationship between kinetic equation and mechanism.
5. Kinetic equations from experimental kinetic data conducted in batch reactors.
6. Kinetic equations from the reaction mechanism: reversible, parallel, consecutive reactions.
7. Complex mechanisms and the steady-state (or unstable intermediate) approximation. Kinetic equations of homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions. Langmuir-Hinshelwood, Eley-Rideal and Mars van Krevelen heterogeneous reaction mechanisms
8. Kinetic studies of reactions in flowing systems (experimental CSTR reactors and differential plug flow reactors).
9. Introduction to Electrochemistry. Electrochemical equilibrium and electrochemical kinetics.
10. Charge transfer reactions. Anodic and Cathodic currents. Electrosynthesis and electrolysis. Faraday’s Law.
11. 10. Electrochemical bilayer. Electrode and electrochemical element dynamics. Potential change. Polarizable and non-polarizable electrodes.
12. Electrochemical equilibrium. Nernst’s equation
13. Electrochemical kinetics. Overpotentials and causes of overpotentials. Butler-Volmer equation. Tafel equation. Fuel cells, Batteries, Electrolytic cells - General description and applications.

Use of Information and Communication Technology

• Power point presentations
• E-class support

Assessment Method

Ι. Written final examination (70%):
- Problems to be resolved.

• P.W. Atkins, “Φυσικοχημεία, Τόμος ΙΙΙ» Πανεπιστημιακές Εκδόσεις Κρήτης, 2001, ISBN: 900-524-53-7
• Ν. Θ. Ρακιντζή, «Φυσικοχημεία», Εκδόσεις Παπασωτηρίου & ΣΙΑ Ο.Ε., Γ’ Έκδ. Αθήνα 1994, ISBN: 960-85334-6-5
• M. Boudart, G. Djega-Mariadassou, “Kinetics of Heterogeneous Catalytic Reactions”, Princeton University Press, Princeton N.J., 1984, ISBN: 0-691-08347-9
• J. O’M. Bockris, A.K.N. Reddy, “Modern Electrochemistry, Vol. 1 & 2, Plenum Press, New York, 1970, ISBN: 0-306-25002-0