PřF:C5340 Nonequilibrium systems - Course Information
C5340 Nonequilibrium systems
Faculty of ScienceAutumn 2008
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. RNDr. Igor Kučera, DrSc. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. RNDr. Igor Kučera, DrSc.
Department of Biochemistry – Chemistry Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Igor Kučera, DrSc. - Timetable
- Tue 15:00–16:50 C05/107
- Prerequisites
- Students must have completed the basic courses on mathemathics and physical chemistry.
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Analytical Chemistry (programme PřF, D-CH) (2)
- Analytical Chemistry (programme PřF, M-CH)
- Inorganic Chemistry (programme PřF, D-CH) (2)
- Inorganic Chemistry (programme PřF, M-CH)
- Biochemistry (programme PřF, M-CH)
- Physical Chemistry (programme PřF, D-CH) (2)
- Physical Chemistry (programme PřF, M-CH)
- Physical Chemistry (programme PřF, N-CH)
- Macromolecular Chemistry (programme PřF, D-CH) (2)
- Chemistry (programme PřF, M-CH)
- Environmental Chemistry (programme PřF, D-CH) (2)
- Environmental Chemistry (programme PřF, M-CH)
- Macromolecular Chemistry (programme PřF, M-CH)
- Organic Chemistry (programme PřF, D-CH) (2)
- Organic Chemistry (programme PřF, M-CH)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Chemistry (programme PřF, M-CH)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Chemistry (programme PřF, M-SS)
- Course objectives
- The course summarizes principal axioms of classical equilibrium thermodynamics and explains the principles of of non-equilibrium thermodynamics. The introduced mathematical apparatus is applied to common non-equilibrium processes, especially to transport phenomena. Wihin the area of nonlinear phenomena, emphasis is on understanding the bases of periodic and chaotic behaviour. Simplified theoretical models are also used to analyse the mechanisms of metabolic regulation and prebiotic evolution.
- Syllabus
- A. Introduction to the thermodynamics of irreversible processes 1. Entropy production 2. Phenomenological equations and Onsager reciprocal relations 3. Evolution criteria and stability of stationary states 4. Solution of selected problems B. Thermodynamic analysis of coupled processes 1. Energy conversion 2. Osmosis and electrokinetic phenomena 3. Thermoelectric phenomena C. Mathematical modeling of nonlinear dynamic systems 1. Basic terms; attractors 2. Bifurcations 3. Spatial pattern formation 4. Oscillating Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction 5. Metabolic control analysis 6. Prebiotic evolution
- Literature
- FISCHER, Oldřich. Nerovnovážné soustavy : termodynamika nevratných chemických a buněčných procesů. Edited by Igor Kučera. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1987, 154 s. info
- ATKINS, P. W. Physical chemistry. 6th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998, xvi, 1014. ISBN 0198501013. info
- COVENEY, Peter V. and Roger HIGHFIELD. Šíp času :cesta vědou za rozluštěním největší záhady lidstva. 1. vyd. Ostrava: Oldag, 1995, 472 s., [1. ISBN 80-85954-08-7. info
- GLEICK, James. Chaos :vznik nové vědy. Translated by Jaroslav Sedlář - Renata Kamenická. [1. vyd.]. Brno: Ando Publishing, 1996, 349 s. ISBN 80-86047-04-0. info
- Assessment methods
- A one semester lecture course, 2 x 45 min per week. The course includes computer modelling and a practical demonstration of the Belousov-Zhabotinsky oscillating reaction. The examination is written.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
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