The aim of the course is to provide a suitable knowledge of the fundamental topics of chemical thermodynamics. In this way the students will be able to apply these concepts to the physico-chemical phenomena, deducing the direction of the spontaneous changes and the final condition of equilibrium. When the thermodynamic laws are applied to real systems, it is possible to get the necessary background to investigate the industrial processes, as regards both the physical and the chemical changes, by also using empirical and semi-empirical models to estimate the thermodynamic properties of complex systems. The time evolution of the reacting systems will be approached by basic kinetic methods, so that the mechanisms of the chemical reactions can be understood. Moreover, the students will get used to the described topics by means of exercises and numerical problems, and by combining with suitable laboratory experiments. In the laboratory some mechanical and optical properties of physico-chemical interest will also be studied.