Physical chemistry

Cover......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 4
1. Fundamental Concepts of Thermodynamics......Page 8
2. Heat, Work, Internal Energy, Enthalpy, and the First Law of Thermodynamics......Page 24
3. The Importance of State Functions: Internal Energy and Enthalpy......Page 58
4. Thermochemistry......Page 80
5. Entropy and the Second and Third Laws of Thermodynamics......Page 106
6. Chemical Equilibrium......Page 154
7. The Properties of Real Gases......Page 200
8. Phase Diagrams and the Relative Stability of Solids, Liquids, and Gases......Page 220
9. Ideal and Real Solutions......Page 250
10. Electrolyte Solutions......Page 286
11. Electrochemical Cells, Batteries, and Fuel Cells......Page 304
12. From Classical to Quantum Mechanics......Page 348
13. The Schrödinger Equation......Page 366
14. The Quantum Mechanical Postulates......Page 388
15. Using Quantum Mechanics on Simple Systems......Page 400
16. The Particle in a Box and the Real World......Page 418
17. Commuting and Noncommuting Operators and the Surprising Consequences of Entanglement......Page 442
18. A Quantum Mechanical Model for the Vibration and Rotation of Molecules......Page 464
19. The Vibrational and Rotational Spectroscopy of Diatomic Molecules......Page 490
20. The Hydrogen Atom......Page 524
21. Many-Electron Atoms......Page 544
22. Quantum States for Many-Electron Atoms and Atomic Spectroscopy......Page 570
23. The Chemical Bond in Diatomic Molecules......Page 602
24. Molecular Structure and Energy Levels for Polyatomic Molecules......Page 634
25. Electronic Spectroscopy......Page 668
26. Computational Chemistry......Page 698
27. Molecular Symmetry......Page 754
28. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy......Page 782
29. Probability......Page 816
30. The Boltzmann Distribution......Page 842
31. Ensemble and Molecular Partition Functions......Page 866
32. Statistical Thermodynamics......Page 900
33. Kinetic Theory of Gases......Page 932
34. Transport Phenomena......Page 954
35. Elementary Chemical Kinetics......Page 988
36. Values of Selected Physical Constants; SI Prefixes; Greek Alphabet; Conversion Table for Units......Page 1036
37. Masses and Natural Abundances for Selected Isotopes; Periodic Table of the Elements......Page 1038
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