Quantities, Units and Symbols in Physical Chemistry (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry)

Preface......Page 8
Historical introduction......Page 9
Physical quantities and units......Page 11
Physical quantities and quantity calculus......Page 12
Base physical quantities and derived physical quantities......Page 13
Symbol for physical quantities and units......Page 14
Use of the words \'extensive\', \'intensive\', \'specific\' and \'molar\'......Page 16
Products and quotients of physical quantities and units......Page 17
Tables of physical quantities......Page 18
Space and time......Page 19
Classical mechanics......Page 20
Electricity and magnetics......Page 22
Quantum mechanics and quantum chemistry......Page 24
Atoms and molecules......Page 28
Spectroscopy......Page 31
Electromagnetic radiation......Page 38
Solid state......Page 44
Statistical thermodynamics......Page 47
General chemistry......Page 49
Chemical thermodynamics......Page 56
Chemical kinetics......Page 63
Electrochemistry......Page 66
Colloid and surface chemistry......Page 71
Transport properties......Page 73
Definitions and symbols for units......Page 75
The international system of units (SI)......Page 76
Definitions of the SI base units......Page 77
Names and symbols for the SI base units......Page 78
SI derived units with special names and symbols......Page 79
SI derived units for other quantities......Page 80
SI prefixes......Page 81
Units in use together with the SI......Page 82
Atomic units......Page 83
Dimensionless quantities......Page 84
Recommended mathematical symbols......Page 87
Printing of numbers and mathematical symbols......Page 88
Symbols, operators and functions......Page 89
Fundamental physical constants......Page 92
Properties of particles, elements and nuclides......Page 95
Properties of some particles......Page 96
Standard atomic weights of the elements......Page 97
Properties of nuclides......Page 101
Conversion of units......Page 108
The use of quantity calculus......Page 109
Conversion tables for units......Page 112
The esu, emu, Gaussian and atomic unit systems......Page 119
Transformation of equations of electromagnetic theory between the SI, the four-quantity irrational form, and the Gaussian form......Page 124
Abbreviations and acronyms......Page 126
References......Page 133
Primary sources......Page 134
IUPAC references......Page 136
Additional references......Page 138
Greek alphabet......Page 140
Index of symbols......Page 141
Subject index......Page 148
Notes......Page 158
Pressure conversion factors......Page 163
Energy conversion factors......Page 164