Physical chemistry : a modern introduction /: a modern introduction. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Updated and revised by William M. Davis ; original work authored by Clifford E. Dykstra.
• Other Names: Davis, William M (William Michael), 1969-; Dykstra, Clifford E
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; Author; Guide for Students; List of Special Examples; ; World of Atoms and Molecules ; Introduction to Physical Chemistry; Theory and Experiment in Physical Chemistry; Atomic and Molecular Energies; Configurations, Entropy, and Volume; Energy, Entropy, and Temperature; Distribution Law Derivation; Conclusions; Point of Interest: James Clerk Maxwell; Exercises; Bibliography; ; Ideal and Real Gases ; The Ideal Gas Laws; Collisions and Pressure; Nonideal Behavior; Thermodynamic State Functions; Energy and Thermodynamic Relations; Conclusions; Point of Interest: Intermolecular Interactions; Exercises; Bibliography; ; Changes of State ; Pressure–Volume Work; Reversibility, Heat, and Work; Entropy; The Laws of Thermodynamics; Heat Capacities; Joule–Thomson Expansion; Conclusions; Point of Interest: Heat Capacities of Solids; Exercises; Bibliography; ; Phases and Multicomponent Systems ; Phases and Phase Diagrams; The Chemical Potential; Clapeyron Equation; First- and Second-Order Phase Transitions; Conclusions; Point of Interest: Josiah Willard Gibbs; Exercises; Bibliography; ; Activity and Equilibrium of Gases and Solutions ; Activities and Fugacities of Gases; Activities of Solutions; Vapor Pressure Behavior of Solutions; Equilibrium Constants; Phase Equilibria Involving Solutions; Conclusions; Point of Interest: Gilbert Newton Lewis; Exercises; Bibliography; ; Chemical Reactions: Kinetics, Dynamics, and Equilibrium ; Reaction of Atoms and Molecules; Collisions and Transport; Rate Equations; Rate Laws for Complex Reactions; Temperature Dependence and Solvent Effects; Reaction Thermodynamics; Electrochemical Reactions; Conclusions; Point of Interest: Galactic Reaction Chemistry; Exercises; Bibliography; ; Vibrational Mechanics of Particle Systems ; Classical Particle Mechanics and Vibration; Vibration in Several Degrees of Freedom; Quantum Phenomena and Wave Character; Quantum Mechanical Harmonic Oscillator; Harmonic Vibration of Many Particles; Conclusions; Point of Interest; Exercises; Bibliography; ; Molecular Quantum Mechanics ; Quantum Mechanical Operators; Information from Wavefunctions; Multidimensional Problems and Separability; Particles with Box and Step Potentials; Rigid Rotator and Angular Momentum; Coupling of Angular Momenta; Variation Theory; Perturbation Theory; Conclusions; Point of Interest: The Quantum Revolution; The Solvay Conference; Exercises; Bibliography; ; Vibrational–Rotational Spectroscopy ; Molecular Spectroscopy and Transitions; Vibration and Rotation of a Diatomic Molecule; Vibrational Anharmonicity and Spectra; Rotational Spectroscopy; Harmonic Picture of Polyatomic Vibrations; Polyatomic Vibrational Spectroscopy; Conclusions; Point of Interest: Laser Spectroscopy; Exercises; Bibliography; ; Electronic Structure ; Hydrogen and One-Electron Atoms; Orbital and Spin Angular Momentum; Atomic Orbitals and Atomic States; Molecules and the Born–Oppenheimer Approximation; Antisymmetrization of Electronic Wavefunctions; Molecular Electronic Structure; Visible–Ultraviolet Spectra of Molecules; Properties and Electronic Structure; Conclusions; Point of Interest: John Clarke Slater; Exercises; Bibliography; Advanced Texts and Monographs; ; Statistical Mechanics ; Probability; Ensembles and Arrangements; Distributions and the Chemical Potential; Molecular Partition Functions; Thermodynamic Functions; Heat Capacities; Conclusions; Point of Interest: Lars Onsager; Exercises; Bibliography; ; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ; Nuclear Spin States; Nuclear Spin–Spin Coupling; Electron Spin Resonance Spectra; Extensions of Magnetic Resonance; Conclusions; Point of Interest: The NMR Revolution; Exercises; Bibliography; ; Introduction to Surface Chemistry ; Interfacial Layer and Surface Tension; Adsorption and Desorption; Langmuir Theory of Adsorption; Temperature and Pressure Effects on Surfaces; Surface Characterization Techniques; Conclusions; Point of Interest: Irving Langmuir; Exercises; Bibliography; ; Appendix A: Mathematical Background ; Appendix B: Molecular Symmetry ; Appendix C: Special Quantum Mechanical Approaches ; Appendix D: Table of Integrals ; Appendix E: Table of Atomic Masses and Nuclear Spins ; Appendix F: Fundamental Constants and Conversion of Units ; Appendix G: Tables ; Appendix H: Points of Interest ; Appendix I: Atomic Masses and Percent Natural Abundance of Light Elements ; Appendix J: Values of Constants ; Appendix K: The Greek Alphabet ; Answers to Selected Exercises ; Index ;
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 541; Chemistry, Physical and theoretical
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439897898; 1439897891
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