Book Description
Physical Chemistry
Description
This is the world's best-selling physical chemistry textbook, and it has been so ever since the first edition in 1978. It is well respected, tried and tested.
The world's leading textbook of physical chemistry has maintained its tradition of accessibility but authority and has brought it thoroughly up to date. The new author team has introduced many innovations. There are new or rewritten chapters on the solid state, on molecular interactions, macromolecules, and electron transfer. Almost every chapter has at least one Box showing the relevance of the material to modern chemistry. All the chapters now conclude with a check list which includes definitions and key equations. The authors have paid special attention to the presentation of mathematical derivations and to the physical interpretation of equations. They have also ensured that the text is highly modular, so that it can be used in different sequences, either atoms first or thermodynamics first. The art program has been redrawn and extended, new Discussion questions have been added, and the Further Information sections have been recast to provide the necessary background in mathematics and physics. The text is fully geared to the web, with full media support.
Key Features
Marginal notes provide extra mathematical help when it is needed and where it is needed.
Boxes illustrate modern applications in biochemistry, materials science, environmental science; more coverage of hot topics in modern chemical research.
New and rewritten chapters on molecular interactions, the solid state, and the dynamics of electron transfer reflect current curriculum content.
Road Maps enhance the modularity, for instance allowing the reader to begin with either bulk or molecular properties, and allowing the book to be used for many different course structures.
A solutions manual, and a dynamic and interactive web site with numerous Living Graphs and web links, support the text and enable hands-on learning.
Readership
Undergraduate students of physical chemistry; chemical engineers, biochemists, and other scientists requiring an authoritative and modern textbook of physical chemistry.
List of contents
EQUILIBRIUM
The properties of gases
The First Law: the concepts
The First Law: the machinery
The Second Law: the concepts
The Second Law: the machinery
Physical transformations of pure substances
Simple mixtures
Phase diagrams
Chemical equilibrium
Equilibrium electrochemistry
STRUCTURE
Quantum theory: introduction and principles
Quantum theory: techniques and applications
Atomic structure and atomic spectra
Molecular structure
Molecular symmetry
Spectroscopy 1: rotational and vibrational spectra
Spectroscopy 2: electronic transitions
Spectroscopy 3: magnetic resonance
Statistical thermodynamics: the concepts
Statistical thermodynamics: the machinery
Molecular interactions
Macromolecules and aggregates
The solid state
CHANGE
Molecules in motion
The rates of chemical reactions
The kinetics of complex reactions
Molecular reaction dynamics
Processes at solid surfaces
Dynamics of electron transfer
Author Details
Peter Atkins Fellow of Lincoln College, University of Oxford
Julio de Paula Professor of Chemistry and Dean of College of Arts & Sciences, Lewis & Clark College
