Physical Chemistry - A Molecular Approach

As the first modern physical chemistry textbook to cover quantum mechanics before thermodynamics and kinetics, this book provides a contemporary approach to the study of physical chemistry
As the first modern physical chemistry textbook to cover quantum mechanics before thermodynamics and kinetics, this book provides a contemporary approach to the study of physical chemistry. By beginning with quantum chemistry, students will learn the fundamental principles upon which all modern physical chemistry is built. The text includes a special set of ''MathChapters'' to review and summarize the mathematical tools required to master the material Thermodynamics is simultaneously taught from a bulk and microscopic viewpoint that enables the student to understand how bulk properties of materials are related to the properties of individual constituent molecules. This new text includes a variety of modern research topics in physical chemistry as well as hundreds of worked problems and examples.Translated into French, Italian, Japanese, Spanish and Polish.

List of contents

CONTENTSPreface1.The Dawn of Quantum TheoryMath Chapter A/Complex Numbers2. The Classical Wave EquationMath Chapter B/Probability and Statistics3. The Schrodinger Equation and a Particle In a BoxMath Chapter C/ Vectors4. Some Postulates and General Principles of Quantum MechanicsMath Chapter D/ Spherical Coordinates5. The Harmonic Oscillator and the Rigid Rotator: Two Spectroscopic Models6. The Hydrogen AtomMath Chapter E/ Determinants7. Approximation Methods8. Multielectron Atoms9. The Chemical Bond: Diatomic Molecules10. Bonding in Polyatomic Molecules11. Computational Quantum ChemistryMath Chapter F/ Matrices12. Group Theory: The Exploitation of Symmetry13. Molecular Spectroscopy14. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy15. Lasers, Laser Spectroscopy, and PhotochemistryMath Chapter G/Numerical Methods16. The Properties of GasesMath Chapter H/Partial Derivatives17. The Boltzmann Factor and Partition FunctionsMath Chapter I/Series and Limits18. Partition Functions and Ideal Gases19. The First Law of ThermodynamicsMath Chapter J/ The Binomial Distribution and Stirling's Approximation20. Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics21. Entropy and the Third Law of Thermodynamics22. Helmholtz and Gibbs Energies23. Phase Equilibria24. Solutions I: Liquid-Liquid Solutions25. Solutions II: Solid-Liquid Solutions26. Chemical Equilibria27. The Kinetic Theory of Gases28. Chemical Kinetics I: Rate Laws29. Chemical Kinetics II: Reaction Mechanisms30. Gas-Phase Reaction Dynamics31. Solids and Surface Chemistry-Answers to Numerical Problems-Index

Summary

As the first modern physical chemistry textbook to cover quantum mechanics before thermodynamics and kinetics, this book provides a contemporary approach to the study of physical chemistry
As the first modern physical chemistry textbook to cover quantum mechanics before thermodynamics and kinetics, this book provides a contemporary approach to the study of physical chemistry. By beginning with quantum chemistry, students will learn the fundamental principles upon which all modern physical chemistry is built. The text includes a special set of “MathChapters” to review and summarize the mathematical tools required to master the material Thermodynamics is simultaneously taught from a bulk and microscopic viewpoint that enables the student to understand how bulk properties of materials are related to the properties of individual constituent molecules. This new text includes a variety of modern research topics in physical chemistry as well as hundreds of worked problems and examples.Translated into French, Italian, Japanese, Spanish and Polish.

Product details

• Authors: Donald A McQuarrie, Donald A. McQuarrie, John D Simon, John D. Simon
• Publisher: University Science Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.08.2023
• EAN: 9781940380216
• ISBN: 978-1-940380-21-6
• No. of pages: 1360
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Chemistry > Physical chemistry