Research Catalog

Title

Physical chemistry.

Author

Atkins, P. W. (Peter William), 1940-

Publication

New York : W.H. Freeman, ©2002.

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Details

Additional Authors

De Paula, Julio.

Description

xxi, 1139 pages : illustrations; 29 cm

Subject

• Chemistry, Physical and theoretical
• Chemistry, Physical
• physical chemistry
• Physikalische Chemie
• Chimie physique
• Équilibre
• Réaction chimique
• Structure atomique

Genre/Form

Lehrbuch.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

pt. 1. 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. -- pt. 2. 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. -- pt. 3. 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. -- Further information 1: Mathematical techniques. -- Further information 2: Essential concepts of physics. -- Data section. -- Answers to exercises. -- Answers to problems.

ISBN

• 0716735393
• 9780716735397

LCCN

2001051228

OCLC

• ocm48092207
• 48092207
• SCSB-1237721

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library