Research Catalog

Title

Physical chemistry / Robert G. Mortimer.

Author

Mortimer, Robert G.

Publication

San Diego : Harcourt/Academic Press, ©2000.

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Description

xvi, 1116 pages : illustrations; 29 cm

Subject

• Chemistry, Physical and theoretical
• Chemistry, Physical
• physical chemistry
• Physikalische Chemie

Genre/Form

Textbooks.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 1097-1104) and index.

Contents

Periodic Table xvii -- Information Tables xviii -- Chapter 1 Systems, States, and Processes 1 -- 1.1 Scientific Inquiry 2 -- 1.2 Systems and States 3 -- 1.3 Units of Measurements. SI Units 6 -- 1.4 State Functions 8 -- 1.5 The Relationship between Macrostates and Microstates 11 -- 1.6 Processes 16 -- Chapter 2 The Equilibrium Macroscopic States of Gases and Liquids 21 -- 2.1 Mathematical Functions and the Equilibrium Macroscopic State of a Simple System 22 -- 2.2 Real Liquids and Solids 25 -- 2.3 Real Gases 28 -- 2.4 The Coexistence of Phases and the Critical Point 32 -- Chapter 3 Work, Heat, and Energy: The First Law of Thermodynamics 45 -- 3.1 Work and the State of a System 46 -- 3.2 Heat 53 -- 3.3 Internal Energy. The First Law of Thermodynamics 55 -- 3.4 Calculation of Amounts of Heat and Energy Changes 58 -- 3.5 Enthalpy -- A Convenience Variable 68 -- 3.6 Calculation of Enthalpy Changes for Non-Chemical Processes 74 -- 3.7 Calculation of Enthalpy Changes for a Class of Chemical Reactions 77 -- 3.8 Energy Changes of Chemical Reactions 85 -- Chapter 4 The Second and Third Laws of Thermodynamics: Entropy 95 -- 4.1 The Second Law of Thermodynamics and the Carnot Heat Engine 96 -- 4.2 The Mathematical Statement of the Second Law. Entropy 102 -- 4.3 The Calculation of Entropy Changes 107 -- 4.4 Statistical Entropy 116 -- 4.5 The Third Law of Thermodynamics and Absolute Entropies 119 -- Chapter 5 The Thermodynamics of Real Systems 131 -- 5.1 Criteria for Spontaneous Processes and for Equilibrium. The Gibbs and Helmholtz Energies 132 -- 5.2 Fundamental Relations for Closed Simple Systems 137 -- 5.3 Gibbs Energy Calculations 142 -- 5.4 The Description of Multicomponent and Open Systems 146 -- 5.5 Additional Useful Thermodynamic Identities 152 -- 5.6 Euler's Theorem and the Gibbs-Duhem Relation 156 -- Chapter 6 Phase Equilibrium 167 -- 6.1 The Fundamental Fact of Phase Equilibrium 168 -- 6.2 The Gibbs Phase Rule 170 -- 6.3 Phase Equilibrium in a One-Component System 174 -- 6.4 The Gibbs Energy and Phase Transitions 180 -- 6.5 Surface Structure and Thermodynamics 184 -- 6.6 Surfaces in Multicomponent Systems 191 -- Chapter 7 Multicomponent Systems 199 -- 7.1 Ideal Solutions 200 -- 7.2 Henry's Law and Dilute Nonelectrolyte Solutions 209 -- 7.3 The Activity and the Description of General Systems 216 -- 7.4 Activity Coefficients in Electrolyte Solutions 228 -- 7.5 Phase Diagrams for Nonideal Mixtures 234 -- 7.6 Colligative Properties 244 -- Chapter 8 The Thermodynamics of Chemical Equilibrium 255 -- 8.1 Gibbs Energy Changes and Equilibria of Chemical Reactions. The Equilibrium Constant 256 -- 8.2 Reactions Involving Gases and Pure Substances 261 -- 8.3 Chemical Equilibrium in Solution 264 -- 8.4 Equilibria in Solutions of Strong Electrolytes 266 -- 8.5 Acid-Base Equilibrium Calculations 270 -- 8.6 Temperature Dependence of Equilibrium Constants. The Principle of Le Chatelier 276 -- 8.7 Chemical Reactions and Biological Systems 280 -- Chapter 9 The Thermodynamics of Electrical Systems 291 -- 9.1 The Chemical Potential and the Electric Potential 292 -- 9.2 Electrochemical Cells at Equilibrium 293 -- 9.3 Half-Cell Potentials and Cell Potentials 300 -- 9.4 The Determination of Activity Coefficients of Electrolytes 307 -- 9.5 Thermodynamic Information from Electrochemistry 312 -- Chapter 10 Gas Kinetic Theory. The Molecular Theory of Dilute Gases at Equilibrium 319 -- 10.1 The Model System for a Dilute Gas 320 -- 10.2 The Velocity Probability Distribution 324 -- 10.3 The Distribution of Molecular Speeds 333 -- 10.4 The Pressure of an Ideal Gas 337 -- 10.5 Wall Collisions and Effusion 341 -- 10.6 The Model System with Potential Energy 343 -- 10.7 The Hard-Sphere Gas 347 -- 10.8 The Molecular Structure of Liquids 357 -- Chapter 11 Transport Processes 365 -- 11.1 The Macroscopic Description of Nonequilibrium States 366 -- 11.2 Transport Processes 368 -- 11.3 Transport Processes in the Hard-Sphere Gas 380 -- 11.4 The Structure of Liquids and Transport Processes in Liquids 385 -- 11.5 Transport in Electrolyte Solutions 390 -- Chapter 12 The Rates of Chemical Reactions 401 -- 12.1 The Macroscopic Description of Chemically Reacting Systems 402 -- 12.2 Forward Reactions with one Reactant 404 -- 12.3 Forward Reactions with More Than One Reactant 412 -- 12.4 Inclusion of a Reverse Reaction. Chemical Equilibrium 417 -- 12.5 Consecutive Reactions and Competing Reactions 420 -- 12.6 The Experimental Study of Fast Reactions 424 -- Chapter 13 Chemical Reaction Mechanisms 435 -- 13.1 Reaction Mechanisms and Elementary Processes in Gases 436 -- 13.2 Elementary Reactions in Liquid Solutions 438 -- 13.3 The Temperature Dependence of Rate Constants. The Collision Theory of Bimolecular Gaseous Reactions 444 -- 13.4 Reaction Mechanisms and Rate Laws 450 -- 13.5 Some Additional Mechanisms, Including Chain and Photochemical Mechanisms. Competing Mechanisms 463 -- 13.6 Catalysis 469 -- 13.7 Experimental Molecular Study of Chemical Reactions 481 -- Chapter 14 The Principles of Quantum Mechanics. I. Classical Waves and the Schrodinger Equation 493 -- 14.1 Classical Mechanics 494 -- 14.2 Classical Waves 497 -- 14.3 The Old Quantum Theory 507 -- 14.4 De Broglie Waves and the Schrodinger Equation 514 -- 14.5 The Particle in a Box. The Free Particle 522 -- 14.6 The Harmonic Oscillator 531 -- Chapter 15 The Principles of Quantum Mechanics. II. The Postulates of Quantum Mechanics 539 -- 15.1 The First Two Postulates of Quantum Mechanics 540 -- 15.2 Mathematical Operators 541 -- 15.3 Postulate 3. Mathematical Operators Corresponding to Mechanical Variables in Quantum Mechanics 546 -- 15.4 Postulate 4. Expectation Values 549 -- 15.5 Postulate 5. The Determination of the State of a System 565 -- Chapter 16 The Electronic States of Atoms. I. The Hydrogen Atom and the Simple Orbital Approximation for Multielectron Atoms 573 -- 16.1 The Hydrogen Atom and the Central Force System. Angular Momentum 574 -- 16.2 The Wave Functions of the Hydrogen Atom 582 -- 16.3 The Helium Atom in the "Zero-Order" Orbital Approximation 597 -- 16.4 Atoms with More Than Two Electrons 610 -- Chapter 17 The Electronic States of Atoms. II. Higher-Order Approximations for Multielectron Atoms 619 -- 17.1 The Variation Method and Its Application to the Helium Atom 620 -- 17.2 The Perturbation Method and Its Application to the Helium Atom 625 -- 17.3 The Self-Consistent Field Method 627 -- 17.4 Excited States of the Helium Atom 629 -- 17.5 Atoms with More than Two Electrons 632 -- Chapter 18 The Electronic States of Molecules 647 -- 18.1 The Born-Oppenheimer Approximation. The Hydrogen Molecule Ion 648 -- 18.2 LCAO-MOs -- Molecular Orbitals That Are Linear Combinations of Atomic Orbitals 655 -- 18.3 Homonuclear Diatomic Molecules 660 -- 18.4 Heteronuclear Diatomic Molecules 672 -- 18.5 Symmetry in Polyatomic Molecules. Groups of Symmetry Operators 682 -- 18.6 Electronic Structure of Polyatomic Molecules 690 -- 18.7 More Advanced Treatments of Molecular Electronic Structure 709 -- Chapter 19 Translational, Rotational, and Vibrational States of Atoms and Molecules 721 -- 19.1 Translational Motions of Atoms 722 -- 19.2 The Nonelectronic States of Diatomic Molecules 724 -- 19.3 Rotation and Vibration in Polyatomic Molecules 736 -- 19.4 The Equilibrium Populations of Molecular States 743 -- Chapter 20 Spectroscopy and Photochemistry 751 -- 20.1 Emmission/Absorption Spectroscopy and Energy Levels 752 -- 20.2 The Spectra of Atoms 761 -- 20.3 Rotational and Vibrational Spectra of Diatomic Molecules 762 -- 20.4 Electronic Spectra of Diatomic Molecules 769 -- 20.5 Spectra of Polyatomic Molecules 771 -- 20.6 Fluorescence, Phosphorescence, and Photochemistry 775 -- 20.7 Other Types of Spectroscopy 781 -- 20.8 Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy 792 -- 20.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy 806 -- Chapter 21 Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics 817 -- 21.1 The Quantum Statistical Mechanics of a Sample System of Four Harmonic Oscillators 818 -- 21.2 The Probability Distribution for a Dilute Gas 823 -- 21.3 The Probability Distribution and the Molecular Partition Function 828 -- 21.4 The Calculation of Molecular Partition Functions 836 -- 21.5 Calculations of Thermodynamic Functions of Dilute Gases 845 -- 21.6 Chemical Equilibrium in Dilute Gases 858 -- 21.7 The Activated Complex Theory of Bimolecular Chemical Reactions in Dilute Gases 862 -- 21.8 The Canonical Ensemble 872 -- 21.9 Classical Statistical Mechanics 881 -- Chapter 22 The Structure of Solids and Liquids 897 -- 22.1 General Features of Solids 898 -- 22.2 Crystal Vibrations 906 -- 22.3 The Electronic Structure of Crystalline Solids 913 -- 22.4 The Structure of Liquids 920 -- 22.5 Polymer Formation and Conformation 927 -- 22.6 Rubber Elasticity 936 -- 22.7 Polymers in Solution 940 -- Chapter 23 Some Additional Theories of Nonequilibrium Processes 947 -- 23.1 Theories of Unimolecular Chemical Reactions 948 -- 23.2 The Molecular Case History of a Chemical Reaction 952 -- 23.3 Theories of Transport Processes in Fluid Systems 954 -- 23.4 Nonequilibrium Electrochemistry 958 -- 23.5 Electrical Conductivity in Solids 970 -- A. Tables of Numerical Data 977 -- B. Some Useful Mathematics 1001 -- C. A Short Table of Integrals 1021 -- D. Classical Mechanics 1025 -- E. Some Derivations of Thermodynamic Formulas and Methods 1031 -- F. Some Mathematics in Quantum Mechanics 1037 -- G. The Perturbation Method 1045 -- H. The Huckel Method 1047.

ISBN

• 0125083459
• 9780125083454

LCCN

99068611

OCLC

• ocm44484464
• 44484464
• SCSB-1243899

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library