Research Catalog

Title

Physical chemistry / P.W. Atkins.

Author

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

Publication

San Francisco : W.H. Freeman, ©1982.

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Details

Description

xvii, 1095 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subject

• Chemistry, Physical and theoretical
• Chemistry, Physical
• physical chemistry
• Fisico-Quimica

Note

• Ill. on lining papers.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographies and indexes.

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 -- Mathematical techniques -- Essential concepts of physics -- Data section.

ISBN

• 0716713810
• 9780716713814

LCCN

81015260

OCLC

• ocm07837710
• 7837710
• SCSB-35105

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library