Physical chemistry : a modern introduction / lifford E. Dykstra ; second edition updated and revised by William M. Davis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davis, William M. (William Michael), 1969-

Contributor:

Davis, William M. (William Michael), 1969-

Dykstra, Clifford E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chemistry, Physical and theoretical.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (513 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

2011.

Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAuthorGuide for StudentsList of Special ExamplesWorld of Atoms and MoleculesIntroduction to Physical ChemistryTheory and Experiment in Physical ChemistryAtomic and Molecular EnergiesConfigurations, Entropy, and VolumeEnergy, Entropy, and TemperatureDistribution Law DerivationConclusionsPoint of Interest: James Clerk MaxwellExercisesBibliographyIdeal and Real GasesThe Ideal Gas LawsCollisions and PressureNonideal BehaviorThermodynamic State FunctionsEnergy and Thermodynamic RelationsConclusionsPoint of Interest: Intermolecular InteractionsExercisesBibliographyChanges of St

Contents:

Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Authors; Guide for Students; List of Special Examples; Chapter 1: World of Atoms and Molecules; Chapter 2: Ideal and Real Gases; Chapter 3: Changes of State; Chapter 4: Phases and Multicomponent Systems; Chapter 5: Activity and Equilibrium of Gases and Solutions; Chapter 6: Chemical Reactions: Kinetics, Dynamics, and Equilibrium; Chapter 7: Vibrational Mechanics of Particle Systems; Chapter 8: Molecular Quantum Mechanics; Chapter 9: Vibrational-Rotational Spectroscopy; Chapter 10: Electronic Structure; Chapter 11: Statistical Mechanics

Chapter 12: Magnetic Resonance SpectroscopyChapter 13: Introduction to Surface Chemistry; Appendix A: Mathematical Background; Appendix B: Molecular Symmetry; Appendix C: Special Quantum Mechanical Approaches; Appendix D: Table of Integrals; Appendix E: Table of Atomic Masses and Nuclear Spins; Appendix F: Fundamental Constants and Conversion of Units; Appendix G: List of Tables; Appendix H: Points of Interest; Appendix I: Atomic Masses and Percent Natural Abundance of Light Elements; Appendix J: Values of Constants; Appendix K: The Greek Alphabet; Answers to Selected Exercises; Back Cover

Notes:

Previous ed.: Physical chemistry / Clifford E. Dykstra. Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, c1997.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-04-015781-5

0-429-06720-8

1-4398-9789-1

OCLC:

908077670