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Electromagnetism for Chemistry.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baird, James K.
- Series:
- Chemistry and Materials Science Series
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (630 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer, 2026.
- Summary:
- This textbook presents an introduction to electromagnetism intended for undergraduate and graduate students in chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science, and related areas.The book requires no pre-existing knowledge of physics beyond Coulomb's Law and the idea that electric currents serve as the source of magnetic fields.
- Contents:
- Electromagnetism for Chemistry
- Preface
- Contents
- 1. Electrostatics
- 2. Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
- 3. Continuum Theory of Dielectrics
- 4. Molecular Theory of Non-polar Dielectrics
- 5. Plasmas and the Poisson-Boltzmann Equation
- 6. Debye-Hückel Theory of Strong Electrolytes
- 7. Electromagnetic Waves
- 8. Light Scattering
- 9. X-Ray Diffraction from Crystals
- 10. Classical Mechanics and the Electromagnetic Field
- 11. Quantum Mechanics
- 12. Semiclassical Theory of the Interaction of Radiation with Matter
- 13. Optical Rotation
- 14. Dispersion Forces
- Appendix: Mathematical Methods
- A.1 Introduction
- A.2 Trigonometric Functions and a Hyperbolic Function Identity
- A.3 Series Expansions of Some Functions
- A.4 Some Derivatives and Integrals
- A.5 Stirling's Approximation
- A.6 Rectangular, Cylindrical Polar, and Spherical Polar Coordinates
- A.7 Simplification of the Radial Part of the Laplacian in Spherical Polar Coordinates
- A.8 Vector Identities
- A.9 Differential Operator Identities
- A.10 Special Vector Relations
- A.11 Theorems Involving Integrals
- A.12 Matrix Addition and Matrix Multiplication
- A.13 Kronecker Delta and the Dirac Delta Function
- A.14 Solution to an Inhomogeneous Differential Equation by the Green's Function Method
- A.15 Complex Numbers and Complex Number Algebra
- A.16 Fourier Transforms
- A.17 Fourier Transform of the "Sign" Function, S(t)
- A.18 Kramers-Kronig Relation for the Dielectric Response Function
- A.19 Volume of a Sphere Calculated Using an Exterior Origin
- Reference
- Recommended Additional Reading
- Author Index
- Subject Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9783031885082
- OCLC:
- 1600518504
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