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Book preface and the author words
Physical chemistry stands at the
intersection of the power and generality of classical and quantum physics with
the minute molecular complexity of chemistry and biology. Any molecular process
that can be envisioned as a flow from a higher energy state to a lower state is
subject to analysis by the methods of classical thermodynamics. Chemical
thermodynamics tells us where a process is going. Chemical kinetics tells us
how long it will take to get there.
Evidence for and application of many
of the most subtle and abstract principles of quantum mechanics are to be found
in the physical interpretation of chemical phenomena. The vast expansion of
spectroscopy from line spectra of atoms well known in the nineteenth century to
the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of today’s diagnostic procedures is a
result of our gradually enhanced understanding of the quantum mechanical
interactions of energy with simple atomic or complex molecular systems.
Mathematical methods developed in
the domain of physical chemistry can be successfully applied to very different
phenomena. In the study of seemingly unrelated phenomena, we are astonished to
find that electrical potential across a capacitor, the rate of isomerization of
cyclopentene, and the growth of marine larvae either as individuals or as
populations have been successfully modeled by the same first-order differential
equation.
Many people in diverse fields use
physical chemistry but do not have the opportunity to take a rigorous
three-semester course or to master one of the several∼1000-page
texts in this large and diverse field. Concise Physical Chemistry is intended
to meet (a) the needs of professionals in fields other than physical chemistry who
need to be able to master or review a limited portion of physical chemistry or
(b) the need of instructors who require a manageable text for teaching a
one-semester course in the essentials of the subject. The present text is not,
however, a diluted form of physical chemistry. Topics are treated as brief,
self-contained units, graded in difficulty from a reintroduction to some of the
concepts of general chemistry in the first few chapters to research-level
computer applications in the later chapters.
Donald W. Rogers
Description of the book
Book name:
Concise Physical Chemistry book by Donald W.Rogers.
Author:
Donlad W. Rogers
Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry
The Brooklyn Center
Long Island University
Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn, NY
Edition: Unkown
Year: 2011
No of Chapters: 21
No of Pages: 405
File format: pdf
File size: 2.4 MB
Contents
Chapter 1: Ideal
Gas Laws
Chapter 2: Real
Gases: Empirical Equations
Chapter 3: The
Thermodynamics of Simple Systems
Chapter 4: Thermochemistry
Chapter 5: Entropy
and the Second Law
Chapter 6: The
Gibbs Free Energy
Chapter 7: Equilibrium
Chapter 8: A
Statistical Approach to Thermodynamics
Chapter 9: The Phase Rule
Chapter 10: Chemical
Kinetics
Chapter 11: Liquids
and Solids
Chapter 12: Solution Chemistry
Chapter 13: Coulometry
and Conductivity
Chapter 14: Electrochemical Cells
Chapter 15: Early Quantum Theory: A Summary
Chapter 16: Wave
Mechanics of Simple Systems
Chapter 17: The
Variational Method: Atoms
Chapter 18: Experimental
Determination of Molecular Structure
Chapter 19: Classical
Molecular Modeling
Chapter 20: Quantum
Molecular Modeling
Chapter 21: Photochemistry
and the Theory of Chemical Reactions
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