Physical Chemistry: A Molecular Approach

As the first modern physical Chemistry textbook to cover quantum mechanics before Thermodynamics and Kinetics, this book provides a contemporary approach to the study of physical Chemistry. By beginning with quantum Chemistry, students will learn the fundamental principles upon which all modern physical Chemistry is built. The text includes a special set of math chapters To review and summaries the mathematical tools required to master the material. Thermodynamics is simultaneously taught from a bulk and microscopic viewpoint that enables the student to understand how bulk properties of materials are related to the properties of individual constituent molecules. This new text includes a variety of modern research topics in physical Chemistry as well as hundreds of worked problems and examples. about the authors Donald mcquarrie received his PhD from the University of Oregon and is Professor Emeritus from the Department of Chemistry at the University of California, Davis. john br>D Simon became the first George B. Geller Professor of Chemistry at Duke University in 1998. He is currently chair Chemistry Department at Duke and a faculty member of the biochemistry and ophthalmology departments of the Duke medical centre. table of Contents the dawn of quantum theory math br>Chapter a/complex Numbers the classical wave equation math br>Chapter B/probability and statistics the Schrodinger equation and a particle in a box math br>Chapter C/ vectors some postulates and General Principles of quantum mechanics math br>Chapter br>D/ spherical coordinates the Harmonic oscillator and the rigid rotator: two spectroscopic models the Hydrogen Atom math br>Chapter e/ Determinants approximation methods multielectron Atoms the chemical bond: Diatomic molecules Bonding in polyatomic molecules computational quantum Chemistry math br>Chapter br>f/ matrices group theory: the exploitation of Symmetry molecular spectroscopy nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy lasers, laser spectroscopy and photochemistry math br>Chapter br>G/numerical methods the properties of Gases math br>Chapter H/partial derivatives the Boltzmann factor and Partition functions math br>Chapter I/series and limits Partition functions and ideal gases the first law of Thermodynamics math br>Chapter J/ the Binomial distribution and stirrings approximation entropy and the second law of Thermodynamics entropy and the third law of Thermodynamics Helmholtz and Gibbs energies Phase equilibria chemical equilibria the Kinetic Theory of Gases chemical Kinetics I: rate laws chemical Kinetics II: reaction mechanisms gas-phase reaction dynamics solids and Surface Chemistry answers to numerical problems index. .