Physical chemistry: Instant Notes

Gavin Whittaker, Andy Mount, Matthew Heal1859961940, 9781859961940, 9780203009925

Instant Notes titles focus on core information and are designed to help undergraduate students come to grips with a subject quickly and easily. Instant Notes in Physical Chemistry introduces the various aspects of physical chemistry in an order that gives the opportunity for continuous reading from front to back. The background to a range of important techniques is incorporated to reflect the wide application of the subject matter. This book provides the key to the understanding and learning of physical chemistry.

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Table of contents :
Book Cover……Page 1
Half-Title……Page 2
Series Title……Page 3
Title……Page 4
Copyright……Page 5
Contents……Page 6
Abbreviations……Page 10
Preface……Page 12
Section A — States of matter……Page 15
A1 Perfect gases……Page 16
A2 Molecular behavior in perfect gases……Page 20
A3 Non-ideal gases……Page 25
A4 Liquids……Page 30
A5 Crystalline solids……Page 36
A6 Diffraction by solids……Page 42
Section B — Thermodynamics……Page 48
B1 The first law……Page 49
B2 Enthalpy……Page 55
B3 Thermochemistry……Page 58
B4 Entropy……Page 64
B5 Entropy and change……Page 69
B6 Free energy……Page 73
Section C — Equilibria……Page 78
C1 Fundamentals of equilibria……Page 79
C2 Fundamentals of acids and bases……Page 88
C3 Further acids and bases……Page 91
C4 Acid-base titrations……Page 96
C5 Solubility……Page 101
Section D — Solutions……Page 105
D1 Non-electrolyte solutions……Page 106
D2 Solutions……Page 109
D3 Colligative properties……Page 111
D4 Phase equilibria……Page 116
D5 Phase diagrams of mixtures……Page 121
Section E — Ionic solutions……Page 132
E1 Ions in aqueous solution……Page 133
E2 Thermodynamics of ions in solution……Page 137
E3 Electrochemical cells……Page 141
E4 Electrochemical thermodynamics……Page 145
E5 Electrochemistry and ion concentration……Page 151
E6 Macroscopic aspects of ionic motion……Page 156
E7 Molecular aspects of ionic motion……Page 161
E8 The motion of larger ions……Page 164
Section F — Kinetics……Page 168
F1 Empirical approaches to kinetics……Page 169
F2 Rate law determination……Page 176
F3 Energetics and mechanics……Page 185
F4 Formulation of rate laws……Page 193
F5 Rate laws in action……Page 198
F6 The kinetics of real systems……Page 206
Section G — Quantum nature of the physical world……Page 215
G1 Nuclear structure……Page 216
G2 Applications of nuclear structure……Page 221
G3 Quantization of energy and practicle-wave duality……Page 226
G4 The wave nature of matter……Page 234
G5 The structure of the hydrogen atom……Page 245
G6 Many-electron atoms……Page 254
G7 Chemical and structural effects of quantization……Page 260
G8 Statistical thermodynamics……Page 266
Section H — Bonding……Page 273
H1 Elementary valence theory……Page 274
H2 Valence bond theory……Page 279
H3 Molecular orbital theory of diatomic molecules I……Page 285
H4 Molecular orbital theory of diatomic molecules II……Page 291
H5 Strong solid phase interactions……Page 301
H6 Weak intermolecular interactions……Page 309
Section I Spectroscopy……Page 317
I1 General features of spectroscopy……Page 318
I2 Practical aspects of spectrscopy……Page 323
I3 Rotational spectroscopy……Page 329
I4 Vibrational spectroscopy……Page 336
I5 Applied vibrational spectroscopy……Page 341
I6 Electronic spectroscopy……Page 347
I7 Photochemistry in the real world……Page 353
I8 Magnetic resonance spectroscopy……Page 358
Appendix—Mathermatical relations……Page 367
Further reading……Page 370
Index……Page 374