Physical chemistry / P.W. Atkins.
By: Atkins, P. W. (Peter William).
Material type: BookPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1998Edition: 6th ed.Description: xvi, 1014 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0198501013 .Subject(s): Chemistry, Physical and theoretical | ChemistryDDC classification: 541.3Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 541.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00070158 | ||
General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 541.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00070157 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This textbook of physical chemistry provides a thorough explanation of the subject and has many instructional features to help the student, and an assortment of learning tools which are new to this edition. Popular features include the introduction, which offers an early discussion of some key ideas that occur throughout the subject. The text's almost 1000 two-colour illustrations, all redrawn by the author, continue to add a visual dimension to the study of physical chemistry.
CD to accompany disk available at issue desk.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1 Equilibrium: The properties of gases -- The first law: the concepts -- The first law: the machinery -- The second law: the concepts -- The second law: the machinery -- Physical transformations of pure substances -- Simple mixtures -- Phase diagrams -- Chemical equilibrium -- Equilibrium electrochemistry -- Part 2 Structure: Quantum theory: introduction and principles -- Quantum theory: techniques and applications -- Atomic structure and atomic spectra -- Molecular structure -- Molecular symmetry -- Spectroscopy 1: rotational and vibrational spectra -- Spectroscopy 2: electronic transitions -- Spectroscopy 3: magnetic resonance -- Statistical thermodynamics: the concepts -- Statistical thermodynamics: the machinery -- Diffraction techniques -- The electric and magnetic properties of molecules -- Macromolecules and colloids -- Part 3 Change: Molecules in motion -- The rates of chemical reactions -- The kinetics of complex reactions -- Molecular reaction dynamics -- Processes at solid surfaces -- Dynamic electrochemistry.