Physical chemistry /
P.W. Atkins.
- 6th ed.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1998.
- xvi, 1014 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. + pbk.
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.