Physical chemistry : a molecular approach

McQuattie, Donald A. ;

Physical chemistry : a molecular approach - New Delhi : Viva Books, 1999. - xxi, 1270 p. :

Includes index.

The dawn of quantum theory --
Complex numbers --
The classical wave equation --
Probability and statistics --
The Schrodinger equation and a particle in a box --
Some postulates and general principles of quantum mechanics --
The harmonic oscillator and the rigid rotator: two spectroscopic models --
The hydrogen atom --
Approximation methods --
Multielectron atoms --
The chemical bond: diatomic molecules --
Bonding in polyatomic molecules --
Computational quantum chemistry --
Group theory: the exploitation of symmetry --
Molecular spectroscopy --
Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy --
Lasers, laser scpectroscopy, and photochemistry --
The properties of gases --
The Boltzmann factor and partition functions --
Partition functions and ideal gases --
The first law of thermodynamics --
Entropy and the second law of thermodynamics --
Entropy and the third law of thermodynamics --
Helmholtz and gibbs energies --
Phase equilibria --
Solutions I: liquid-liquid solutions --
Solutions II: solid-liquid solutions --
Chemical equilibrium --
The kinetic theory of gases --
Chemical kinetics I: rate laws --
Chemical kinetics II: reaction mechanisms --
Gas-phase reaction dynamics --
Solids and surface chemistry.

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

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Chemistry, Physical and theoretical.
Physical Chemistry.

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