TY - BOOK AU - McQuattie, Donald A. ; AU - Simon, John D. ; TI - Physical chemistry : a molecular approach SN - 8176490016 U1 - 541.3 PY - 1999/// CY - New Delhi PB - Viva Books KW - Chemistry, Physical and theoretical KW - Physical Chemistry N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -