Physical Chemistry, 3rd Ed.

Engel and Reid’s Physical Chemistry gives students a contemporary and accurate overview of physical chemistry while focusing on basic principles that unite the sub-disciplines of the field. The Third Edition continues to emphasize fundamental concepts and presents cutting-edge research developments that demonstrate the vibrancy of physical chemistry today. KEY TOPICS: Fundamental Concepts of Thermodynamics. Heat, Work, Internal Energy, Enthalpy, and the First Law of Thermodynamics. The Importance of State Functions: Internal Energy and Enthalpy. Thermochemistry. Entropy and the Second and Third Laws of Thermodynamics. Chemical Equilibrium. The Properties of Real Gases. Phase Diagrams and the Relative Stability of Solids, Liquids, and Gases. Ideal and Real Solutions. Electrolyte Solutions. Electrochemical Cells, Batteries, and Fuel Cells. From Classical to Quantum Mechanics. The Schrödinger Equation. The Quantum Mechanical Postulates. Using Quantum Mechanics on Simple Systems. The Particle in the Box and the Real World. Commuting and Noncommuting Operators and the Surprising Consequences of Entanglement. A Quantum Mechanical Model for the Vibration and Rotation of Molecules. The Vibrational and Rotational Spectroscopy of Diatomic Molecules. The Hydrogen Atom. Many-Electron Atoms. Quantum States for Many- Electron Atoms and Atomic Spectroscopy. The Chemical Bond in Diatomic Molecules. Molecular Structure and Energy Levels for Polyatomic Molecules. Electronic Spectroscopy. Computational Chemistry. Molecular Symmetry. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. Probability. The Boltzmann Distribution. Ensemble and Molecular Partition Functions. Statistical Thermodynamics. Kinetic Theory of Gases. Transport Phenomena. Elementary Chemical Kinetics. Complex Reaction Mechanisms. MARKET: A comprehensive reference on physical chemistry.