Invitation to Physical Chemistry

(With CD-ROM)

Gopala Krishna Vemulapalli

• Publisher: ICP
• Year: 2010
• Print ISBN: 9781848163010
• eBook ISBN: 9781848168169
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Chemistry
• Index: Chemistry

This is a unique book with a different aim from other books on the subject. The idea is to provide readers with the “big picture” first, yet at a level that helps further the study of physical chemistry. The text covers all the important topics in physical chemistry — thermodynamics, statistical thermodynamics, quantum chemistry, and chemical kinetics — staying rigorously close to the basic theory, using appropriate mathematics but avoiding long derivations. Moreover, the book is supplemented by a CD-ROM to make it more comprehensive, interactive and useful for a wider audience. The CD-ROM contains examples, extended discussion, exercises and details of important derivations to reinforce understanding of physical chemistry.

Contents:

• Quantum Chemistry:
  • The Schrödinger Equation, Waves and Wave Packets
  • Spectroscopy: Rotations and Vibrations
  • Atoms
  • Molecules
• Chemical Thermodynamics:
  • Entropy and Equilibrium
  • The Fundamental Equation of Thermodynamics
  • Thermodynamic Potentials
  • Chemical Potential
  • Statistical Thermodynamics
  • States of Matter
• Kinetics:
  • The Kinetic Molecular Theory of Gases
  • Chemical Kinetics

Readership: Instructors and students in chemistry and materials science, and readers interested in important ideas in physical science.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Acknowledgments
• Preface
• Contents
• Part A - Quantum Chemistry
• Part B - Chemical Thermodynamics
• Part C - Kinetics
• Index