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1 online resource (749 pages) : color illustrations |
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text rdacontent |
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computer rdamedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Statistical mechanics -- Ideal gases -- Non-ideal gases and intermolecular interactions -- Liquids, liquid crystals, and ionic liquids -- Solids, nanoparticles, and interfaces -- First law of thermodynamics -- Second law of thermodynamics -- Third law of thermodynamics and temperature dependence of heat capacity, enthalpy, and entropy -- Thermochemistry : the role of heat in chemical and physical changes -- Chemical equilibrium -- Phase stability and phase transitions -- Solutions and mixtures : nonelectrolytes -- Solutions of electrolytes -- Electrochemistry : the chemistry of free charge exchange -- Empirical chemical kinetics -- Reaction dynamics : mechanisms and rates -- Complex reactions mechanisms : catalysis, photochemistry and charge transfer -- Developing quantum mechanical intuition -- The quantum mechanical description of nature -- Model quantum systems -- Atomic structure -- Introduction to spectroscopy and atomic spectroscopy -- Molecular bonding and structure -- Molecular spectroscopy & excited state dynamics : diatomics -- Polyatomic molecules and group theory -- Light-matter interactions : lasers, laser spectroscopy, and photodynamics. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Chemistry -- Textbooks.
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Chemistry, Physical and theoretical -- Textbooks.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
How chemistry works |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Kolasinski, Kurt W. Physical chemistry : how chemistry works. Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2017 9781118751121 |
| ISBN |
9781118751213 (electronic bk.) |
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9781118751213 (electronic bk.) |
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9781118751121 |
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9781118751121 (pbk.) |
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