Atkins' Physical chemistry /
Peter Atkins, Julio de Paula.
- 8th ed.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- xxx, 1064 p. col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Includes index.
Part 1. Equilibrium; 1. The properties of gases; 2. The first law; 3. The second law; 4. Physical transformations of pure substances; 5. Simple mixtures; 6. Phase diagrams; 7. Chemical equilibrium; part 2. Structure; 8. Quantum theory: introduction and principles; 9. Quantum theory: techniques and applications; 10. Atomic structure and atomic spectra; 11. Molecular orbitals for polyatomic systems; 12. Molecular symmetry; 13. Spectroscopy 1: rotational and vibrational spectra; 14. Spectroscopy 2: electronic transitions; 15. Spectroscopy 3: magnetic resonance; 16. Statistical thermodynamics: the concepts; 17. Statistical thermodynamics: the machinery; 18. Molecular interactions; 19. Materials 1: macromolecules and aggregates; 20. Materials 2: the solid state; part 3. Change; 21. Molecules in motion; 22. The rates of chemical reactions; 23. The kinetics of complex reactions; 24. Molecular reaction dynamics; 25. Processes at solid surfaces; data section; answers to exercises; Answers to problems; index