Physical Chemistry - Includes Free Cd-Rom, Sixth Edition -

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Résumé :
This edition marks the twentieth anniversary of Physical Chemistry, the world's leading text in the discipline. It has been completely rewritten to ensure a freshness of exposition and a contemporary approach. Physical Chemistry provides a patient and thorough explanation of the subject and has many innovative instructional features to help the student. There is an assortment of exciting learning tools new to this edition. ?/New 'Illustration' Boxes containing concise examples of how to use equations. ?/Microprojects, which encourage the use of computers as a problem-solving tool, are used for the first time. ?/Many new problems based on data in recent literature. ?/Paired end-of-chapter exercises, nearly doubled in number. ?/Checklists of key ideas. ?/New 'Further information' sections for background information. The popular features of previous editions are still here. These include the Introduction, which offers an early discussion of some key ideas that occur throughout the subject, and Molecular Interpretations that enrich the discussion of thermodynamics with explanations in terms of the behaviour of atoms and molecules. The more complex mathematical derivations are presented in Justification sections. The text's almost 1000 two-colour illustrations, all redrawn by the author, continue to add a unique vivid visual dimension to the study of physical chemistry. Every copy includes a Physical Chemistry sixth edition dual-platform CD-ROM featuring: ?/Linked topic screens based on key ideas summarized in the text and which provide explanations of common chemical terms, concepts, and equations. ?/All the line illustrations from the text, most rendered in full colour. ?/Animations based on selected illustrations from the text. ?/Interactive graphs. ?/Tools for solving problems and plotting graphs.

Biographie:
P. W. Atkins is Professor of Chemistry, University of Oxford, and Fellow of Lincoln College. He is the author of many widely acclaimed textbooks, including The Elements of Physical Chemistry, Concepts in Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry (with D. F. Shriver and C. H. Langford), Chemistry: Molecules, Matter, and Change (with L. L. Jones), and Molecular Quantum Mechanics (with R. S. Friedman).

Sommaire:
["EQUILIBRIUM","The properties of gases","The First Law: the concepts","The First Law: the machinery","The Second Law: the concepts","The Second Law: the machinery","Physical transformations of pure substances","Simple mixtures","Phase diagrams","Chemical equilibrium","Equilibrium electrochemistry","STRUCTURE","Quantum theory: introduction and principles","Quantum theory: techniques and applications","Atomic structure and atomic spectra","Molecular structure","Molecular symmetry","Spectroscopy 1: rotational and vibrational spectra","Spectroscopy 2: electronic transitions","Spectroscopy 3: magnetic resonance","Statistical thermodynamics: the concepts","Statistical thermodynamics: the machinery","Diffraction techniques","The electric and magnetic properties of molecules","Macromolecules and colloids","CHANGE","Molecules in motion","The rates of chemical reactions","The kinetics of complex reactions","Molecular reaction dynamics","Processes at solid surfaces","Dynamic electrochemistry."]