For two-semester courses in Physical Chemistry or Quantum Chemistry. This full-color, modern physical chemistry text offers arresting illustrations that set it apart from others of its kind. The authors focus on core topics of physical chemistry, presented within a modern framework of applications. Extensive math derivations are provided, yet the book retains the significant chemical rigor needed in physical chemistry.
1. Fundamental Concepts of Thermodynamics
2. Heat, Work, Internal Energy, Enthalpy, and the First Law of Thermodynamics
3. The Importance of State Functions: Internal energy and Enthalpy
4. Thermochemistry
5. Entropy and the Second and Third Laws of Thermodynamics
6. Chemical Equilibrium
7. The Propeties of Real Gases
8. Phase Diagrams and the Relative Stability of Solids, Liquids, and Gases
9. Ideal and Real Solutions
10. Electrolyte Solutions
etc.