Physical Chemistry, 3rd Edition by Thomas Engel :: Review: The third edition of this book builds on user and reviewer comments on the previous editions. Our goal remains to provide students with an accessible overview of the whole field of physical chemistry while focusing on basic principles that unite the sub-disciplines of the field. We continue to present new research developments in the field to emphasize the vibrancy of physical chemistry. Many chapters have been extensively revised as described below. We include additional end-of-chapter concept problems and most of the numerical problems have been revised. The target audience remains undergraduate students majoring in chemistry, biochemistry, and chemical engineering, as well as many students majoring in the atmospheric sciences and the biological sciences. The following objectives, illustrated with brief examples, outline our approach to teaching physical chemistry.
Focus on teaching core concepts. The central principles of physical chemistry are explored by focusing on core ideas, and then extending these ideas to a variety of problems. The goal is to build a solid foundation of student understanding rather than cover a wide variety of topics in modest detail.
Illustrate the relevance of physical chemistry to the world around us. Many students struggle to connect physical chemistry concepts to the world around them. To address this issue, example problems and specific topics are tied together to help the student develop this connection. Fuel cells, refrigerators, heat pumps, and real engines are discussed in connection with the second law of thermodynamics. The particle in the box model is used to explain why metals conduct electricity and why valence electrons rather than core electrons are important in chemical bond formation. Examples are used to show the applications of chemical spectroscopies. Every attempt is made to connect fundamental ideas to applications that are familiar to the student. Art is used to convey complex information in an accessible manner as in the images here of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions.
Physical Chemistry, 3rd Edition by Thomas Engel
Title:
Physical Chemistry, 3rd Edition
Editor:
Thomas Engel
Philip Reid
Warren Hehre
Edition:
3rd
Publisher:
Pearson Publications
Length:
1130 pages
Size:
27.8 MB
Language:
English
Book Contents
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 Properties of Real Gases
8 Phase Diagrams and the Relative Stability of Solids, Liquids, and Gases
9 Ideal and Real Solutions
10 Electrolyte Solutions
11 Electrochemical Cells, Batteries, and Fuel Cells
12 From Classical to Quantum Mechanics
13 The Schrödinger Equation
14 The Quantum Mechanical Postulates
15 Using Quantum Mechanics on Simple Systems
16 The Particle in the Box and the Real World
17 Commuting and Noncommuting Operators and the Surprising Consequences of Entanglement
18 A Quantum Mechanical Model for the Vibration and Rotation of Molecules
19 The Vibrational and Rotational Spectroscopy of Diatomic Molecules
20 The Hydrogen Atom
21 Many-Electron Atoms
22 Quantum States for Many-Electron Atoms and Atomic Spectroscopy
23 The Chemical Bond in Diatomic Molecules
24 Molecular Structure and Energy Levels for Polyatomic Molecules
25 Electronic Spectroscopy
26 Computational Chemistry
27 Molecular Symmetry
28 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
29 Probability
30 The Boltzmann Distribution
31 Ensemble and Molecular Partition Functions
32 Statistical Thermodynamics
33 Kinetic Theory of Gases
34 Transport Phenomena
35 Elementary Chemical Kinetics
36 Complex Reaction Mechanisms
