| Description |
xix, 513 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
1. Structure, energy, mechanism -- 2. Atoms, molecules and their structures -- 3. Determination of structure -- 4. Energy and energetics -- 5. States of matter: gases and liquids -- 6. States of matter: solids -- 7. Phase rule and properties of solutions -- 8. Chemical equilibrium -- 9. Electrochemistry -- 10. Chemical kinetics and mechanisms of chemical reactions -- App. 1. Problem-solving with personal computers -- App. 2. Stereoviewing -- App. 3. Average classical thermal energies -- App. 4. Reduced mass -- App. 5. Spherical polar coordinates -- App. 6. Gamma function -- App. 7. Slater's rules -- App. 8. Linear least squares and the propagation of errors -- App. 9. Determinants and cofactors -- App. 10. Solution of a second-order differential equation -- App. 11. Separation of variables -- App. 12. Overlap integrals -- App. 13. Partial derivatives -- App. 14. Numerical integration -- App. 15. Fermi-Dirac statistics -- App. 16. Calculation of Madelung constants |
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App. 17. The hypsometric formula: an example of the Boltzmann distribution -- App. 18. Tables of physical data |
| Summary |
The author gives attention to the solid and liquid states and introduces topics such as computer simulation, liquid structure, Wigner-Seitz cells and quasicrystals |
| Analysis |
Chemistry |
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Overseas item |
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Physical chemistry |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [492]-494) and index |
| Subject |
Chemistry, Physical and theoretical.
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| LC no. |
96037799 |
| ISBN |
0521480000 (hardbound) |
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0521578817 (paperback) |
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