Atkins' Physical Chemistry 11e: Volume 1: Thermodynamics and Kinetics Ed. 11

Atkins' Physical Chemistry is widely acknowledged by both students and instructors around the globe to be the textbook of choice for studying physical chemistry. The eleventh edition has been enhanced with additional learning features and math support, and reorganized into discrete Topics, to make the text more flexible for teachers and more readable for students.

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Peter Atkins is a Fellow of Lincoln College and former Professor of Chemistry at University of Oxford.

Julio de Paula is Professor of Chemistry at Lewis & Clark College.

James Keeler is Director of Teaching in the Department of Chemistry and the Senior Tutor at Selwyn College, University of Cambridge

Part 1: Thermodynamics
1. The properties of gases
2. The First Law
3. The Second and Third Laws
4. Physical transformations of pure substances
5. Simple mixtures
6. Chemical equilibrium
Part 2: Structure
7. Introduction to quantum theory
8. The quantum theory of motion
9. Atomic structure and spectra
10. Molecular structure
11. Molecular symmetry
12. Rotational and vibrational spectra
13. Electronic transitions
14. Magnetic resonance
15. Statistical thermodynamics
16. Molecular interactions
17. Macromolecules and self-assembly
18. Solids
Part 3: Change
19. Molecular motion
20. Chemical kinetics
21. Reaction dynamics
22. Processes on surfaces