Physical Chemistry Thermodynamics, Structure, and Change

Peter Atkins is a fellow of Lincoln College in the University of Oxford and the author of about 70 books for students and a general audience. His texts are market leaders around the globe. A frequent lecturer in the United States and throughout the world, he has held visiting professor­ships in France, Israel, Japan, China, and New Zealand. He was the founding chairman of the Committee on Chemistry Education of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and was a member of IUPAC’s Physical and Biophysical Chemistry Division.

Foundations
A Matter
B Energy
C Waves

Part 1 Thermodynamics
1. The properties of gases
Topic 1A The perfect gas
Topic 1B The kinetic model
Topic 1C Real gases

Impact
…ON ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 1.1: The gas laws and the weather
...ON ASTROPHYSICS 1.2: The Sun as a ball of perfect gas

Mathematical background 1 Differentiation and integration

2. The First Law
Topic 2A Internal energy
Topic 2B Enthalpy
Topic 2C Thermochemistry
Topic 2D State functions and exact differentials
Topic 2E Adiabatic changes

Impact
…ON BIOLOGY 2.1: Food and energy reserves

Mathematical background 2 Multivariate calculus

3. The Second and Third Laws
Topic 3A Entropy
Topic 3B The measurement of entropy
Topic 3C Concentrating on the system
Topic 3D Combining the First and Second Laws

Impact
…ON ENGINEERING: 3.1 Refrigeration
… ON MATERIALS SCIENCE: 3.2 Crystal Defects

4. Physical transformations of pure substances
Topic 4A Phase diagrams of pure substances
Topic 4B Thermodynamic aspects of phase transitions

Impact
…ON TECHNOLOGY: 4.1 Supercritical fluids

5. Simple mixtures
Topic 5A The thermodynamic description of mixtures
Topic 5B The properties of solutions
Topic 5C Phase diagrams of binary systems
Topic 5D Phase diagrams of ternary systems
Topic 5E Activities
Topic 5F The activities of ions

Impact
…ON BIOLOGY: 5.1 Osmosis in physiology and biochemistry
…ON MATERIALS SCIENCE: 5.2 Liquid crystals

6. Chemical equilibrium
Topic 6A The equilibrium constant
Topic 6B The response of equilibria to the conditions
Topic 6C Electrochemical cells
Topic 6D Electrode potentials

Impact
…ON BIOCHEMISTRY 6.1: Energy conversion in biological cells
…ON CHEMICAL ANALYSIS 6.2: Species-selective electrodes


7. Introduction to quantum theory
Topic 7A The origins of quantum mechanics
Topic 7B Dynamics of microscopic systems
Topic 7C The principles of quantum theory

Impact
…ON TECHNOLOGY 7.1: Quantum computing

Mathematical background 3 Complex numbers

8. The quantum theory of motion
Topic 8A Translation
Topic 8B Vibrational motion
Topic 8C Rotational motion

Impact... ON NANOSCIENCE: 8.1 Quantum dots

Mathematical background 4 Differential equations


9. Atomic structure and spectra
Topic 9A Hydrogenic atoms
Topic 9B Many-electron atoms
Topic 9C Atomic spectra

Impact
…ON ASTROPHYSICS 9.1 The spectroscopy of stars

Mathematical background 5 Vectors

10. Molecular structure
Topic 10A Valence-bond theory
Topic 10B Principles of molecular orbital theory
Topic 10C Homonuclear diatomic molecules
Topic 10D Heteronuclear diatomic molecules
Topic 10E Polyatomic molecules

Mathematical background 6 Matrices

11. Molecular symmetry
Topic 11A Symmetry elements
Topic 11B Group theory
Topic 11C Applications of symmetry

Impact
…ON BIOCHEMISTRY 13.1 Vision
…ON BIOCHEMISTRY 13.2 Fluorescence microscopy

Impact
…ON MEDICINE 14.1 Magnetic resonance imaging
…ON BIOCHEMISTRY AND NANOSCIENCE 14.2 Spin probes

16. Molecular interactions
Topic 16A Electric properties of molecules
Topic 16B Interactions between molecules
Topic 16C Liquids

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