Atkins P., de Paula J. Physical Chemistry

Ninth Edition. — W.H. Freeman and Company, 2010. — 1060 p. — ISBN: 1-4292-1812-6, ISBN13: 978-1-429-21812-2The text is still divided into three parts, but material has been moved between chapters and the chapters themselves have been reorganized. We continue to respond to the cautious shift in emphasis away from classical thermodynamics by combining several chapters in Part 1 (Equilibrium), bearing in mind that some of the material will already have been covered in earlier courses. For example, material on phase
diagrams no longer has its own chapter but is now distributed between Chapters 4 (Physical transformation of pure substances) and 5 (Simple mixtures). New Impact sections highlight the application of principles of thermodynamics to materials science,
an area of growing interest to chemists.
In Part 2 (Structure) the chapters have been updated with a discussion of contemporary techniques of materials science including nanoscience and spectroscopy. We have also paid more attention to computational chemistry, and have revised the
coverage of this topic in Chapter 10.
has lost chapters dedicated to kinetics of complex reactions and surface processes, but not the material, which we regard as highly important in a contemporary context. To make the material more readily accessible within the context of courses, descriptions of polymerization, photochemistry, and enzyme- and surface-catalysed reactions are now part of Chapters 21 (The rates of chemical reactions) and 22 (Reaction dynamics)—already familiar to readers of the text—and a new chapter, Chapter 23, on Catalysis.Fundamentals
Equilibrium
The properties of gases
Mathematical background 1: Differentiation and integration
The First Law
Mathematical background 2: Multivariate calculus
The Second Law
Physical transformations of pure substances
Simple mixtures
Chemical equilibrium
Structure
Quantum theory: introduction and principles
Mathematical background 3: Complex numbers
Quantum theory: techniques and applications
Mathematical background 4: Differential equations
Atomic structure and spectra
Mathematical background 5: Vectors
Molecular structure
Mathematical background 6: Matrices
Molecular symmetry
Molecular spectroscopy 1: rotational and vibrational spectra
Molecular spectroscopy 2: electronic transitions
Molecular spectroscopy 3: magnetic resonance
Statistical thermodynamics 1: the concepts
Statistical thermodynamics 2: applications
Molecular interactions
Materials 1: macromolecules and self-assembly
Materials 2: solids
Mathematical background 7: Fourier series and Fourier transforms
Change
Molecules in motion
The rates of chemical reactions
Reaction dynamics
Catalysis
Resource section
Answers to exercises and odd-numbered problems