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Quanta, Matter, and Change

by Peter Atkins; Julio De Paula; Ron Friedman

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Quanta, Matter, and Change

A Molecular Approach to Physical Change

First Edition ©2009

ISBN-10: 0-7167-6117-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-7167-6117-4
Cloth Text, 782 pages

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Fundamentals 1
Mathematical background 1: Differentiation and integration

PART 1 Quantum theory
1. The principles of quantum theory
Mathematical background 2: Differential equations
2. Nanosystems 1: motion in one dimension
Mathematical background 3: Complex numbers
3. Nanosystems 2: motion in several dimensions

PART 2 Atoms, molecules, and assemblies
4. Atomic structure and spectra
Mathematical background 4: Vectors
5. The chemical bond
Mathematical background 5: Matrices
6. Computational chemistry
7. Molecular symmetry
8. Molecular assemblies
9. Solids
Mathematical background 6: Fourier series and Fourier transforms

PART 3 Molecular spectroscopy
10. Rotational and vibrational spectra
11. Electronic spectroscopy
12. Magnetic resonance

PART 4 Molecular thermodynamics
13. The Boltzmann distribution
Mathematical background 7: Probability theory
14. The First Law of thermodynamics
Mathematical background 8: Multivariate calculus
15. The Second Law of thermodynamics
16. Physical equilibria
17. Chemical equilibrium

PART 5 Chemical dynamics
18. Molecular motion
19. Chemical kinetics
20. Molecular reaction dynamics
21. Catalysis

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