Physical Chemistry: Pearson New International Edition, 3rd Edition

Engel and Reid’s Physical Chemistry provides students with a contemporary and accurate overview of physical chemistry while focusing on basic principles that unite the sub-disciplines of the field. The Third Edition continues to emphasize fundamental concepts, while presenting cutting-edge research developments to emphasize the vibrancy of physical chemistry today.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Fundamental Concepts Of Thermodynamics
Chapter 2. Heat, Work, Internal Energy, Enthalpy, And The First Law Of Thermodynamics
Chapter 3. The Importance Of State Functions: Internal Energy And Enthalpy
Chapter 4. Thermochemistry
Chapter 5. Entropy And The Second And Third Laws Of Thermodynamics
Chapter 6. Chemical Equilibrium
Chapter 7. The Properties Of Real Gases
Chapter 8. Phase Diagrams And The Relative Stability Of Solids, Liquids, And Gases
Chapter 9. Ideal And Real Solutions
Chapter 10. Electrolyte Solutions
Chapter 11. Electrochemical Cells, Batteries, And Fuel Cells
Chapter 12. From Classical To Quantum Mechanics
Chapter 13. The Schrödinger Equation
Chapter 14. The Quantum Mechanical Postulates
Chapter 15. Using Quantum Mechanics On Simple Systems
Chapter 16. The Particle In A Box And The Real World
Chapter 17. Commuting And Noncommuting Operators And The Surprising Consequences Of Entanglement
Chapter 18. A Quantum Mechanical Model For The Vibration And Rotation Of Molecules
Chapter 19. The Vibrational And Rotational Spectroscopy Of Diatomic Molecules
Chapter 20. The Hydrogen Atom
Chapter 21. Many-Electron Atoms
Chapter 22. Quantum States For Many-Electron Atoms And Atomic Spectroscopy
Chapter 23. The Chemical Bond In Diatomic Molecules
Chapter 24. Molecular Structure And Energy Levels For Polyatomic Molecules
Chapter 25. Electronic Spectroscopy
Chapter 26. Computational Chemistry
Chapter 27. Molecular Symmetry
Chapter 28. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Chapter 29. Probability
Chapter 30. The Boltzmann Distribution
Chapter 31. Ensemble And Molecular Partition Functions
Chapter 32. Statistical Thermodynamics
Chapter 33. Kinetic Theory Of Gases
Chapter 34. Transport Phenomena
Chapter 35. Elementary Chemical Kinetics
Chapter 36. Values Of Selected Physical Constants; Si Prefixes; Greek Alphabet; Conversion Table For Units
Chapter 37. Masses And Natural Abundances For Selected Isotopes; Periodic Table Of The Elements