Kolasinski, Kurt W. <br/><br/>
Physical chemistry :  how chemistry works / 
 How chemistry works 
Kurt W. Kolasinski, Department of Chemistry, West Chester University, USA. 
 - xvii, 726 pages :  color illustrations ;  28 cm 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- Statistical mechanics -- Ideal gases -- Non-ideal gases and intermolecular interactions -- Liquids, liquid crystals, and ionic liquids -- Solids, nanoparticles, and interfaces -- First law of thermodynamics -- Second law of thermodynamics -- Third law of thermodynamics and temperature dependence of heat capacity, enthalpy, and entropy -- Thermochemistry : the role of heat in chemical and physical changes -- Chemical equilibrium -- Phase stability and phase transitions -- Solutions and mixtures : nonelectrolytes -- Solutions of electrolytes -- Electrochemistry : the chemistry of free charge exchange -- Empirical chemical kinetics -- Reaction dynamics : mechanisms and rates -- Complex reactions mechanisms : catalysis, photochemistry and charge transfer -- Developing quantum mechanical intuition -- The quantum mechanical description of nature -- Model quantum systems -- Atomic structure -- Introduction to spectroscopy and atomic spectroscopy -- Molecular bonding and structure -- Molecular spectroscopy & excited state dynamics : diatomics -- Polyatomic molecules and group theory -- Light-matter interactions : lasers, laser spectroscopy, and photodynamics. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781118751121 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2016015389 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Chemistry, Physical and theoretical--Textbooks.<br/>Chemistry--Textbooks.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QD453.3  / .K65 2016 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>541