Physical Chemistry: A Modern Introduction

Physical Chemistry: A Modern Introduction

This text offers a unique, streamlined approach built around understanding essential physical chemistry phenomena at the molecular level. Coverage is organized around behaviour rather than the historical order of discovery or the artificial ordering of laws. @HE:Features @FE:N stresses fundamentals and core examples over an encyclopaedic treatment of physical chemistry topics. Encourages student retention N modern, clean mathematical style and notation with clear development of formulaes and expressions N thorough development of the mathematics includes multivariable partial differentiation and integration, linear algebra, and curve fitting (Appendix I) N valuable flexibility allows instructors to re-order the presentation of topics towards macroscopic or molecular views N powerful, streamlined development of group theory that instructors can elect to integrate into the quantum mechanics and spectroscopy material (Appendix II) N equations of state are used to underpin thermodynamics in the same way the Schrodinger equation is used to underpin quantum mechanics