Physical Chemistry Third Edition

Part 1 Thermodynamics and the Macroscopic
Description of Physical Systems 1
Chapter 1 The Behavior of Gases and Liquids 3
1.1 Introduction 4
1.2 Systems and States in Physical Chemistry 12
1.3 Real Gases 21
1.4 The Coexistence of Phases and the Critical Point 27
Chapter 2 Work, Heat, and Energy: The First Law of
Thermodynamics 39
2.1 Work and the State of a System 40
2.2 Heat 51
2.3 Internal Energy: The First Law of Thermodynamics 55
2.4 Calculation of Amounts of Heat and Energy Changes 60
2.5 Enthalpy 74
2.6 Calculation of Enthalpy Changes of Processes without Chemical Reactions 81
2.7 Calculation of Enthalpy Changes of a Class of Chemical
Reactions 86
2.8 Calculation of Energy Changes of Chemical Reactions 94
Chapter 3 The Second and Third Laws of Thermodynamics:
Entropy 105
3.1 The Second Law of Thermodynamics and the Carnot Heat
Engine 106
3.2 The Mathematical Statement of the Second Law:
Entropy 114
3.3 The Calculation of Entropy Changes 121
3.4 Statistical Entropy 133
3.5 The Third Law of Thermodynamics and Absolute
Entropies 139
Chapter 4 The Thermodynamics of Real Systems 151
4.1 Criteria for Spontaneous Processes and for Equilibrium:
The Gibbs and Helmholtz Energies 152
4.2 Fundamental Relations for Closed Simple Systems 158
4.3 Additional Useful Thermodynamic Identities 167
4.4 Gibbs Energy Calculations 175
4.5 Multicomponent Systems 182
4.6 Euler’s Theorem and the Gibbs–Duhem Relation 188
Chapter 5 Phase Equilibrium 199
5.1 The Fundamental Fact of Phase Equilibrium 200
5.2 The Gibbs Phase Rule 202
5.3 Phase Equilibria in One-Component Systems 205
5.4 The Gibbs Energy and Phase Transitions 215
5.5 Surfaces in One-Component Systems 222
5.6 Surfaces in Multicomponent Systems 230
Chapter 6 The Thermodynamics of Solutions 237
6.1 Ideal Solutions 238
6.2 Henry’s Law and Dilute Nonelectrolyte Solutions 248
6.3 Activity and Activity Coefficients 258
6.4 The Activities of Nonvolatile Solutes 267
6.5 Thermodynamic Functions of Nonideal Solutions 275
6.6 Phase Diagrams of Nonideal Mixtures 282
6.7 Colligative Properties 292
Chapter 7 Chemical Equilibrium 303
7.1 Gibbs Energy Changes and the Equilibrium
Constant 304
7.2 Reactions Involving Gases and Pure Solids or Liquids 310
7.3 Chemical Equilibrium in Solutions 315
7.4 Equilibria in Solutions of Strong Electrolytes 328
7.5 Buffer Solutions 331
7.6 The Temperature Dependence of Chemical Equilibrium.
The Principle of Le Châtelier 335
7.7 Chemical Equilibrium and Biological Systems 343
Chapter 8 The Thermodynamics of Electrochemical Systems 351
8.1 The Chemical Potential and the Electric Potential 352
8.2 Electrochemical Cells 354
8.3 Half-Cell Potentials and Cell Potentials 361
8.4 The Determination of Activities and Activity Coefficients
of Electrolytes 371
8.5 Thermodynamic Information from Electrochemistry 374
Part 2 Dynamics 381
Chapter 9 Gas Kinetic Theory: The Molecular Theory of Dilute Gases at
Equilibrium 383
9.1 Macroscopic and Microscopic States of Macroscopic
Systems 384
9.2 A Model System to Represent a Dilute Gas 386
9.3 The Velocity Probability Distribution 394
9.4 The Distribution of Molecular Speeds 405
9.5 The Pressure of a Dilute Gas 411
9.6 Effusion and Wall Collisions 416
9.7 The Model System with Potential Energy 418
9.8 The Hard-Sphere Gas 422
9.9 The Molecular Structure of Liquids 434
Chapter 10 Transport Processes 441
10.1 The Macroscopic Description of Nonequilibrium
States 442
10.2 Transport Processes 444
10.3 The Gas Kinetic Theory of Transport Processes in HardSphere Gases 460
10.4 Transport Processes in Liquids 467
10.5 Electrical Conduction in Electrolyte Solutions 475
Chapter 11 The Rates of Chemical Reactions 485
11.1 The Macroscopic Description of Chemical Reaction
Rates 486
11.2 Forward Reactions with One Reactant 488
11.3 Forward Reactions with More Than One Reactant 499
11.4 Inclusion of a Reverse Reaction. Chemical
Equilibrium 507
11.5 A Simple Reaction Mechanism: Two Consecutive
Steps 510
11.6 Competing Reactions 513
11.7 The Experimental Study of Fast Reactions 515
Chapter 12 Chemical Reaction Mechanisms I: Rate Laws and
Mechanisms 523
12.1 Reaction Mechanisms and Elementary Processes in
Gases 524
12.2 Elementary Processes in Liquid Solutions 527
12.3 The Temperature Dependence of Rate Constants 533
12.4 Reaction Mechanisms and Rate Laws 540
12.5 Chain Reactions 556
Chapter 13 Chemical Reaction Mechanisms II: Catalysis and Miscellaneous
Topics 565
13.1 Catalysis 566
13.2 Competing Mechanisms and the Principle of Detailed
Balance 583
13.3 Autocatalysis and Oscillatory Chemical Reactions 585
13.4 The Reaction Kinetics of Polymer Formation 589
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13.5 Nonequilibrium Electrochemistry 595
13.6 Experimental Molecular Study of Chemical Reaction
Mechanisms 608
Part 3 The Molecular Nature of Matter 617
Chapter 14 Classical Mechanics and the Old Quantum Theory 619
14.1 Introduction 620
14.2 Classical Mechanics 621
14.3 Classical Waves 629
14.4 The Old Quantum Theory 640
Chapter 15 The Principles of Quantum Mechanics. I. De Broglie Waves and
the Schrödinger Equation 653
15.1 De Broglie Waves 654
15.2 The Schrödinger Equation 657
15.3 The Particle in a Box and the Free Particle 663
15.4 The Quantum Harmonic Oscillator 674
Chapter 16 The Principles of Quantum Mechanics. II. The Postulates of
Quantum Mechanics 683
16.1 The First Two Postulates of Quantum Mechanics 684
16.2 TheThird Postulate.Mathematical Operators andMechanical
Variables 684
16.3 The Operator Corresponding to a Given Variable 688
16.4 Postulate 4 and Expectation Values 696
16.5 The Uncertainty Principle of Heisenberg 711
16.6 Postulate 5. Measurements and the Determination of the
State of a System 717
Chapter 17 The Electronic States of Atoms. I. The Hydrogen Atom 725
17.1 The Hydrogen Atom and the Central Force System 726
17.2 The Relative Schrödinger Equation. Angular
Momentum 729
17.3 The Radial Factor in the Hydrogen Atom Wave Function.
The Energy Levels of the Hydrogen Atom 736
17.4 The Orbitals of the Hydrogen-Like Atom 741
17.5 Expectation Values in the Hydrogen Atom 749
17.6 TheTime-DependentWave Functions of the HydrogenAtom 753
17.7 The Intrinsic Angular Momentum of the Electron.
“Spin” 755
Chapter 18 The Electronic States ofAtoms. II.The Zero-OrderApproximation
for Multielectron Atoms 763
18.1 The Helium-Like Atom 764
18.2 The Indistinguishability of Electrons and the Pauli Exclusion
Principle 766
18.3 The Ground State of the HeliumAtom in Zero Order 768
18.4 Excited States of the Helium Atom 772
18.5 Angular Momentum in the Helium Atom 774
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18.6 The Lithium Atom 781
18.7 Atoms with More Than Three Electrons 784
Chapter 19 The Electronic States of Atoms. III. Higher-Order
Approximations 789
19.1 The Variation Method and Its Application to the Helium
Atom 790
19.2 The Self-Consistent Field Method 796
19.3 The Perturbation Method and Its Application to the Ground
State of the Helium Atom 799
19.4 Excited States of the HeliumAtom. Degenerate Perturbation
Theory 803
19.5 The Density Functional Method 805
19.6 Atoms with More Than Two Electrons 806
Chapter 20 The Electronic States of Diatomic Molecules 823
20.1 The Born–Oppenheimer Approximation and the Hydrogen
Molecule Ion 824
20.2 LCAOMOs.ApproximateMolecular OrbitalsThatAre Linear
Combinations of Atomic Orbitals 833
20.3 Homonuclear Diatomic Molecules 838
20.4 Heteronuclear Diatomic Molecules 851
Chapter 21 The Electronic Structure of Polyatomic Molecules 867
21.1 The BeH2 Molecule and the sp Hybrid Orbitals 868
21.2 The BH3 Molecule and the sp2 Hybrid Orbitals 871
21.3 The CH4, NH3, and H2O Molecules
and the sp3 Hybrid Orbitals 873
21.4 Molecules with Multiple Bonds 878
21.5 The Valence-Bond Description of PolyatomicMolecules 881
21.6 Delocalized Bonding 885
21.7 The Free-Electron Molecular Orbital Method 892
21.8 Applications of Symmetry to Molecular Orbitals 894
21.9 Groups of Symmetry Operators 896
21.10 More Advanced Treatments of Molecular Electronic
Structure. Computational Chemistry 904
Chapter 22 Translational, Rotational, and Vibrational States of Atoms and
Molecules 915
22.1 The Translational States of Atoms 916
22.2 The Nonelectronic States of Diatomic Molecules 919
22.3 Nuclear Spins and Wave Function Symmetry 930
22.4 The Rotation and Vibration of Polyatomic
Molecules 933
22.5 The Equilibrium Populations of Molecular States 942
Chapter 23 Optical Spectroscopy and Photochemistry 949
23.1 Emission/Absorption Spectroscopy and Energy Levels 950
23.2 The Spectra of Atoms 959
23.3 Rotational and Vibrational Spectra of Diatomic
Molecules 961
23.4 Electronic Spectra of Diatomic Molecules 972
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23.5 Spectra of Polyatomic Molecules 975
23.6 Fluorescence, Phosphorescence, and Photochemistry 979
23.7 Raman Spectroscopy 985
23.8 Other Types of Spectroscopy 991
Chapter 24 Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy 1001
24.1 Magnetic Fields and Magnetic Dipoles 1002
24.2 Electronic and Nuclear Magnetic Dipoles 1006
24.3 Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy 1010
24.4 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy 1014
24.5 Fourier Transform NMR Spectroscopy 1024
Part 4 The Reconciliation of the Macroscopic and Molecular
Theories of Matter 1037
Chapter 25 Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics I. The Probability
Distribution for Molecular States 1039
25.1 The Quantum Statistical Mechanics of a Simple Model
System 1040
25.2 The Probability Distribution for a Dilute Gas 1047
25.3 The Probability Distribution and the Molecular Partition
Function 1055
25.4 The Calculation of Molecular Partition Functions 1064
Chapter 26 Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics. II. Statistical
Thermodynamics 1081
26.1 The Statistical Thermodynamics of a Dilute Gas 1082
26.2 Working Equations for the Thermodynamic Functions of a
Dilute Gas 1089
26.3 Chemical Equilibrium in Dilute Gases 1101
26.4 The Activated Complex Theory of Bimolecular Chemical
Reaction Rates in Dilute Gases 1106
26.5 Miscellaneous Topics in Statistical
Thermodynamics 1116
Chapter 27 Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics. III. Ensembles 1121
27.1 The Canonical Ensemble 1122
27.2 Thermodynamic Functions in the Canonical
Ensemble 1128
27.3 The Dilute Gas in the Canonical Ensemble 1130
27.4 Classical Statistical Mechanics 1133
27.5 Thermodynamic Functions in the Classical Canonical
Ensemble 1141
27.6 The Classical Statistical Mechanics of Dense Gases and
Liquids 1147
Chapter 28 The Structure of Solids, Liquids, and Polymers 1153
28.1 The Structure of Solids 1154
28.2 Crystal Vibrations 1162
28.3 The Electronic Structure of Crystalline Solids 1171
28.4 Electrical Resistance in Solids 1179
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28.5 The Structure of Liquids 1184
28.6 Approximate Theories of Transport Processes in
Liquids 1188
28.7 Polymer Conformation 1194
28.8 Polymers in Solution 1198
28.9 Rubber Elasticity 1200
28.10 Nanomaterials 1205
Appendices 1209
A. Tables of Numerical Data 1209
B. Some Useful Mathematics 1235
C. A Short Table of Integrals 1257
D. Some Derivations of Formulas and Methods 1261
E. Classical Mechanics 1267
F. Some Mathematics Used in Quantum Mechanics 1275
G. The Perturbation Method 1283
H. The Hückel Method 1289
I. Matrix Representations of Groups 1293
J. Symbols Used in This Book 1303
K. Answers to Numerical Exercises and Odd-Numbered
Numerical Problems 1309
Index 1351