Review of Physical Chemistry for the Chemical Sciences

Abstract

Physical Chemistry for the Chemical Sciences is intendedforuseina one-yearintro- ductorycourse inphysical chemistrythat istypicallyofferedat thejuniorlevel (the third year in a college or university program). Students in the course will have taken general chemistry and introductory organic chemistry. In writing this book, our aim is to present the standard topics at the appropriate level with emphasis on readability and clarity.Whilemathematical treatment ofmanytopicsisnecessary,wehave provided a physical picture wherever possible for understanding the concepts. Only the basic skills of differential and integral calculus are required for working with the equations. The limited number of integral equations needed to solve the end-of-chapter problems may be readily accessed from handbooks of chemistry and physics or software such as Mathematica.