A life scientist's guide to physical chemistry

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Content: Preface 1. Orientation: what is physical chemistry about? A note on graph axis labels and table headings Part I. Quantum Mechanics and Spectroscopy: 2. A quick tour of quantum mechanical ideas 3. Spectroscopy Part II. Thermodynamics: 4. Thermodynamics preliminaries 5. The first law 6. The second law of thermodynamics 7. Free energy 8. Chemical equilibrium and coupled reactions 9. Non-ideal behavior 10. Electrochemistry Part III. Kinetics: 11. Basics of chemical kinetics 12. Initial rate experiments and simple empirical rate laws 13. Integrated rate laws 14. Complex reactions 15. Enzyme kinetics 16. Techniques for studying fast reactions 17. Factors that affect the rate constant 18. Diffusion and reactions in solution Appendix A. End-of-term review problems Appendix B. Answers to exercises Appendix C. Standard thermodynamic properties at 298.15K and 1 bar Appendix D. Standard reduction potentials at 298.15K Appendix E. Physical properties of water Appendix F. The SI system of units Appendix G. Universal constants and conversion factors Appendix H. Periodic table of the elements, with molar masses Appendix I. Selected isotopic masses and abundances Appendix J. Exponentials and logarithms Appendix K. Review of integral calculus Index.