Fundamentals .................................................... 1
Part 1 Equilibrium ............................................ 17
1 The properties of gases ..................................... 19
Mathematical background 1: Differentiation and
integration ................................................. 42
2 The First Law ............................................... 44
Mathematical background 2: Multivariate calculus ............ 91
3 The Second Law .............................................. 94
4 Physical transformations of pure substances ................ 135
5 Simple mixtures ............................................ 156
6 Chemical equilibrium ....................................... 209
PART 2 Structure ............................................. 247
7 Quantum theory: introduction and principles ................ 249
Mathematical background 3: Complex numbers ................. 286
8 Quantum theory: techniques and applications ................ 288
Mathematical background 4: Differential equations .......... 322
9 Atomic structure and spectra ............................... 324
Mathematical background 5: Vectors ......................... 368
10 Molecular structure ........................................ 371
Mathematical background 6: Matrices ........................ 414
11 Molecular symmetry ......................................... 417
12 Molecular spectroscopy 1: rotational and vibrational
spectra .................................................... 445
13 Molecular spectroscopy 2: electronic transitions ........... 489
14 Molecular spectroscopy 3: magnetic resonance ............... 520
15 Statistical thermodynamics 1: the concepts ................. 564
16 Statistical thermodynamics 2: applications ................. 592
17 Molecular interactions ..................................... 622
18 Materials 1: macromolecules and self-assembly .............. 659
19 Materials 2: solids 695 Mathematical background 7:
Fourier series and Fourier transforms ...................... 740
PART 3 Change ................................................ 743
20 Molecules in motion ........................................ 745
21 The rates of chemical reactions ............................ 782
22 Reaction dynamics .......................................... 831
23 Catalysis .................................................. 876
Resource section .............................................. 909
Answers to exercises and problems ............................. 948
Index ......................................................... 959
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