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Preface. <p>Etymological Introduction.</p> <p>List of Symbols.</p> <p>Powers of Ten: Standard Prefixes.</p> <p>1. Introduction to physical chemistry .</p> <p>1.1 What is physical chemistry? Variables, relationships and laws.</p> <p>1.2 The practice of thermodynamic measurement.</p> <p>1.3 Properties of gases and the gas laws.</p> <p>1.4 Further thoughts on energy.</p> <p>2.  Introducing interactions and bonds.</p> <p>2.1 Physical and molecular interactions.</p> <p>2.2 Quantifying the interactions and their influence.</p> <p>2.3 Creating formal chemical bonds.</p> <p>3. Energy and the first law of thermodynamics.</p> <p>3.1 Introduction to thermodynamics: internal energy.</p> <p>3.2 Enthalpy.</p> <p>3.3 Indirect measurement of enthalpy.</p> <p>4. Reaction spontaneity and the direction of thermodynamic change.</p> <p>4.1 The direction of physicochemical change: entropy.</p> <p>4.2 The temperature dependence of entropy.</p> <p>4.3 Introducing the Gibbs function.</p> <p>4.4 The effect of pressure on thermodynamic variables.</p> <p>4.5 Thermodynamics and the extent of reaction.</p> <p>4.6 The effect of temperature on thermodynamic variables.</p> <p>5. Phase equilibria.</p> <p>5.1 Ene rgetic introduction to phase equilibria.</p> <p>5.2 Pressure and temperature changes with a single-component system: qualitative discussion.</p> <p>5.3 Quantitative effects of pressure and temperature change for a single-component system.</p> <p>5.4 Phase equilibria involving two-component systems: partition.</p> <p>5.5 Phase equilibria and colligative properties.</p> <p>5.6 Phase equilibria involving vapour pressure.</p> <p>6. Acids and bases.</p> <p>6.1 Properties of Lowry–Brønsted acids and bases.</p> <p>6.2 ‘Strong’ and ‘weak’ acids and bases.</p> <p>6.3 Titration analyses.</p> <p>6.4 pH buffers.</p> <p>6.5 Acid–base indicators.</p> <p>7. Electrochemistry.</p> <p>7.1 Introduction to cells: terminology and background.</p> <p>7.2 Introducing half cells and electrode potentials.</p> <p>7.3 Activity.</p> <p>7.4 Half cells and the Nernst equation.</p> <p>7.5 Concentration cells.</p> <p>7.6 Transport phenomena.</p> <p>7.7 Batteries.</p> <p>8. Chemical kinetics.</p> <p>8.1 Kinetics definitions.</p> <p>8.2 Qualitative discussion of concentration changes.</p> <p>8.3 Quantitative concentration changes: integrated rate equations.</p> <p>8.4 Kinetic treatment of complicated reactions.</p> <p>8.5 Thermodynamic considerations: activation energy, absolute reaction rates and catalysis.</p> <p>9. Physical chemistry involving light: spectroscopy and photochemistry.</p> <p>9.1 Introduction to photochemistry.</p> <p>9.2 Photon absorptions and the effect of wavelength.</p> <p>9.3 Photochemical and spectroscopic selection rules.</p> <p>9.4 Photophysics: emission and loss processes.</p> <p>9.5 Other optical effects.</p> <p>10. Adsorption and surfaces, colloids and micelles.</p> <p>10.1 Adsorption and definitions.</p> <p>10.2 Colloids and interfacial science.</p> <p>10.3 Colloid stability.</p> <p>10.4 Association colloids: micelles.</p> <p>Answers to SAQs.</p> <p>Bibliography.</p>

"…a physical chemistry textbook that is interesting, easy to read, and makes the subject comprehensible is overdue…[this book] achieves this goal and does so quire well." (<i>Journal of Chemical Education</i>, May 2006) <p>"…Monk has a deep understanding of many of the thorny issues in physical chemistry and is able to avoid the unnecessary mystery that plagues other texts." (<i>Clinical Chemistry</i>, June 2005)</p> <p>“…an original, refreshing and valuable approach to a complicated subject.” (<i>Chemistry and Industry</i>, No.17, 6^th September 2004)</p>

<p><b>Paul M. S. Monk</b> received his PhD in the electrochemistry of novel electrochromic viologen species at Exeter University in 1989. A postdoctoral research fellow position - 1989-91 - at the University of Aberdeen, in Scotland, was followed by lecturing positions in Physical Chemistry at Manchester Polytechnic - 1991-2 - then Manchester Metropolitan University - 1992-2007 -. He is currently employed as a Vicar in an inner-city parish in Oldham, Greater Manchester, UK.</p>

<b>Physical Chemistry: Understanding our Chemical World</b> is a gentle introduction to the principles and applications of physical chemistry. The book aims to introduce the concepts and theories in a structured manner through a wide range of carefully chosen examples and case studies drawn from everyday life. These real-life examples and applications are presented first, with any necessary chemical and mathematical theory discussed afterwards. This helps make the book extremely accessible and directly relevant to the reader. <p>Aimed at undergraduate students taking a first course in physical chemistry, this book offers an accessible applications/examples led approach to enhance understanding and encourage and inspire the reader to learn more about the subject.</p> <ul> <li>a comprehensive introduction to physical chemistry starting from first principles.</li> <li>carefully structured into short, self-contained chapters.</li> <li>introduces examples and applications first, followed by the necessary chemical theory.</li> </ul>

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