Table of Contents

Preface

1. The Energy Levels of Atoms and Molecules
MathChapter A: Numerical Methods

2. The Properties of Gases
MathChapter B: Probability and Statistics

3. The Boltzmann Factor and Partition Functions
MathChapter C: Series and Limits

4. Partition Functions and Ideal Gases
MathChapter D: Partial Differentiation

5. The First Law of Thermodynamics
MathChapter E: The Binomial Distribution and Stirling's Approximation

6. Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics

7. Entropy and the Third Law of Thermodynamics

8. Helmholtz and Gibbs Energies

9. Phase Equilibria

10. Solutions I: Liquid-Liquid Solutions

11. Solutions II: Solid-Liquid Solutions

12. Chemical Equilibrium

13. Thermodynamics of Electrochemical Cells

14. Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics

Answers to Numerical Problems
Illustration Credits
Index

About the Author

DONALD A. McQUARRIE, University of California, Davis
JOHN D. SIMON, Duke University

Reviews

"An extremely large number of worked examples and end-of-chapter problems supplement this excellent book."--Science & Technology

"The writing is exceptionally clear, and explanations are lucid and sound."--The Chemical Educator

"This book represents a sort of down-sized version of the Magnum Opus by the same authors: Physical Chemistry, A Molecular Approach. For those readers who are already familiar with this book and like it, I can say that: this one gives you basically the same goodies but in a more digestible form...McQuarrie is emerging as one of the the best writers on undergrad thermodynamics and statistical mechanics around..."--Journal of Statistical Physics