PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY,
Second Edition
By FARRINGTON DANIELS, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, and ROBERT A. ALBERTY, Professor of Chemistry; both of the University of Wisconsin.
When i t first appeared in 1955, Daniels and Alberty’s Physicd Cbemi.rtry was immediately recognized as one of the finest and most teachable elementary textbooks in the field. Its clear explanations of fundamentals, its logical organization, and its broad coverage of the subject led to its use in more than 400 leading colleges and universities. Since 1955, however, great progress has been made in the study of physical chemistry. Moreover, students are now receiving better mathematical preparation arid are being taught more physical chemistry in their freshman chemistry and analytical chemistry courses. In view of these developments, the second edition of Physical Chemistry has been completely rewritten and substantially expanded. It now covers more areas of modern physical chemistry than ever before, and thus affords the instriictor a selection with regard to the topics to be included in his course. Some of the important new features edition of Physical Chemistry ,
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A new chapter on kinetic theory is used to introduce the subject of chemical kinetics. Quantum mechanics is introduced at an earlier point and its applications to the study of molecular structure and of spectroscopy are described in new chapters on these subjects. In addition, an elementary chapter on statistical mechanics has been included which shows how thermodynamics quantities are calculated from spectroscopic theory. * The authors have included such new topics as “the particle-in-a-box,” simple molecular orbital theory, and the mechanical properties of polymers. The electromotive forces of cells are discussed in terms of electrode potentials (reduction potentials) in order to simplify the treatment and to bring i t into agreement with international usage. 0 The authors have made greater use of mathematics in their ex osition. Important calculations are illustrate by means of worked out examples, and the Appendix contains a summary of mathematical relations used in physical chemistry and the values of basic physical constants with uncertainty indicated. The new edition contains many more problems. Three sets are appended to each chapter, and answers are given in the book for the problems in the first set. 1961. Approx. 776 pages. Prob. $8.75.
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Thermodyna.mics and its applications in physical chemistry are treated with more exactness than in the previous edition, and greater use is made of the chemical potential p .
KIN€TICS and MECHANISM,
Second Edition
By ARTHUR A. FROST, and RALPH G. PEARSON, Professors of Chemistry, Northwestern University Emphasizes the complexities of chemical reaction,
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physical principles, with theories such as collision theory and transition state theory used to aid understanding. An unusually complete mathematical treatment of complex reactions is provided. Numerous practical examples of mechanism deduced from kinetics data are used to illustrate the theory. A set of problems at the end of each chapter gives the student valuable experience in applying principles to concrete situations. In view of remarkable progress recently made on both the theoretical and ractical levels in the field of chemical kinetics, the I! ook has been thorou hly revised in order to provide both students an% instructors with information which is completely upto-date. 1961. Approx. 432 pages. Prob. $10.00.
Like its predecessor, the second edition of Kinetics and Mea5anism differ from other books on chemical kinetics in this important way: i t em hasizes the complexities of chemical reaction ancfthe close relation of kinetics to mechanism. This is a valuable feature, for i t enables the student to grasp: (1) exactly how much detail of reaction mechanism can be found from reaction kinetics; and (2) what the limitations of the kinetic method of studying mechanism are. In order to show clearly how kinetics is used to determine the way in which reactions are procerding, the authors present detailed stereochemical discussions of the reaction steps. The authors’ s.pproach is based on fundamental
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