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The Live Textbook of Physical Chemistry I

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The Live Textbook of Physical Chemistry I

This text explores the the fundamental principles of chemical phenomena including thermodynamics, equilibria and states of matter, and chemical kinetics.

Author
Roberto Peverati
Publisher
Florida Institute of Technology
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-SA
Language
EN
Category
Basic Sciences
Contents· 125 sections
  1. 01: Systems and Variables
  2. 1.01: Thermodynamic Systems
  3. 1.02: Thermodynamic Variables
  4. 02: Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
  5. 2.01: What is Thermodynamics
  6. 2.02: The Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
  7. 2.03: Calculation of Heat
  8. 2.04: Calculation of Work
  9. 03: First Law of Thermodynamics
  10. 3.01: Calculation of Internal Energy Changes
  11. 3.02: The First Law of Thermodynamics
  12. 3.03: Reversible and Irreversible Processes
  13. 04: Thermochemistry
  14. 4.01: Reaction Enthalpies
  15. 4.02: Standard Enthalpies of Formation
  16. 4.03: Hess's Law
  17. 4.04: Calculations of Enthalpies of Reaction at T 298 K
  18. 05: Thermodynamic Cycles
  19. 5.01: Carnot Cycle
  20. 5.02: Energy Heat and Work in the Carnot Cycle
  21. 5.03: Efficiency of a Carnot Cycle
  22. 06: Second Law of Thermodynamics
  23. 6.01: Entropy
  24. 6.02: Irreversible Cycles
  25. 6.03: The Second Law of Thermodynamics
  26. 07: Calculation of Entropy and the Third Law of Thermodynamics
  27. 7.01: Calculation of Ssys
  28. 7.02: Calculation of Ssurr
  29. 7.03: Clausius Theorem
  30. 7.04: The Third Law of Thermodynamics
  31. 08: Thermodynamic Potentials
  32. 8.01: Fundamental Equation of Thermodynamics
  33. 8.02: Thermodynamic Potentials
  34. 8.03: Free Energies
  35. 8.04: Maxwell Relations
  36. 09: Gibbs Free Energy
  37. 9.01: Gibbs Equation
  38. 9.02: Temperature Dependence of G
  39. 9.03: Pressure Dependence of G
  40. 9.04: Composition Dependence of G
  41. 10: Chemical Equilibrium
  42. 10.01: Reaction Quotient and Equilibrium Constant
  43. 10.02: Temperature Dependence of Keq
  44. 10.03: Pressure and Composition Dependence of Keq
  45. 11: Ideal and Non-Ideal Gases
  46. 11.01: The Ideal Gas Equation
  47. 11.02: Behaviors of Non-Ideal Gases
  48. 11.03: Critical Phenomena
  49. 11.04: Fugacity
  50. 12: Phase Equilibrium
  51. 12.01: Phase Stability
  52. 12.02: Gibbs Phase Rule
  53. 12.03: PT Phase Diagrams
  54. 12.04: The Clausius-Clapeyron Equation
  55. 13: Multi-Component Phase Diagrams
  56. 13.01: Raoults Law and Phase Diagrams of Ideal Solutions
  57. 13.02: Phase Diagrams of Non-Ideal Solutions
  58. 13.03: Phase Diagrams of 2-Components 2-Condensed Phases Systems
  59. 14: Properties of Solutions
  60. 14.01: Activity
  61. 14.02: Colligative Properties
  62. 15: Chemical Kinetics
  63. 15.01: Differential and integrated rate laws
  64. 15.02: Complex Rate Laws
  65. 15.03: Experimental Methods for Determination of Reaction Orders
  66. 15.04: Temperature Dependence of the Rate Coefficients
  67. 16: The Motivation for Quantum Mechanics
  68. 16.01: Introduction
  69. 16.02: Quantum Mechanics is Bizarre
  70. 16.03: The Ultraviolet Catastrophe
  71. 16.04: The Photoelectric Effect
  72. 16.05: Wave-Particle Duality
  73. 17: Classical Mechanics
  74. 17.01: Newtonian Formulation
  75. 17.02: Lagrangian Formulation
  76. 17.03: Hamiltonian Mechanics
  77. 18: The Schrodinger Equation
  78. 18.01: The Time-Independent Schrodinger Equation
  79. 18.02: The Time-Dependent Schrodinger Equation
  80. 19: Analytically Soluble Models
  81. 19.01: The Free Particles
  82. 19.02: The Particle in a Box
  83. 19.03: The Harmonic Oscillator
  84. 19.04: The Rigid Rotor
  85. 20: The Hydrogen Atom
  86. 21: Operators and Mathematical Background
  87. 21.01: Operators in Quantum Mechanics
  88. 21.02: Eigenfunctions and Eigenvalues
  89. 21.03: Common Operators in Quantum Mechanics
  90. 22: Spin
  91. 22.01: Stern-Gerlach Experiment
  92. 22.02: Sequential Stern-Gerlach Experiments
  93. 22.03: Spin Operators
  94. 23: Postulates of Quantum Mechanics
  95. 23.01: Postulate 1- The Wave Function Postulate
  96. 23.02: Postulate 2- Experimental Observables
  97. 23.03: Postulate 3- Individual Measurements
  98. 23.04: Postulate 4- Expectation Values and Collapse of the Wavefunction
  99. 23.05: Postulate 5- Time Evolution
  100. 23.06: Postulate 6- Pauli Exclusion Principle
  101. 24: Quantum Weirdness
  102. 24.01: The Double-slit Experiment
  103. 24.02: Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle
  104. 24.03: Tunneling
  105. 25: Many-Electron Atoms
  106. 25.01: Many-Electron Wave Functions
  107. 25.02: Approximated Hamiltonians
  108. 26: Introduction to Molecules
  109. 26.01: The Molecular Hamiltonian
  110. 26.02: The Born-Oppenheimer Approximation
  111. 26.03: Solving the Electronic Eigenvalue Problem
  112. 27: The Chemical Bond in Diatomic Molecules
  113. 27.01: The Chemical Bond in the Hydrogen Molecular Cation
  114. 27.02: The Chemical Bond in the Hydrogen Molecule
  115. 28: The Chemical Bond in Polyatomic Molecules
  116. 28.01: The Chemical Bond in the Water Molecule Using a Minimal Basis
  117. 28.02: Hartree-Fock Calculation for Water
  118. 28.03: Shapes and Energies of Molecular Orbitals
  119. 29: Spectroscopy
  120. 29.01: Rotational Spectroscopy
  121. 29.02: Vibrational Spectroscopy
  122. 29.03: Electronic Spectroscopy
  123. 30: Appendix
  124. 30.01: Thermodynamic Data of Inorganic Substances at 298 K
  125. 30.02: Thermodynamic Data of Organic Substances at 298 K