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Chem 321: Physical Chemistry I
This text is a introduction to thermodynamics and quantum chemistry. The macroscopic behavior of matter as embodied in thermodynamics and kinetics is correlated with the microscopic model of matter based on atomic-molecular theory.
- Author
- Mary Crawford
- Publisher
- Knox College
- Source
- LibreTexts
- Language
- EN
- Category
- Basic Sciences
Contents· 88 sections
- 01: Enery Levels and Spectroscopy
- 1.01: Electromagnetic Radiation
- 1.02: The Wave Theory of Light
- 1.03: Bohr's Theory of the Hydrogen Emission Spectrum
- 1.04: Hydrogen's Atomic Emission Spectrum
- 1.05: The Schrodinger Wave Equation
- 1.06: Particle in a One-Dimensional Box
- 1.07: Electronic Spectroscopy
- 1.08: The Harmonic Oscillator Approximates Vibrations
- 1.09: The Harmonic Oscillator and Infrared Spectra
- 1.10: Microwave Spectroscopy
- 02: Atomic Structure
- 2.01: The Schrodinger Wave Equation for the Hydrogen Atom
- 2.02: Many-Electron Atoms and the Periodic Table
- 2.03: Quantum-Mechanical Tunneling
- 03: Chemical Bond
- 3.01: Lewis Structures
- 3.02: Valence Bond Theory
- 3.03: Hybridization of Atomic Orbitals
- 3.04: Molecular Orbital Theory
- 3.05: Diatomic Molecules
- 04: Gases
- 4.01: The Perfect Gas
- 4.02: Real Gases (Deviations From Ideal Behavior)
- 4.03: The Repulsive Term in the Lennard-Jones Potential
- 05: Boltzmann
- 5.01: The Boltzmann Factor
- 5.02: The Thermal Boltzman Distribution
- 5.03: The Average Ensemble Energy
- 5.04: Heat Capacity at Constant Volume
- 5.05: Partition Functions can be Decomposed
- 5.06: Translational Partition Functions of Monotonic Gases
- 5.07: Most Atoms are in the Ground Electronic State
- 5.08: The Energy of a Diatomic Molecule Can Be Approximated as a Sum of Separate Terms
- 5.09: Most Molecules are in the Ground Vibrational State
- 5.10: Most Molecules are Rotationally Excited at Ordinary Temperatures
- 5.11: Rotational Partition Functions of Diatomic Gases
- 06: The First Law
- 6.01: Internal Energy
- 6.02: Enthalpy
- 6.03: Thermochemistry
- 07: Entropy and the Second Law
- 7.01: A System and Its Surroundings
- 7.02: The Second Law of Thermodynamics
- 7.03: We Must Always Devise a Reversible Process to Calculate Entropy Changes
- 7.04: The Statistical Interpretation of Entropy
- 7.05: Entropy Can Be Expressed in Terms of a Partition Function
- 08: The Third Law
- 8.01: Heat Capacity as A Function of Temperature
- 8.02: Evaluating Entropy Changes Using Thermochemical Cycles
- 8.03: The Third Law of Thermodynamics
- 09: Helmholtz and Gibbs Energies
- 9.01: Helmholtz Energy
- 9.02: Gibbs Energy
- 9.03: The Maxwell Relations
- 9.04: The Enthalpy of an Ideal Gas
- 9.05: Gibbs-Helmholtz Relation (Gibbs Energy-Chang)
- 9.06: The Gibbs-Helmholtz Equation
- 10: Phase Equilibria
- 10.01: A Phase Diagram Summarizes the Solid-Liquid-Gas Behavior of a Substance
- 10.02: Gibbs Energies and Phase Diagrams
- 10.03: The Chemical Potentials of a Pure Substance in Two Phases in Equilibrium
- 10.04: The Clausius-Clapeyron Equation
- 11: Solutions I- Liquid-Liquid Solutions
- 11.01: Partial Molar Quantities in Solutions
- 11.02: The Gibbs-Duhem Equation
- 11.03: Chemical Potential of Each Component Has the Same Value in Each Phase in Which the Component Appears
- 11.04: Ideal Solutions obey Raoult's Law
- 11.05: Most Solutions are Not Ideal
- 11.06: Vapor Pressures of Volatile Binary Solutions
- 11.07: Activities of Nonideal Solutions
- 12: Chemical Equilibriium
- 12.01: The Standard Gibbs Free Energy Change and Equilibrium in Ideal Gas Reactions
- 12.02: Equilibrium Results when Gibbs Energy is Minimized
- 12.03: The Equilibrium Constant
- 12.04: Calculating an Equilibrium Constant Kp with Partial Pressures
- 12.05: The Van't Hoff Equation
- 13: MathChapters
- 13.01: A- Complex Numbers
- 13.02: B- Probability and Statistics
- 13.03: C- Vectors
- 13.04: D- Spherical Coordinates
- 13.05: E- Determinants
- 13.06: F- Matrices
- 13.07: G- Numerical Methods
- 13.08: H- Partial Differentiation
- 13.09: I- Series and Limits
- 13.10: J- The Binomial Distribution and Stirling's Appromixation