Preface
Acknowledgment
Ch. 1 The Dawn of the Quantum Theory
Ch. 2 The Classical Wave Equation
Ch. 3 The Schrodinger Equation and a Particle in a Box
Ch. 4 Some Postulates and General Principles of Quantum Mechanics
Ch. 5 The Harmonic Oscillator and the Rigid Rotator: Two Spectroscopic Models
Ch. 6 The Hydrogen Atom
Ch. 7 Approximation Methods
Ch. 8 Multielectron Atoms
Ch. 9 The Chemical Bond: Diatomic Molecules
Ch. 10 Bonding in Polyatomic Molecules
Ch. 11 Computational Quantum Chemistry
Ch. 12 Group Theory: The Exploitation of Symmetry
Ch. 13 Molecular Spectroscopy
Ch. 14 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Ch. 15 Lasers, Laser Spectroscopy, and Photochemistry
Ch. 16 The Properties of Gases
Ch. 17 The Boltzmann Factor and Partition Functions
Ch. 18 Partition Functions and Ideal Gases
Ch. 19 The First Law of Thermodynamics
Ch. 20 Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
Ch. 21 Entropy and the Third Law of Thermodynamics
Ch. 22 Helmholtz and Gibbs Energies
Ch. 23 Phase Equilibria
Ch. 24 Chemical Equilibrium
Ch. 25 The Kinetic Theory of Gases
Ch. 26 Chemical Kinetics I: Rate Laws
Ch. 27 Chemical Kinetics II: Reaction Mechanisms
Ch. 28 Gas-Phase Reaction Dynamics
Ch. 29 Solids and Surface Chemistry
Answers to the Numerical Problems
Illustration Credits
Index