Chem 371: P-Chem 2 to Folow Combined Biophysical and P-Chem 1

by Jonathan Gutow

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This compilation is aimed at second semester physical chemistry students who's first semester was a combined biophysical and physical chemistry course. It does expect students have enough math background to use concepts from multivariable calculus and calculus based physics.

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University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
Subjects
Chemistry
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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as LibreTexts states it. Non-commercial use only.
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Tweens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. 1: Thermodynamics
  7. 1.1: Review and Setting the Stage
  8. 1.2: Additional Measurable Quantities
  9. 1.3: Understanding Real Gases Using Measurable Quantities
  10. 1.4: Joule-Thompson Coefficient
  11. 1.5: Heat Engines
  12. 1.6: Multicomponent Phase Diagrams
  13. 2: Statistical Mechanics
  14. 2.1: Microcanonical and Canonical Ensembles
  15. 2.2: Statistical Thermodynamic Functions
  16. 2.3: Microconanonical (q molecular) Versus Canonical (Q) Partition Functions
  17. 2.4: From Quantum States to Partition Functions
  18. 2.5: Derivation of Ideal Gas Law
  19. 2.6: The Gaussian Distribution of One Component of the Molecular Velocity
  20. 2.7: The Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution of Molecular Speeds in 3 Dimensions
  21. 2.8: Intermolecular Interactions Correction to the Translational Partition Function
  22. 2.9: Ortho and Para Hydrogen
  23. 2.10: The Equipartition Principle
  24. 2.11: Molar Heat Capacities
  25. 3: Quantum Mechanics
  26. 3.1: Quantum Operators Represent Classical Variables
  27. 3.2: Eigenfunctions of Operators are Orthogonal
  28. 3.3: Commuting Operators Allow Infinite Precision
  29. 3.4: The Quantum Mechanical Free Particle
  30. 3.5: The Energy Levels of a Rigid Rotor
  31. 3.6: The Variational Method
  32. 3.7: Linear Variational Method and the Secular Determinant
  33. 3.8: Perturbation Theory Expresses the Solutions in Terms of Solved Problems
  34. 3.9: Electron Spin, Indistinguishability and Slater Determinants
  35. 3.10: Band Structure
  36. 4: Spectroscopy
  37. 4.1: Spectroscopic Selection Rules
  38. 4.2: Rotational Spectroscopy of Diatomic Molecules
  39. 4.3: Rotational Spectra of Polyatomic Molecules
  40. 4.4: Harmonic Oscillator
  41. 4.5: Hermite Polynomials are either Even or Odd Functions
  42. 4.6: The Harmonic Oscillator and Infrared Spectra
  43. 4.7: Vibrational Overtones
  44. 4.8: Rotations Accompany Vibrational Transitions
  45. 4.9: Unequal Spacings in Vibration-Rotation Spectra
  46. 4.10: Electronic Spectra Contain Electronic, Vibrational, and Rotational Information
  47. 4.11: The Franck-Condon Principle
  48. 4.12: Electronically Excited Molecules can Relax by a Number of Processes
  49. 4.13: Raman Spectroscopy
  50. 4.14: The Dynamics of Transitions can be Modeled by Rate Equations
  51. 4.15: Beer's Law
  52. 4.16: A Two-Level System Cannot Achieve a Population Inversion
  53. 4.17: Population Inversion can be Achieved in a Three-Level System
  54. 4.18: What is Inside a Laser?
  55. 4.19: The Helium-Neon Laser
  56. 4.20: Modern Applications of Laser Spectroscopy
  57. 4.21: Broadening Mechanisms
  58. 5: Moving Molecules and Chemical Kinetics
  59. 5.1: Classical Model of Ideal Gas Pressure
  60. 5.2: Collisions
  61. 5.3: The Frequency of Collisions with a Wall
  62. 5.4: Transport of Matter and Energy in Perfect Gases
  63. 5.5: Stokes-Einstein-Sutherland Equation
  64. 5.6: The Rate of Bimolecular Gas-Phase Reaction Can Be Estimated Using Hard-Sphere Collision Theory and an Energy-Dependent Reaction Cross Section
  65. 5.7: A Reaction Cross Section Depends Upon the Impact Parameter
  66. 5.8: The Rate Constant for a Gas-Phase Chemical Reaction May Depend on the Orientations of the Colliding Molecules
  67. 5.9: The Internal Energy of the Reactants Can Affect the Cross Section of a Reaction
  68. 5.10: A Reactive Collision Can Be Described in a Center-of-Mass Coordinate System
  69. 5.11: Reactions Can Produce Vibrationally Excited Molecules
  70. 5.12: Reactive Collisions Can be Studied Using Crossed Molecular Beam Machines
  71. 5.13: The Velocity and Angular Distribution of the Products of a Reactive Collision
  72. 5.14: Not All Gas-Phase Chemical Reactions are Rebound Reactions
  73. 5.15: The Potential-Energy Surface Can Be Calculated Using Quantum Mechanics
  74. 5.16: Equilibrium Constants in Terms of Partition Functions
  75. 5.17: Statistical Mechnanical Transition State Theory
  76. 5.18: Chain Reactions
  77. 5.19: Chain Branching Explosions
  78. 5.20: Kinetics of Chain Polymerization
  79. 5.21: Kinetics of Step-Growth Polymerization
  80. 5.22: Atoms and Molecules can Physisorb or Chemisorb to a Surface
  81. 5.23: Isotherms are Plots of Surface Coverage as a Function of Gas Pressure at Constant Temperature
  82. 5.24: Using Langmuir Isotherms to Derive Rate Laws for Surface-Catalyzed Gas-Phase Reactions
  83. 5.25: The Structure of a Surface is Different from that of a Bulk Solid
  84. 5.26: The Haber-Bosch Reaction Can Be Surface Catalyzed
  85. 5.27: Photochemical Kinetics
  86. Back Matter
  87. Index
  88. Glossary
  89. Detailed Licensing