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Physical chemistry for the life sciences

Author: Thomas Engel; Gary Drobny; Philip Reid
Publisher: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008.
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Engel, Thomas, 1942-
Physical chemistry for the life sciences.
Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008
(OCoLC)707201446
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Thomas Engel; Gary Drobny; Philip Reid
ISBN: 9780805382778 0805382771 9780321504494 0321504496
OCLC Number: 123029663
Description: 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Contents: Fundamental concepts of thermodynamics --
Heat, work, internal energy, enthalpy, and the First law of thermodynamics --
The importance of state functions: internal energy and enthalpy --
Thermochemistry --
Entropy and the Second and Third laws of thermodynamics --
The Gibbs energy and chemical equilibrium --
Phase equilibria --
Ideal and real solutions --
Electrolyte solutions, electrochemical cells, and redox reactions --
Principles of biochemical thermodynamics --
Biochemical equilibria --
From classical to quantum mechanics --
The Schrödinger equation --
Using quantum mechanics on simple systems: the free particle, the particle in a box, and the harmonic oscillator --
The hydrogen atom and many-electron atoms --
Chemical bonding in diatomic molecules --
Molecular structure and energy levels for polyatomic molecules --
Vibrational and rotational spectroscopy --
Electronic spectroscopy --
Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy --
The structure of biomolecules at the nanometer scale: X-ray diffraction and atomic force --
Microscopy --
The Boltzmann distribution --
Statistical thermodynamics --
Transport phenomena --
Elementary chemical kinetics --
Complex biological reactions.
Responsibility: Thomas Engel, Gary Drobny, Phillip Reid.
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