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Atkins' Physical Chemistry remains the benchmark of achievement for a chemistry degree throughout the world. The judicious choice of topics, the clear writing style of both authors, and the careful exposition of maths, reaffirm this textbook's position as market leader. In the eighth edition the authors provide a more compact presentation through the careful restructuring and redistribution of material.

Table of contents

PART 1: EQUILIBRIUM
    1. The properties of gases
    2. The first law
    3. The second law
    4. Physical transformations of pure substances
    5. Simple mixtures
    6. Phase diagrams
    7. Chemical equilibrium
    
PART 2: STRUCTURE
    8. Quantum theory: introduction and principles
    9. Quantum theory: techniques and applications
    10. Atomic structure and atomic spectra
    11. Molecular orbitals for polyatomic systems
    12. Molecular symmetry
    13. Spectroscopy
          1: rotational and vibrational spectra
    14. Spectroscopy
          2: electronic transitions
    15. Spectroscopy
          3: magnetic resonance
    16. Statistical thermodynamics: the concepts
    17. Statistical thermodynamics: the machinery
    18. Molecular interactions
    19. Materials
          1: Macromolecules and aggregates
    20. Materials
          2: The solid state

PART 3: CHANGE
    21. Molecules in motion
    22. The rates of chemical reactions
    23. The kinetics of complex reactions
    24. Molecular reaction dynamics
    25. Processes at solid surfaces
    
    Data section
    Answers to exercises
    Answers to problems
    Index