Abbreviations Preface Section A-States of matter A1 Perfect gases A2 Molecular behavior in perfect gases A3 Non-ideal gases A4 Liquids A5 Crystalline solids A6 Diffraction by solids Section B-Thermodynamics B1 The first law B2 Enthalpy B3 Thermochemistry B4 Entropy B5 Entropy and change B6 Free energy Section C-Equilibria C1 Fundamentals of equilibria C2 Fundamentals of acids and bases C3 Further acids and bases C4 Acid-base titrations C5 Solubility Section D- Solutions D1 Non-electrolyte solutions D2 Solutions D3 Colligative properties D4 Phase equilibria D5 Phase diagrams of mixtures Section E-Ionic solutions E1 Ions in aqueous solution E2 Thermodynamics of ions in solution E3 Electrochemical cells E4 Electrochemical thermodynamics E5 Electrochemistry and ion concentration E6 Macroscopic aspects of ionic motion E7 Molecular aspects of ionic motion E8 The motion of larger ions Section F-Kinetics F1 Empriical approaches to kinetics F2 Rate law determination F3 Energetics and mechanisms F4 Formulation of rate laws F5 Rate laws in action F6 The kinetics of real systems Section G-Quantum nature of the physical world G1 Nuclear structure G2 Applications of nuclear structure G3 Quantizaton of energy and particle-wave duality G4 The wave mature of matter G5 The strucure of the hydrogen atom G6 Many-electron atoms G7 Chemical and structural effects of quantization G8 Statistical thermodynamics Section H-Bonding H1 Elementary valence theory H2 Valence bond theory H3 Molecular orbital theory of diatomic molecules Ⅰ H4 Molecular orbital theory of diatomic molecules Ⅱ H5 Strong solid phase interactions H6 Weak intermolecular interactions Section I-Spectroscopy I1 General features of spectroscopy I2 Practical aspects of spectroscopy I3 Rotational spectroscopy I4 Vibrational spectroscopy I5 Applied vibrational spectroscopy I6 Electronic spectroscopy I7 Photochemistry in the real world I8 Magnetic resonance spectroscopy Appendix-mathematical relations Further reading Index