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Physical Chemistry and Its Biological Applications

Physical Chemistry and Its Biological Applications presents the basic principles of physical chemistry and shows how the methods of physical chemistry are being applied to increase understanding of living systems. Chapters 1 and 2 of the book discuss states of matter and solutions of nonelectrolytes. Chapters 3 to 5 examine laws in thermodynamics and solutions of electrolytes. Chapters 6 to 8 look at acid-base equilibria and the link between electromagnetic radiation and the structure of atoms. Chapters 9 to 11 cover different types of bonding, the rates of chemical reactions, and the proc
eBook, English, 2014
Elsevier Science, Saint Louis, 2014
1 online resource (602 pages)
9780323144872, 032314487X
1044715007
Front Cover; Physical Chemistry and Its Biological Applications; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1. STATES OF MATTER; 1-1 Molecular Picture of Matter; 1-2 Phase Diagrams; 1-3 Ideal Gases; 1-4 Molecular Velocities; 1-5 Gaseous Mixtures; Measurement of Gases ; 1-6 Real Gases ; 1-7 Continuity of States; Corresponding States; 1-8 Intermolecular Forces; 1-9 The Hydrogen Bond ; 1-10 Vapor Pressure; 1-11 Surface Tension; 1-12 Viscosity; 1-13 Structure of Liquids; CHAPTER 2. SOLUTIONS OF NONELECTROLYTES; 2-1 Concentration Scales; 2-2 Ideality of Solutions. 2-3 Miscible Liquid Pairs2-4 Solutions of Gases in Liquids; 2-5 Liquid Mixtures Showing Limited Solubility; 2-6 Distribution of a Solute between Immiscible Solvents; 2-7 Colligative Properties-Vapor Pressure Lowering; 2-8 Freezing Point Depression and Boiling Point Elevation; 2-9 Osmotic Pressure; 2-10 Partial Molar Volume; CHAPTER 3. THERMODYNAMICS: FIRST LAW AND THERMOCHEMISTRY; 3-1 Energy, Work, and Heat; 3-2 Equivalence of Energy Forms-First Law of Thermodynamics; 3-3 Some Isothermal Physical Changes; 3-4 Heat Capacity; 3-5 Energy Changes in Chemical Reactions. 3-6 Calorimetry and Thermal AnalysisCHAPTER 4. THERMODYNAMICS: SECOND LAW AND EQUILIBRIUM; 4-1 The Tendency for Spontaneous Change; 4-2 The Entropy and its Meaning; 4-3 Entropy Changes in Isothermal Physical Processes; 4-4 Entropy Changes in Chemical Reactions; 4-5 Dependence of Entropy on Temperature; 4-6 Some Applications of the Entropy Functions; Entropy and Probability; 4-7 The Free Energy Function and its Significance; 4-8 Chemical Equilibrium; 4-9 Effect of Temperature on Free Energy Change and Equilibrium Constant; 4-10 Energy Relations in Living Systems. 4-11 Thermodynamics of MixturesCHAPTER 5. SOLUTIONS OF ELECTROLYTES; 5-1 Strong and Weak Electrolytes; 5-2 The Debye-Hückel Theory; Activity Coefficients of Ions; 5-3 Conductance; 5-4 Enthalpies of Solution and of Reaction of Ions; 5-5 Ionic Hydration and the Lyotropic Series; CHAPTER 6. ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIA; 6-1 Brönsted-Lowry Concept of Acids and Bases; 6-2 Aqueous Solution and the pH Scale; 6-3 Weak Electrolyte Equilibria; 6-4 Equilibria Involving Several Solutes; 6-5 Characterization of Acid-Base Functional Groups; 6-6 Amino Acids and Proteins; 6-7 Ionic Equilibria in the Blood. CHAPTER 7. OXIDATION-REDUCTION EQUILIBRIA7-1 Reaction Potentials for Oxidation-Reduction; 7-2 Galvanic Cells and Electrode Potentials; 7-3 Techniques of Potential Measurement; 7-4 Oxidation-Reduction Titrations and Indicators; 7-5 Characteristics of Organic Oxidation-Reduction Systems; 7-6 Biochemical Oxidation; 7-7 Potentiometric Determination of Ion Concentration; CHAPTER 8. ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION AND THE STRUCTURE OF ATOMS; 8-1 Wave Character of Electromagnetic Radiation; 8-2 Refraction; 8-3 The Superposition Principle and Diffraction; 8-4 Polarized Radiation
8-5 The Quantum Nature of Radiation