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Physical Chemistry For the Life Sciences / (Record no. 8655)

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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9780321504494 (pbk.)
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 0321504496 (pbk.)
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number QD453 .E63 2008
MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Engel, Thomas,
TITLE STATEMENT
Title Physical Chemistry For the Life Sciences /
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages xv, 739. :
Other physical details ill. (some col.) ;
GENERAL NOTE
General note Includes index.
FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 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.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Physical biochemistry.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Chemistry, Physical and theoretical.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Life sciences.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Chemistry, Physical and theoretical.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Life sciences.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Physical biochemistry.
ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Drobny, Gary.
ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Reid, Philip
ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type Books
Holdings
Permanent Location Current Location Date acquired Full call number Accession Number Koha item type
Kaduna Study Centre Kaduna Study Centre 08/17/2023 QD453 .E63 2008 0175081 Books

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