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082 0 0 _aQD453 .E63 2008
100 1 _aEngel, Thomas,
245 1 0 _aPhysical Chemistry For the Life Sciences /
260 _aUpper Saddle River, NJ :
_bPearson Prentice Hall,
_cc2008.
300 _axv, 739. :
_bill. (some col.) ;
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aFundamental 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.
650 0 _aPhysical biochemistry.
650 0 _aChemistry, Physical and theoretical.
650 0 _aLife sciences.
650 7 _aChemistry, Physical and theoretical.
650 7 _aLife sciences.
650 7 _aPhysical biochemistry.
700 1 _aDrobny, Gary.
700 1 _aReid, Philip
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