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Synopsis
This is an introductory text for students which will bring them up to speed ready for first-year university level physical chemistry. The text begins by looking at atoms and their structure, and goes on to study different phases of matter and relates them to forces acting between molecules. As the book progresses, it analyses both phase and chemical equilibria, energy and kinetics, and the final section is about reactive free radicals.
Booknews
A textbook for students of Biomedical Sciences and Human Nutrition who may have managed to avoid physical chemistry in the past. Logan (chemistry, U. of Ulster) assumes little prior knowledge of the subject, discussing atoms, extra-nuclear electrons, chemical spectroscopy, states of matter, the Laws of Thermodynamics, solutions of electrolytes, chemical kinetics, and enzymic catalysis. Hard math is avoided where possible, though the essential mathematical tools are explained. Appends an introduction to calculus and some relevant logarithms. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.