A Working Method Approach for Introductory Physical Chemistry Calculations: Numerical and Graphical Problem Solving

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Royal Society of Chemistry, 1997 - 152 pages
A Working Method Approach for Introductory Physical Chemistry Calculations is a concise inexpensive introduction to first year chemistry that is aimed at students who are weak in chemistry or have no chemistry on entry to university. Such students usually find physical chemistry the most difficult part of the chemistry course, and within this section numerical problem solving is an additional difficulty. The text should also be invaluable to first year intending chemists. This text provides an introduction to physical chemistry and the gas laws, followed by chapters on thermodynamics, chemical equilibrium, electrochemistry and chemical kinetics. Each section involves a brief introduction followed by a representative examination question, which is broken down into a proposed working method. Both short multiple-choice questions and related full examination-type questions are included. This book will prove invaluable to students who need encouragement in a logical approach to problem solving in physical chemistry, teaching them to think for themselves when faced with a problem.

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Contents

Chapter
1
Chapter
6
Kinetic Theory of Gases
7
Chapter
11
Conclusion
15
Worked Example Using the Working Method
22
Enthalpy Heat Capacity Entropy
24
Gibbs Free Energy G and Change in Gibbs
31
Chapter 7
88
Types of Electrolytic Cells
97
Examples of Electrolytic Cell Type Problems
104
Summary
110
HalfLife
118
How Concentration Dependence i e the Order of
125
Working Method for the Solution of Graphical Problems
133
Rate Constants and Temperature
139

The Law of Chemical Equilibrium
37
Galvanic Cells 63 88660
63
Working Method for Galvanic Cell Problems
78
Summary of the Two Chapters on Chemical Kinetics
142
Acids and Bases
150
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