PRINCIPLES OF MODERN CHEMISTRY has long been considered the standard book for the course, and this modern text has been significantly revised at the sentence level to make it more student-centered and friendly. Authors David W. Oxtoby and H. P. Gillis are now joined by respected researcher and professor, Alan Campion of the University of Texas-Austin, who brings his expertise on surface physics and chemistry and condensed matter spectroscopy to the sixth edition. PRINCIPLES OF MODERN CHEMISTRY has the well-earned reputation of being the most chemically and mathematically accurate and rigorous book on the market, and this edition is no exception. Generated at the Texas Advanced Computing Center at UT-Austin, new mathematically accurate artistic representations of atomic and molecular orbitals will help you easily derive information visually and see how the orbital equations translate into the orbitals' shapes.

Appropriate for college freshmen, this textbook introduces chemical formulas, atomic mass, the structure of elements and compounds, the ideal gas law, the properties of solids and liquids, equilibrium in chemical reactions, chemical kinetics, and the modern materials being used to develop new products. The sixth edition moves the quantum mechanics chapters to Unit II. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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David W. Oxtoby is a physical chemist who studies the statistical mechanics of liquids, including nucleation, phase transitions, and liquid-state reaction and relaxation. He received his B.A. (Chemistry and Physics) from Harvard University and his Ph.D. (Chemistry) from the University of California at Berkeley. After a postdoctoral position at the University of Paris, he joined the faculty at The University of Chicago, where he has taught general chemistry, thermodynamics, and statistical mechanics. He currently serves as Dean of Physical Sciences at The University of Chicago.H. P. Gillis conducts experimental research in the physical chemistry of electronic materials, with special emphasis on phenomena at solid surfaces and interfaces. Dr. Gillis received his B.S. (Chemistry and Physics) at Louisiana State University and his Ph.D. (Chemical Physics) at The University of Chicago. After postdoctoral research at the University of California-Los Angeles and ten years with the technical staff at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California, Dr. Gillis joined the academic world. Since 1988 he has taught courses in general chemistry, physical chemistry, quantum mechanics, and surface science at Georgia Institute of Technology and at the University of California-Los Angeles.

UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF MODERN CHEMISTRY. 1. The Nature and Conceptual Basis of Modern Chemistry. 2. Chemical Formulas, Chemical Equations, and Reaction Yields. UNIT 2: CHEMICAL BONDING AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURE. 3. Chemical Bonding: The Classical Description. 4. Introduction to Quantum Mechanics. 5. Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Structure. 6. Quantum Mechanics and Molecular Structure. 7. Bonding in Organic Molecules. 8. Bonding in Transition Metals and Coordination Complexes. UNIT 3: KINETIC MOLECULAR DESCRIPTION OF THE STATES OF MATTER. 9. The Gaseous State. 10. Solids, Liquids, and Phase Transitions. 11. Solutions. UNIT 4: EQUILIBRIUM IN CHEMICAL REACTIONS. 12. Thermodynamic Processes and Thermochemistry. 13. Spontaneous Processes and Thermodynamic Equilibrium. 14. Chemical Equilibrium. 15. Acid-Base Equilibria. 16. Solubility and Precipitation Equilibria. 17. Electrochemistry. UNIT 5: RATES OF CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROCESSES. 18. Chemical Kinetics. 19. Nuclear Chemistry. 20. Interaction of Molecules with Light. UNIT 6: MATERIALS. 21. Structure and Bonding in Solids. 22. Inorganic Solid Materials. 23. Polymeric Materials and Soft Condensed Matter.