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If the electric discharge was passed through gaseous hydrogen, then molecules are dissociated after that the hydrogen H atoms get excited and they emitted light with discrete frequencies. These emitted light frequencies cause to give the spectrum by the series of lines. A spectroscopist by named Johannes Rydberg has noted that all the lines are described by the following expression. Here is a Rydberg constant of hydrogen atom and its value is. Similarly is the principle quantum number for the ground state of an atom and is the principle quantum number for the excited state of an atom.
For Lyman series, for Balmer series, for Paschen series, and for Bracket series.
With its modern emphasis on the molecular view of physical chemistry, its wealth of contemporary applications, vivid full-color presentation, and dynamic new media tools, the thoroughly revised new edition is again the most modern, most effective full-length textbook available for the physical chemistry classroom. Available in Split Volumes For maximum flexibility in your physical chemistry course, this text is now offered as a traditional text or in two volumes. Volume 1: Thermodynamics and Kinetics; ISBN 1-4292-3127-0 Volume 2: Quantum Chemistry, Spectroscopy, and Statistical Thermodynamics; ISBN 1-4292-3126-2. People either like Atkins' Physical Chemistry or loathe it. I like his book. The problems at the end of each section are excellent. I like how justifications for fundamental concepts are provided.
One of the better modifications of the book was moving the relevant mathematical reviews to the end of the chapters where they apply. I believe this was in the 8th edition (I don't remember), but in the back there is also a section about where the relevant equations come from. The publisher also made sure to use better binding this time around.
The binding is very tight compared to the 8th edition. I still feel that too many of the theoretical problems are critical concepts and should not have to be proved by the student. I do understand having them prove some, but those should mostly be proved by the author or instructor. Proof at this level should be trivial results that are obvious extensions of fundamental concepts. Outside of that, Atkins is one of the better junior level physical chemistry books. If you need something more advanced, McQuarrie is a much better text for an advanced physical chemistry class.
Training manual for estheticians. As with other editions of Atkins' P-Chem (I own 4th, 5th, & 7th), the topics are covered rigorously and at a level that I think is appropriate for a solid junior undergrad course in P-chem. For a text that keeps up quite admirably with advancements in science, the diagrams and ancillaries (e.g., living graphs) continue to be weak and well behind the pedagogical innovations that make p-chem more accessible to students. The quality of the binding is unacceptably poor. Like others on this page, I too have a copy of the text with the cover that has come apart. Freeman ought to republish the text with improved binding. This text should serve as a reference for students to use for many years to come. It absolutely cannot serve that function with the quality of the binding in this version.
I have read the other reviews and I believe that the students who rate this book poorly are mistaking their inability to grasp physical chemistry with a poor textbook. The textbook is excellent and any good professor can teach physical chemistry from it. It is well organized, starting with some basic thermodynamics background and moving to more complicated thermo.
The next section is kinetics, which is also presented not nearly as well as the thermo, but Atkins does a good job nonetheless. Spectroscopy and statistical mechanics come next and although they are not simple to understand, Atkins is concise in his presentation. The remainder of the book is additional material which may or may not be covered in a physical chemistry course. What should also be noted are the appendices at the end. Atkins includes very helpful supplemental material in mathematics which is needed for the thermodynamics discussion. The tables are somewhat lacking, but any good reference book can supplement this information. Overall, I would say the book is well worth the money and I have yet to see another physical chemistry text which contains as much information as well presented as it is.
After reading all the other reviews on this book, one might notice the large gap in opinion on this text. And I think that is justified.For those who really enjoy P-Chem and pour alot of energy and time into the course, this book should be fine; but for those of us who are not particularly fascinated with the inner thermodynamic or kinetic workings of the molecules we've come to love, this book isn't necessarily as explanatory as it could be.
Also, the professor one has makes a BIG difference in this course. If one has a professor who uses this book as simply a reference to his/her teaching/lecturing then the book makes a great reference material. But for those professors who are new (like mine) and expect undergraduate CHEM majors to leave their course understanding every single facet of the P-Chem cosmos, using this book as their Bible and lecturing straight from it, then this book is not so great (pretty bad, in fact).
However, I must say, the text varies in readability and depth of explanation. Some parts give sufficient explanation and other portions leave students feeling confused at least.
That's why I give this book a 3 star rating. I think other books may be more beneficial. Mathematicians would favor this book. The text is dense and dry. The material is presented in the most boring manner possible.
Atkins prefers to explain himself with equations rather than words. The subject matter is not thoroughly explored. No concepts are placed into the 'big picture.' At best, this book could serve as a decent reference for a chemist or physicist already familiar with the topics and therefore only in need of review. Learning physical chemistry for the first time using this book is a serious chore. I honestly believe that physical chemistry can be a fun, exciting, and challenging subject that is worth learning. This book fails to deliver the material in a manner that does anything but annoy and frustrate.
This problem is only compounded by the fact that there are numerous mathematical errors present both in the text and in the solutions of selected problems. If you are stuck using this book because it was required for a class, I suggest you find supplementary material that elaborates better on the many areas in which this book is lacking. Where do I begin? First of all, nobody buys a textbook unless they're enrolled in a class that requires it, and my class does. Unfortunately, my instructor is also a former colleague of Atkins, who, by his admission was a madman.
Atkins uses notation that no one else uses, words questions in a way that is nearly unintelligible and generally does a poor job of explaining what should be at most difficult - and I get A's in physics, math and chemistry. If you are a professor contemplating using this book for your class - I beg of you, on behalf of your students, please, don't torture them like that. For all the money you're paying for this book, you'd think that de Paula and Atkins could hire someone to actually READ the thing before it was published. There's at least one typo on nearly every page (and more on others).
Some of these errors are innocuous, but others completely obfuscate what the authors are trying to say. To make things more of a mess, the examples and mathematical derivations often gloss over several key points that make it difficult for students to follow. And don't even get me started on the problems, which make use of magical values that are nowhere to be found in the book. The solutions are even worse - it's as if the authors mixed up the numbers of the problems in the 7th edition without bothering to update the corresponding solutions. The representation of units is questionable at best. Who uses dm^3 instead of L as their de facto unit of volume?
The authors take their cockamamie unit scheme one step further by representing all numerical values as unitless entities. For example, instead of R = 8.31 (J / mol. K), they'll divide both sides by the units and depict it as R / (J / mol. K) = 298. This baffling treatment of units is unnecessary, inconsistent, and, worst of all, distracting from the material at hand.
In a word, terrible. Since this is my first physical chemistry course I have no frame of reference for judging the content (which is decent, as far as I can tell), but the presentation is awful. If you MUST get this book for a class, look for the International edition - the only difference is that the images in the International edition aren't in color.
Take the money you save and purchase a separate book that actually presents the material clearly. So if you're getting this book, here are somethings you will want to know. 1) Before reading the chapter, look at the end of the chapter, before and after the problem section for 'Further Information' and the Math lesson supplement. You need not understand it off the bat, but be familiar with what is there so that when you're going through the chapter, you can refer back to further information to make sense of the details. 2) Don't expect a perfect walk-through for the math. You need to sit there with the paper and figure out the skipped steps. There are a lot of skipped steps.
Some easy algebra, other harder differentials. 3) When reading the units, you need to beware that you will see things like T/K.
This doesn't mean Temperature/Kelvin or anything other that you want to make T to be, but rather saying it is temperature expressed in Kelvin. Seems like a silly way to do it, but once you get that it makes some problems easier. 4) If you get the answer manual, It is only for odds and A parts of problems. Evens and B's are in the Purple version of the answer key and that is pain in the butt to find.
So I recommend looking up the previous edition to this one (i.e 8th edition solution manual) and using that one. The problems will be found under different sections/numbering but after a little searching you'll find it.
The editions don't change much. No surprise there though. 5) Beware, there are questions awkwardly phrased.
There is one in the first chapter regarding a tire. I solved it with my Gen Chem knowledge and it turned out to be wrong.
As a class, we discussed it with our professor and found that in order to accurately answer the question, we need to define what is a tire- Meaning is it an isolated system, or not? 6) Make sure to review your basic calculus. In particular partial differentials, cross derivatives, and the terminology.
By terminology I mean, something like: You have an equation U. Express U as a function of T. Know what that means. This is a decent book, but DO NOT make the mistake of thinking it will hold your hand and walk you through a nice path of flowers.
Take your time with it and do as much problems as you can as far as you can. If you can get your hand on both versions of the answer keys, I recommend doing all the problems with one, and then returning the next day and doing the B problems without the assistance of the answer key. EDIT: I just remembered a quote I thought you all would enjoy, which I found to be true. Thermodynamics is a funny subject. The first time you go through it, you don't understand it at all. The second time you go through it, you think you understand it, except for one or two small points. The third time you go through it, you know you don't understand it, but by that time you are so used to it, so it doesn't bother you any more.Arnold Sommerfeld.
I can understand the frustration over buying a book and having the binding/printing not very good. Even more frustrating, however, is buying a book to learn something from only to find that you've been hoodwinked in this department as well. I used this textbook when I first took physical chemistry as an undergraduate. Physical chemistry is a subject that most students struggle with enough, without having to add on top of it explanations that make no sense and nonsensical 'justifications' which are very lousy hand-waving 'proofs' done in an attempt to 'show' the student where certain quantities/formulas are derived from. Even in it's eighth edition the authors have not taken the time to clean up the myriad mistakes that riddle this textbook and pepper the minds of students with an indelible hatred of what they think is physical chemistry.
This textbook does not teach nor even present physical chemistry, rather it presents a wonderfully displayed modern version of the emperor's new clothes. Going in the student thinks they are going to be taught physical chemistry, and trustingly they use this textbook as their fabric, the weaver being their teacher. When they emerge they are stark naked to the physical chemistry community having learned no actual physical chemistry, other than possibly the names of a few functions.
I have taught several physical chemistry courses and we have used the textbooks by Simons and McQuarrie (my favorite) and another by Engel and Reed which does only slightly better than this one. The only reason I can find that people still use this textbook, other than they know or met Atkins, is that it provides a complete solutions manual-albeit with MANY glaring mistakes-and there are not always enough physical chemists to teach physical chemistry. But then again, Simons and McQuarrie also has a complete solutions manual-it has a few minor mistakes.
The mystery remains. An excellent book, that allows you to understand the key concepts concerning thermodynamics.
It is important to handle a few things about physics and calculus, since the book doesn't show many demonstrations; if given the case, look for a complementary book, Castellan's Physical Chemistry for example. Love the colors and the easy-to-understand explanations. I hate the fact that the book arrived slightly damaged, some corners damaged, a total turn-off from the the seller (buy it from Amazon directly, believe me). Overall, a must-have reference. For some uncanny reason, every P.Chem professor seem to agree on one thing - P.Chem by PW Atkins is a great book for students. If only they asked a serious student(5 years ago)like myself what I thought about this book.
I would have clearly said no. This book has its good point and that is being simple. However, in doing so, it has neglected the true P.Chem students who wanted to have a better understanding of the theory. The quantum mechanics section is just too simple to satisfy any curious mind. It leaves more questions than it answers. If you are a serious P.Chemistry student like I once was, please use P.Chemistry by Ross and Berry(Unfortunately,I think it's already out of print) Even better, take a QM course in the physics department. This book is horribly written and full of grammar curiosities.
If you doubt my review, please see the attached image of a corner of page 478 in this wretched book. Writing aside, the layout of the pages is awful.
The columns are interrupted with bright color blocks of examples in an incoherent manner. The equations are strewn about the sections carelessly.
The variables are not defined after equations are presented, leaving one to go digging through past chapters and sections to find the meaning of some Greek letter. I have wasted weeks of my life on such endeavors. The math sections come after the chapter, the questions asked are difficult and don't always get thoroughly discussed in the chapter, the main point of a section is almost always poorly defined. I have written to my professors about how horrid this book is. I feel like it was edited by a team of semi-literate chimpanzees (again, see the attached image if you don't believe me).
This book is a piece of garbage. Buy the book by McQuarrie instead - that is a delight! I needed this book for class and at first I was skeptical of buying the international version ( I wasn't sure if the edition would match), I ended up trusting one previous review of the book and bought it. Although I haven't compared the book word for word with the American edition, I think this book was excellent. The quality was great, and I am 99% sure that the book is exactly the same as the American edition. I actually liked that it was paperback (easier to carry) and this book had all, if not most, of the volumes in it. I paired this book with the American version of the solution manual and I had no problem whatsoever.
I used this book for my class (in the US) and encountered no problems. In addition, this book (which has most volumes in it as compared to the American version that sometimes only has one volume) was a lot cheaper. Here is my opinion as a physical chemist. This book is wonderful for introduction to spectroscopy. The thermo is presented well, but you will need solutions to accompany the problems. People who give this a bad review take the route of avoiding rigorous material and just trying to scrap by (the organic chemistry way); but a real spectroscopist or physical chemist never avoid material.
Atkins Physical Chemistry Solutions
This book is not meant to have all the information that you need, but it will prepare you for more advanced literature and publications. This book is mathematical in its justifications and explanations, which in my eyes is the best proof.
Atkins is explicit and never incorrectly presents a technique. This a very rich resource, but it alone will not get you through. These topics are rigorous, this is by far the best textbook though. I used this book for four undergraduate courses (Quantum chem, thermodynamics, PChem Lab I&II), it takes way longer than a semester to get through it all. This is by no means an easy read, but reading for physical chemistry isn't. If you are forced to buy this book because it's required: 1.The book arrived in perfect condition.
May the force be with you If you are buying this book by choice: 1. The layout of the book is VERY confusing- The nomenclature and how the chapters are broken down doesn't make sense. The sections and subsections are not like a normal textbook so what you're looking for is often hard to find. The book often uses variables but does't explain what they mean or how they were obtained. This was probably the most frustrating part of the book. I didn't even know what to google to find out what the variables were. This textbook is so bad that I had trouble learning from it.
I am a chemical engineering student so I'm used to independent learning and this book made it almost impossible.
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