The ideal course companion, Elements of Physical Chemistry is written specifically with the needs of undergraduate students in mind and provides extensive mathematical and pedagogical support while remaining concise and accessible.
The International Edition organizes the material into short Topics, which are grouped into thematic Focuses to make the text digestible for students and flexible for lecturers to teach from. At the beginning of each Topic, three questions are posed, emphasizing why it is important, what the key idea is and what the student should already know.

Online Resource Centre:
For registered adopters of the book:
• Figures and tables of data from the book, ready to download
• A test bank of additional multiple-choice questions, with linked to relevant sections of the book
• Solutions manual providing full and detailed answers to discussion questions, exercises, problems and projects
• Projects for each focus ready to assign to students

For students:
• Multiple choice questions to support self-directed learning
• Final numerical answers to the end-of-chapter questions in the book
• Impact sections showing how physical chemistry concepts apply in a diverse range of modern contexts


Table of Contents:
1. The properties of gases
2. Thermodynamics: the First Law
3. Thermodynamics: the Second Law
4. Physical change
5. Chemical change
6. The rates of reactions
7. Quantum theory
8. The structure of atoms
9. The structure of molecules
10. Molecular interactions
11. Macromolecules and aggregates
12. Solids
13. Molecular spectroscopy
14. Magnetic resonance
15. Statistical thermodynamics

About the Author

Peter Atkins is a fellow of Lincoln College in the University of Oxford and the author of more than sixty books for students and a general audience. His texts are market leaders around the globe. A frequent lecturer in the United States and throughout the world, he has held visiting professorships in France, Israel, Japan, China and New Zealand. He was the founding chairman of the Committee on Chemistry Education of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and was a member of IUPACs Physical and Biophysical Chemistry Division.
Julio de Paula is Professor of Chemistry and Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at Lewis & Clark College. A native of Brazil, Professor de Paula received a B.A. degree in chemistry from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and a Ph.D. in biophysical chemistry from Yale University. His research activities encompass the areas of molecular spectroscopy, biophysical chemistry and nanoscience. He has taught courses in general chemistry, physical chemistry, biophysical chemistry, instrumental analysis and writing.