Lectures under Physical Chemistry

Physical Chemistry

Both semesters of classical Physical Chemistry I and II

by: Dr. Stephen Lukacs (September 2012)

Physical Chemistry comprises the basis of thermodynamics, equilibria, kinetics, quantum mechanics, atomic structure, molecular bonding, and spectroscopy. Essentially, all physical forces and energies at the atomic and molecular level.

Thermal Motion of Molecules

Molecules acting like little hard balls.

(September 2012) What can we learn from the aggregate culmination of molecules acting as little hard balls, all collisions perfectly inelastic and no interactions with neighboring molecules?