About Volume 1
This book is the first volume of a two-volume university course in physical chemistry. It deals with the fundamentals of chemical thermodynamics, the thermodynamics of solutions, chemical and heterogeneous equilibria, surface phenomena, and adsorption. A special chapter is devoted to gas chromatography.
The second volume deals with the kinetics of chemical reactions, catalysis, electrochemistry, and electromotive forces.
The size of the book is mainly due to the fact that the authors have done everything possible to present the fundamentals and their interrelationships in the clearest manner. The mathematical deductions are given in sufficient detail and are explained in a simple manner.
The book is intended for students of chemical faculties in universities and will also be useful for postgraduate students and teachers of physical chemistry. The authors expect that the book will be understood by readers studying physical chemistry for the first time, provided they have a foundational knowledge of mathematics and physics within the scope of the usual courses in these subjects as taught in chemical faculties.
The present first volume of Physical Chemistry was written by well-known scientists in the field: Prof. Yakov Gerasimov, D.Sc., corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences; Vladimir Dreving, Cand.Sc.; and Prof. Andrei Kiselev, D.Sc., under the general editorship of Ya. Gerasimov.
Yakov Gerasimov heads the Chair of Physical Chemistry at Moscow State University. His research focuses on the thermodynamic characteristics of metal sulphides and oxides, the salts of rare metals, liquid and solid metal alloys, semiconductors, and compositions of thermal-insulating materials. He is also deeply involved in the history and methodology of chemistry and has authored over 150 publications, including numerous monographs, textbooks, and articles on physical chemistry.
From 1963 to 1965, he was a titular member of the Commission on Symbols, Terminology, and Units of the Division of Physical Chemistry of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.
About Volume 2
This book is the second volume of a university course in physical chemistry and deals with the fundamentals of chemical kinetics, catalysis, and electrochemistry.
It is designed for students of chemical faculties of universities. It will also be useful for postgraduate students and teachers of physical chemistry.
The two volumes of Physical Chemistry include all the sections of the corresponding course envisaged by the syllabus for chemical faculties of universities. The structure of matter is not considered in the present course, since chemical faculties have separate courses in The Structure of Molecules and Crystallo-Chemistry.
The sections of the book designated by asterisks, and also the parts of other sections printed in small type, may be omitted when studying physical chemistry according to a required syllabus. This additional material, which is set out in the same comprehensible manner as the main part of the course, can be used for a more detailed study of the subject.
Translated from the Russian by G. Leib
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