Physical Chemistry for the Biosciences

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University Science Books, 11 de febr. 2005 - 677 pàgines
Chang's newest text has been shortened, streamlined and optimized for a one-semester introductory course in physical chemistry for students of biosciences. Most students enrolled in this course have taken general chemistry, organic chemistry, and a year of physics and calculus. Only basic skills of differential and integral calculus are required for understanding the equations. For premedical students, this text will form the basis for taking courses like physiology in medical school. For those intending to pursue graduate study in biosciences, the material presented here will serve as an introduction to topics in biophysical chemistry courses, where more advanced texts such as those by Gennis, van Holde, and Cantor & Schimmel are used. The author's aim is to emphasize understanding physical concepts rather than focusing on precise mathematical development or on actual experimental details. The end-of-chapter problems have both physiochemical and biological applications.
 

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Properties of Gases
7
The van der Waals Equation 15 The Virial Equation of State
16
Problems
32
The First Law of Thermodynamics
39
Problems
75
The Second Law of Thermodynamics
81
The Clapeyron and the ClausiusClapeyron Equations
112
Problems
121
Problems
355
Enzyme Kinetics
363
Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Structure
401
The Chemical Bond
447
Problems
485
The Role of Dispersion Forces in SickleCell
500
Problems
511
Selection Rules 519 SignaltoNoise Ratio
521

Solutions
127
A Molecular View of the Electrolyte Solution Process
154
1 Notes on Electrostatics
182
Chemical Equilibrium
193
Problems
230
Problems
262
The Relationship Between the Dissociation Constant of an Acid and
275
7
287
Chemical Kinetics
311
Reversible Reactions 328 Consecutive Reactions
330
7
336
9
346
Phosphorescence
556
Optical Rotation 563 Optical Rotatory Dispersion ORD and Circular
566
Photochemistry and Photobiology
575
Sunlight and Skin Cancer 591 Photomedicine
592
Macromolecules
599
Electrophoresis
608
Model
614
DNA
621
Problems
635
Thermodynamic Data
651
Answers to EvenNumbered Computational Problems
665
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Raymond Chang was born in Hong Kong and grew up in Shanghai and Hong Kong, China. He received his B.Sc. degree in chemistry from London University, England and his Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Yale University. After doing postdoctoral research at Washington University and teaching for a year at Hunter College of the City University of New York, he joined the chemistry department at Williams College. Chang has served on the American Chemical Society Examination Committee and the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Committee. He has also served as editor of The Chemical Educator and has authored books on general chemistry and spectroscopy.

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