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Quantities, Units and Symbols in Physical Chemistry

Other Authors: Thor, Anders J, Dr. Professor. Professor. Professor. Professor. Professor. Professor. Professor. Professor. Dr. Professor. Professor. Dr.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2007.
Edition:3rd New ed.
Subjects:
Physical chemistry.
Scientific nomenclature & classification.
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/9781847557889
Table of Contents:
  • CONTENTS: PREFACE
  • HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION
  • 1 PHYSICAL QUANTITIES AND UNITS: 1.1 Physical quantities and quantity calculus
  • 1.2 Base quantities and derived quantities
  • 1.3 Symbols for physical quantities and units
  • 1.3.1 General rules for symbols for quantities
  • 1.3.2 General rules for symbols for units
  • 1.4 Use of the words "extensive", "intensive", "specific", and "molar"
  • 1.5 Products and quotients of physical quantities and units
  • 1.6 The use of italic and Roman fonts for symbols in scientific publications
  • 2 TABLES OF PHYSICAL QUANTITIES: 2.1 Space and time
  • 2.2 Classical mechanics
  • 2.3 Electricity and magnetism
  • 2.4 Quantum mechanics and quantum chemistry
  • 2.4.1 Ab initio Hartree-Fock self-consistent field theory (ab initio SCF)
  • 2.4.2 Hartree-Fock-Roothaan SCF theory, using molecular orbitals expanded as linear combinations of atomic-orbital basis functions (LCAO-MO theory)
  • 2.5 Atoms and molecules
  • 2.6 Spectroscopy
  • 2.6.1 Symbols for angular momentum operators and quantum numbers
  • 2.6.2 Symbols for symmetry operators and labels for symmetry species
  • 2.6.3 Other symbols and conventions in optical spectroscopy
  • 2.7 Electromagnetic radiation
  • 2.7.1 Quantities and symbols concerned with the measurement of absorption intensity
  • 2.7.2 Conventions for absorption intensities in condensed phases
  • 2.8 Solid state
  • 2.8.1 Symbols for planes and directions in crystals
  • 2.9 Statistical thermodynamics
  • 2.10 General chemistry
  • 2.10.1 Other symbols and conventions in chemistry
  • 2.11 Chemical thermodynamics
  • 2.11.1 Other symbols and conventions in chemical thermodynamics
  • 2.12 Chemical kinetics and photochemistry
  • 2.12.1 Other symbols, terms, and conventions used in chemical kinetics
  • 2.13 Electrochemistry
  • 2.13.1 Sign and notation conventions in electrochemistry
  • 2.14 Colloid and surface chemistry
  • 2.14.1 Surface structure
  • 2.15 Transport properties
  • 2.15.1 Transport characteristic numbers: Quantities of dimension one
  • 3 DEFINITIONS AND SYMBOLS FOR UNITS: 3.1 The International System of Units (SI)
  • 3.2 Names and symbols for the SI base units
  • 3.3 Definitions of the SI base units
  • 3.4 SI derived units with special names and symbols
  • 3.5 SI derived units for other quantities
  • 3.6 SI prefixes and prefixes for binary multiples
  • 3.7 Non-SI units accepted for use with the SI
  • 3.8 Coherent units and checking dimensions
  • 3.9 Fundamental physical constants used as units
  • 3.9.1 Atomic units
  • 3.9.2 The equations of quantum chemistry expressed in terms of reduced quantities using atomic units
  • 3.10 Dimensionless quantities
  • 3.10.1 Fractions (relative values, yields, and efficiencies)
  • 3.10.2 Deprecated usage
  • 3.10.3 Units for logarithmic quantities: neper, bel, and decibel
  • 4 RECOMMENDED MATHEMATICAL SYMBOLS: 4.1 Printing of numbers and mathematical symbols
  • 4.2 Symbols, operators, and functions
  • 5 FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICAL CONSTANTS: 6 PROPERTIES OF PARTICLES, ELEMENTS, AND NUCLIDES: 6.1 Properties of selected particles
  • 6.2 Standard atomic weights of the elements 2005
  • 6.3 Properties of nuclides
  • 7 CONVERSION OF UNITS: 7.1 The use of quantity calculus
  • 7.2 Conversion tables for units
  • 7.3 The esu, emu, Gaussian, and atomic unit systems in relation to the SI
  • 7.4 Transformation of equations of electromagnetic theory between the ISQ(SI) and Gaussian forms
  • 8 UNCERTAINTY: 8.1 Reporting uncertainty for a single measured quantity
  • 8.2 Propagation of uncertainty for uncorrelated measurements
  • 8.3 Reporting uncertainties in terms of confidence intervals
  • 9 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS: 10 REFERENCES: 10.1 Primary sources
  • 10.2 Secondary sources
  • 11 GREEK ALPHABET: 12 INDEX OF SYMBOLS: 13 SUBJECT INDEX: NOTES: PRESSURE CONVERSION FACTORS: NUMERICAL ENERGY CONVERSION FACTORS: IUPAC PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS
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