Physical Chemistry

William M. Davis received his BSc (honors) in chemistry from the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, and his MSc and PhD from the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. He taught lecture and laboratory sections of general, physical, and inorganic chemistry at several Canadian universities before moving to Texas to take up a tenure-track position at The University of Texas at Brownsville, where he taught general, physical, inorganic, analytical, organic, and environmental chemistry for 10 years. In 2008, he moved to Texas Lutheran University, where he is currently an Associate Professor and Chair of Chemistry and holds the George Kieffer Fellowship in Science. Dr. Davis’s research interests include application of computational and analytical chemistry techniques to systems of environmental and biochemical interest.

World of Atoms and Molecules. Ideal and Real Gases. Changes of State. Phases and Multicomponent Systems. Activity and Equilibrium of Gases and Solutions. Chemical Reactions: Kinetics, Dynamics, and Equilibrium. Vibrational Mechanics of Particle Systems. Molecular Quantum Mechanics. Vibrational–Rotational Spectroscopy. Electronic Structure. Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. Introduction to Surface Chemistry.

Appendices: Mathematical Background. Molecular Symmetry. Special Quantum Mechanical Approaches. Table of Integrals. Table of Atomic Masses and Nuclear Spins. Fundamental Constants and Conversion of Units. Tables. Points of Interest. Atomic Masses and Percent Natural Abundance of Light Elements. Values of Constants. The Greek Alphabet.