Preparing for Your ACS Examination in Physical Chemistry: The Official Guide

This guide includes 126 pages of information in essentially three categories. First, there is a brief explanation of content in physical chemistry. Second, there are example exam items where the question and answers are analyzed (so you can see not only why the correct answer is correct, but also how the other incorrect answers - called distractors - are devised for a multiple-choice item). Finally, there are practice questions for each section. Content includes: Thermodynamics Equations of State Laws of Thermodynamics and State Functions Mathematical Relationships in Thermodynamics Chemical and Phase Equilibria Dynamics Kinetic Molecular Theory Transport Properties Phenomenological Kinetics Mechanisms Reaction Dynamics Statistical Mechanics Quantum Mechanics Quantum Chemistry: History and Concepts Simple Analytical Mechanical Model Systems Modern Quantum Mechanical Problems: Atomic systems Symmetry Molecular Orbital Theory Spectral Problems Advanced Topics: Electronic Structure Theory and Spectroscopy