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Some Key Scientists in the Early Development of Physical Chemistry

  1. Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927)
  2. Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932)
  3. J. H. van't Hoff (1852-1911)
  4. Rudolf Clausius (1822-1888)
  5. Ludwig Boltzmann (1844-1906)
  6. Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894)
  7. Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839-1903)

First Physical Chemistry Journal

Planck's Thoughts on Teaching Thermodynamics

  1. Planck's preface

Fundamental Physical Constants, Conversion Factors, Signifiant Figures

  1. Contants and Uncertainties (NIST)
  2. Unit Conversion Factors and Comments on Significant Figures (NIST)

Quick Review of Partial Derivatives

Mathematics Tables and Integrators

  1. Table of Derivatives
  2. Table of Integrals
  3. Integrator (Symbolic - Mathematica)
  4. Online Math Tools: Calculators, Integrators, Plotters, etc.

Exact and Inexact Differentials

  1. Class handout (pdf file)

Joule and Thompson (Lord Kelvin)

  1. James Joule (1818-1889)
  2. William Thompson (1824-1907)

Thermodynamic Data and Physical Properties

  1. NIST Chemistry WebBook
  2. NIST Online Databases
  3. NIST Scientific and Technical Databases

Bond Enthalpies

  1. Bond Enthalpies

Differential Scanning Calorimetry

  1. DSC Picture
  2. DSC Crimping press
  3. DSC Sample placement

Entropy

  1. Entropy visualized / particle distribution
  2. Carnot Cycle
  3. Heat Capacity vs. T
  4. Entropy vs. T

Phase Diagrams

  1. Liquid Crystals (Virtual Textbook)
  2. Liquid Crystal / LCD
  3. Chemical Potential vs. T (Simple Case)
  4. Generic PVT Phase Diagram
  5. PT Phase Diagram for Water
  6. PT Phase Diagram for CO2
  7. Fictional Ice-9
  8. Polywater Craze
  9. Supercritical CO2 Pictures
  10. Supercritical Fluid Reactor
  11. Ice Skating

Real and Ideal Solutions

  1. Vapor Pressures for Solutions
  2. BP-Composition Diagram with an Azeotrope
  3. Azeotropes and Pressure Change

Electrochemistry

  1. A comprehensive electrochemistry portal
  2. G. L. Bertrand's "About Batteries" -- Electrochemical Cell Animations
  3. Electrochemical Cell Types
  4. Table of Standard Electrode Potentials
  5. Honda Fuel Cell Cars
  6. Fuel Cell Information/Animation
  7. The Hydrogen Economy
  8. Hydrogen-generating Microorganisms