Physical Chemistry in Depth
"Physical Chemistry in Depth" is not a stand-alone text, but complements the text of any standard textbook on "Physical Chemistry" into depth having in mind to provide profound understanding of some of the topics presented in these textbooks. Standard tex
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Johannes Karl Fink
Physical Chemistry in Depth
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Johannes Karl Fink Montanuniversit¨at Leoben Institut f¨ur Chemie der Kunststoffe Franz-Josef Str. 18 A-8700 Leoben Austria [email protected]
ISBN 978-3-642-01013-2 e-ISBN 978-3-642-01014-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-01014-9 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009926867 c Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: K¨unkelLopka GmbH, Heidelberg Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
Understanding natural sciences consists of introducing basically unallowed simplifications, but this technique is highly useful. Physical chemistry does not make an exception. Sometimes, the simplifications go either too far or in a direction so that the goal of more easy understanding will be obscured. Some 30 years ago, I was introduced into physical chemistry. Meanwhile I studied a lot of new textbooks that appeared to find out whether they provide an easier understanding of the matter presented, to some extent with success. However, some of the issues still remained obscure to me. For this reason, I have revisited some of the topics presented in the textbooks and I try to explain with my own words, what caused and still causes problems for me to understand satisfactorily believing that the text presented here will be helpful also for at least some of the readers. The material dealt with here is not treated strictly, but presented in a way that the path to a deeper understanding should be opened. There is always the danger that a simplification of the matter for the sake of didactic reasons is appraised as a wrong depiction. Actually, the borders are blurred. Mostly, textbooks of physical chemistry exhibit a certain unique disposition, they start with thermodynamics, turn to kinetics, etc. This is also true for the material presented here. However, the text presented here is rather a supplement, not a standalone textbook. For this reason, some topics to which I was never pervasively engaged are not dealt with, or only marginally. On the other hand, I have included some topics that should be present in a textbook
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