Physical Chemistry
How and why chemical change happens, thermodynamics, kinetics, equilibrium, electrochemistry, and quantum theory applied to atoms and molecules.
547 terms in Physical Chemistry.
- A-Factor
- Ab Initio
- Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics
- Ablation
- Absolute Entropy
- Absolute Zero
- Abstraction Reaction
- Acid Ionization Constant
- Activation Energy
- Activity of a Component of Ideal Mixture
- Adhesion
- Adhesive Forces
- Adsorption
- Aerosols
- Alpha Particle
- Amorphous Solid
- Ampere
- Angstrom
- Angular Momentum Quantum Number
- Anion Photoelectron Spectroscopy
- Anisotropy
- Annealing
- Annealing Point
- Anode
- Antarctic Ozone Hole
- Anti-Stokes Fluorescence
- Antibonding Orbital
- Antiferromagnetism
- Antinodes
- Antireflective Coating
- Appearance Potential
- Associated Ions
- Atmosphere
- Atom Superposition and Electron Delocalization
- Atomic Mass Unit
- Atomic Orbital
- Atomic Volume
- Aufbau Principle
- Auger effect
- Autoionization
- Autoprotolysis
- Avogadro's Law
- Avogadro's Number
- Azeotrope
- Azimuthal Quantum Number
- Background Radiation
- Band
- Band of Stability
- Band Theory of Metals
- bar
- Barn
- Barometer
- Barometric Pressure
- Barrier-Layer Cell
- Basis Set Truncation Error
- Bathochromic Shift
- Becquerel
- Beta Electron
- Beta Particle
- Beta Particle Decay
- Binding Energy
- Birefringence
- Bistability
- Blackbody Radiation
- Blaze Wavelength
- Bohr Radius
- Boiling Point
- Boiling Point Elevation
- Bomb Calorimeter
- Bond Energy
- Bond Order
- Bond Stretching Vibrations
- Bonding Orbital
- Born-Oppenheimer Approximation
- Boudouard Carbon
- Boyle's Law
- Bragg Equation
- Brewster Angle
- Brownian Motion
- Brusselator
- Brusselator
- Calorie
- Calorimeter
- Capillary
- Capillary Action
- CASSCF
- Catalyst
- Cathode
- Cathodic Protection
- Ceiling
- Ceiling Temperature
- Cell Potential
- CESR
- Chain Reaction
- Chappuis Bands
- Charles's Law
- Chemical Equilibrium
- Chemical Kinetics
- Chemical Lifetime
- Chemical Oxygen-Iodine Laser
- chemical oxygen-iodine lasers
- Chemiluminescence
- CIDEP
- Cloud Chamber
- Coefficient of Expansion
- Coefficient of Lineal Thermal Expansion
- Coexistence Curve
- Coherence Length
- Coherent Raman Beat
- Cohesion
- Cohesive Forces
- Cold Mirror
- Colligative Properties
- Collision Theory
- Colloid
- Coma
- Combination Bands
- Complete Basis Set
- Complex Conjugate
- Compression Factor
- Compton Effect
- Computational chemistry
- Condensation
- Condensed Phases
- Conduction
- Conduction Band
- Conduction Electron Spin Resonance (CESR)
- Continuous flow stirred tank reactors
- Continuous Spectrum
- Continuous Stirred-Tank Reactor
- Convection
- Corrosion
- Coulomb
- Coulombic Attraction
- Critical Mass
- Critical Point
- Critical Pressure
- Critical Temperature
- Cross Product
- Cross Section
- Cryoscopic Constant
- Crystal Lattice Energy
- Crystal Structure
- Crystallization
- Curie
- Curie Temperature
- Cyclotron
- Debye
- Debye Temperature
- Deflagration
- Degeneracy
- Degenerate
- Density
- Density Functional Theory (DFT)
- Depolarization Factor
- Deposition
- Detonation
- Dew Point
- Dialysis
- Diamagnetism
- Diathermic
- Dipole Moment
- Dipole-Dipole Interactions
- Dispersed Phase
- Dispersing Medium
- Dissociation Constant
- Doppler Effect
- Dot Product
- Dry Cell
- Dry Cells
- Dumas Method
- Dynamic Equilibrium
- Ebullioscopic Constant
- Effective Collisions
- Effective Molality
- Effusion
- EHMO (Extended Hückel Molecular Orbital Theory)
- Einstein
- Electric Cell
- Electrical Conductivity
- Electrochemical Equivalent
- Electrochemical Equivalent
- Electrochemistry
- Electrode
- Electrode Potential
- Electrode Potential
- Electrolysis
- Electrolytic Cells
- Electrolytic Conduction
- Electromagnetic Radiation
- Electromotive Force
- Electromotive Series
- Electron Affinity
- Electron Nuclear Double Resonance
- Electron Spin Echo
- Electron Spin Echo Envelope Modulation
- Electron Spin Resonance
- Electron Volt
- Electron Work Function
- Electronic Transition
- Electroosmosis
- Electroplating
- Electrostatics
- EMF (Electromotive Force)
- Emission Spectrum
- Emulsifying Agent
- Emulsion
- Endothermic
- Endothermicity
- Energy
- Energy of Activation
- Enthalpy
- Entropy
- Equation of State
- Equilibrium
- Equilibrium Constant
- Eutectic Temperature
- Evaporation
- Evaporation Rate
- Even Function
- Excimer
- Excimer Laser
- Excited State
- Exothermic
- Exothermicity
- Expectation Value
- Explosion
- Explosive Limits
- Extended Huckel Molecular Orbital method
- Extensive Property
- Extraordinary Ray
- Faraday
- Faraday's Law of Electrolysis
- Faraday's Laws of Electrolysis
- Fast Neutron
- Fermi Resonance
- Ferromagnetism
- Film badge
- First Law of Thermodynamics
- Flash Point
- Flotation
- Fluence
- Fluid
- Fluorescence
- Foam
- Forbidden Zone
- Force Field
- Free Energy
- Free Energy Change
- Freezing Point
- Freezing Point Depression
- Frequency
- Fuel Cells
- Fusion
- g-Factor
- G2 Calculations
- Galvanic Cell
- Gamma Ray
- Gas constant
- Gaussian Broadening
- Geissler Tubes
- Geminate
- Gibbs Ensemble Monte Carlo (GEMC)
- Gibbs Free Energy
- Glass Transition
- Graham's Law
- Greenhouse Effect
- Haber Process
- Half-Cell
- Half-Life
- Half-Wave Optical Thickness (HWOT)
- Heat
- Heat Capacity
- Heat of Condensation
- Heat of Crystallization
- Heat of Fusion
- Heat of Solution
- Heat of Vaporization
- Heavy Water
- Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle
- Henry's Law
- Hess's Law of Constant Heat Summation
- Heterogeneous Catalysis
- Heterogeneous Catalyst
- Heterogeneous Equilibria
- Hohlraum
- Homogeneous Catalyst
- Homogeneous Equilibria
- Hot Mirror
- Huygens's Principle
- Hydration
- Hydration Energy
- Hydrogen-Oxygen Fuel Cell
- Hydrophilic Colloids
- Hydrophilicity
- Hydrophobicity
- Hyperfine Coupling Constant (HFCC)
- Hyperfine Structure
- Hyperpolarizability
- Hysteresis
- Ideal Gas
- Ideal Gas Law
- Ideal Solution
- Incandescence
- Inelastic Electron Tunneling (IET)
- Inhibitory Catalyst
- Integrated Rate Equation
- Intercalation
- Interface
- Intrinsic Semiconductor
- Ion-Assisted Deposition (IAD)
- Ionic Migration
- isenthalpic
- Isotherm
- Isotropic Medium
- Joule
- K Capture
- Kelvin
- Kinetic Energy
- Kinetic-Molecular Theory
- Kronecker Delta
- Lamb Formula
- Lambertian radiator
- Langmuir-Blodgett Film
- Larmor frequency
- Laser Damage Threshold
- Laser Threshold Damage Level
- Latent Heat
- Latent Heats
- Lattice Energy
- Law of Conservation of Energy
- Law of Conservation of Matter and Energy
- Law of Partial Pressures
- Le Chatelier's Principle
- Leclanche Cell
- Leveling Effect
- Levorotatory
- Line Spectrum
- Linear Accelerator
- Liquid Crystal
- Local density of states
- Long-range coupling
- Lyophilic
- Lyophobic
- Magnetic Quantum Number
- Magnetogyric Ratio
- Mass Action Expression
- Mass Deficiency
- Mean Free Path
- Melting Point
- Meniscus
- Mercury Arc
- Mercury Diffusion Pump
- Mesophase
- Metallic Conduction
- Method of Initial Rates
- Microporous Carbon
- Mie Scattering
- Millibarn
- Miscibility
- Moderator
- Molality
- Molar Solubility
- Molecular Beams
- Molecular Dynamics
- Molecular Orbital
- Molecular Orbital Theory
- Monodisperse
- Monte Carlo Method
- Mother Nuclide
- Multiplicity
- n-type semiconductor
- Natural Radioactivity
- Neel temperature
- Nernst Equation
- Nernst heat theorem
- newton
- Newton's Rings
- Nodal Plane
- Node
- Nonbonding Orbital
- Nuclear Binding Energy
- Nuclear Fission
- Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Constant
- Nuclear Reaction
- Nuclear Reactor
- Nucleation
- Nuclides
- Observable
- Octane Number
- Ohm's law
- Optic axis
- Orbital
- Ordinary ray
- Osmosis
- Osmotic Pressure
- Ostwald ripening
- Overlap
- p-type semiconductor
- Pairing
- Paramagnetic
- Paramagnetism
- Parity operator
- Partial Pressure
- Particulate Matter
- Pascal
- Pauli Exclusion Principle
- Percentage Ionization
- Phase
- Phase Diagram
- Phonon
- Phosphorescence
- Photoconductive Detector
- Photoelastic Effect
- Photoelectric Effect
- Photon
- Photosensitized Reaction
- Physical Vapor Deposition
- Piezoelectric Effect
- Plasma
- Pockels Cell
- Poise
- Polarization
- Polydisperse
- Polymorphous
- Positron
- Potential Energy
- Potential Energy Surface
- Primary Voltaic Cell
- pulsed gradient spin echo
- Pyrolytic
- Pyromagnetic
- Q-value
- Quadrupole
- Quantum Mechanics
- Quantum Numbers
- Quarter Wave Plate
- Quarter-wave optical thickness
- Radiant Power
- Radiation
- Radical pair mechanism
- Radioactive Dating
- Radioactivity
- Raoult's Law
- Rate of Reaction
- Rate-Determining Step
- Rate-Law Expression
- Rayleigh Scattering
- Reaction Quotient
- reactive plasma deposition
- Reduced Mass
- Relative Density
- Relaxation Times
- REMPI
- resonant two-photon ionization
- Rest Mass
- Resultant
- Reverse Osmosis
- Reversible Reaction
- Root-Mean-Square Speed
- Roots Blower
- S Orbital
- Saturated Solution
- Scalar
- Second Harmonic Generation
- Second Law of Thermodynamics
- Seebeck effect
- Self-Consistent Reaction Field
- Semiconductor
- Semipermeable Membrane
- Shell
- Smectic
- Snell's Law
- Softening Point
- Solid
- Solubility
- Solubility Product
- Solubility Product Principle
- Solvation
- Space-Charge Effect
- Spatial Coherence
- Specific Heat
- Specific Rate Constant
- Spectral Line
- Spin-Spin Coupling Constant
- Sputtering
- Standard Electrode Potential
- Standard Entropy
- Standard Hydrogen Electrode
- Standard Molar Enthalpy of Formation
- Standard Reaction
- Standard State
- Standard Temperature and Pressure
- Standard Temperature and Pressure
- Sublimation
- Superconductor
- Supercooled Liquids
- Supercritical Fluid
- Supercritical Liquid
- Superfluid
- Superhigh Surface Area Carbon
- Superionic Materials
- Supersaturated Solution
- Supersaturated Vapor
- Surface Tension
- Surfactant
- Temperature
- Temporal Coherence
- Thermal Motion
- Thermal Neutrons
- Thermionic Emission
- Thermocouple
- Thermodynamics
- Thermonuclear Energy
- Thermoplastics
- Third Law of Thermodynamics
- Time-Resolved Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
- Total Binding Energy
- Transient Grating Technique
- Transition State Theory
- Trichroism
- Triple point
- Tunneling
- Turing Pattern
- Tyndall Effect
- Ultra-High Vacuum
- Uniphase
- unipotential lens
- Unit Cell
- Universal Gas Constant
- Vacuum ultraviolet
- Van der Waals Picture of Condensed Matter
- van der Waals' Equation
- Vapor
- Vapor Pressure
- Vector
- Viscosity
- Visible Spectrum
- Walsh diagram
- Water Equivalent
- Wave Function
- Wedge prism
- Work
- Zeeman Effect
- Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
- Zone Melting
- Zone Refining