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23.5 Spectra of Polyatomic Molecules 975
23.6 Fluorescence, Phosphorescence, and Photochemistry 979
23.7 Raman Spectroscopy 985
23.8 Other Types of Spectroscopy 991
Chapter 24 Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy 1001
24.1 Magnetic Fields and Magnetic Dipoles 1002
24.2 Electronic and Nuclear Magnetic Dipoles 1006
24.3 Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy 1010
24.4 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy 1014
24.5 Fourier Transform NMR Spectroscopy 1024
Part 4 The Reconciliation of the Macroscopic and Molecular
Theories of Matter 1037
Chapter 25 Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics I. The Probability
Distribution for Molecular States 1039
25.1 The Quantum Statistical Mechanics of a Simple Model
System 1040
25.2 The Probability Distribution for a Dilute Gas 1047
25.3 The Probability Distribution and the Molecular Partition
Function 1055
25.4 The Calculation of Molecular Partition Functions 1064
Chapter 26 Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics. II. Statistical
Thermodynamics 1081
26.1 The Statistical Thermodynamics of a Dilute Gas 1082
26.2 Working Equations for the Thermodynamic Functions of a
Dilute Gas 1089
26.3 Chemical Equilibrium in Dilute Gases 1101
26.4 The Activated Complex Theory of Bimolecular Chemical
Reaction Rates in Dilute Gases 1106
26.5 Miscellaneous Topics in Statistical
Thermodynamics 1116
Chapter 27 Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics. III. Ensembles 1121
27.1 The Canonical Ensemble 1122
27.2 Thermodynamic Functions in the Canonical
Ensemble 1128
27.3 The Dilute Gas in the Canonical Ensemble 1130
27.4 Classical Statistical Mechanics 1133
27.5 Thermodynamic Functions in the Classical Canonical
Ensemble 1141
27.6 The Classical Statistical Mechanics of Dense Gases and
Liquids 1147
Chapter 28 The Structure of Solids, Liquids, and Polymers 1153
28.1 The Structure of Solids 1154
28.2 Crystal Vibrations 1162
28.3 The Electronic Structure of Crystalline Solids 1171
28.4 Electrical Resistance in Solids 1179