Includes bibliographical references and index.

The description of physicochemical systems -- The first law of thermodynamics -- The second law of thermodynamics -- Changes of state -- Solutions and phase equilibria -- Thermodynamics and chemical equilibrium -- The kinetic theory -- Chemical kinetics -- Electrochemistry: conductance and ionic reactions -- Electrochemical cells -- Atomic structure and radioactivity -- Particles and waves -- The chemical bond -- Molecular structure and molecular spectra -- Chemical statistics -- The solid state -- The liquid state -- Physical chemistry of surfaces -- High polymers -- Nuclear chemistry and physics -- Photochemistry and radiation chemistry.