Joseph Oakland Hirschfelder was an American physicist who participated in the Manhattan Project and in the creation of the nuclear bomb. Charles F. Curtiss is the author of The Molecular Theory of Gases and Liquids, published by Wiley.

• Chapter 1 Introduction and Background Information 1PART I EQUILIBRIUM PROPERTIES Chapter 2 Statistical Mechanics 79Chapter 3 The Equation of State of Gases at Low and Moderate Densities 131Chapter 4 The Equation of State of Dense Gases and Liquids 234Chapter 5 Vapor-Liquid Equilibria and Critical Phenomena 336Chapter 6 Quantum Theory and The Equation of State 392PART II NON-EQUILIBRIUM PROPERTIES Chapter 7 The Kinetic Theory od Dilute Gases 441Chapter 8 Transport Phenomena of Dilute Gases 514Chapter 9 The Transport Properties of Dense Gases and Liquids 611Chapter 10 Quantum Theory and Transport Phenomena 668Chapter 11 Hydrodynamic Applications of The Equation of Change 694PART III INTERMOLECULAR FORCESChapter 12 Electromagnetic Bases of Intermolecular Forces 835Chapter 13 The Theory of Intermolecular Forces 916Chapter 14 Quantum Mechanical Calculations of Intermolecular Forces 1050Appendix Tables 1109Symbols and Notations 1181Notes Added in Second Printing 1187Chemical Index 1217Author Index 1219Subject Index 1229

Joseph Oakland Hirschfelder was an American physicist who participated in the Manhattan Project and in the creation of the nuclear bomb. Charles F. Curtiss is the author of The Molecular Theory of Gases and Liquids, published by Wiley.

• Chapter 1 Introduction and Background Information 1PART I EQUILIBRIUM PROPERTIES Chapter 2 Statistical Mechanics 79Chapter 3 The Equation of State of Gases at Low and Moderate Densities 131Chapter 4 The Equation of State of Dense Gases and Liquids 234Chapter 5 Vapor-Liquid Equilibria and Critical Phenomena 336Chapter 6 Quantum Theory and The Equation of State 392PART II NON-EQUILIBRIUM PROPERTIES Chapter 7 The Kinetic Theory od Dilute Gases 441Chapter 8 Transport Phenomena of Dilute Gases 514Chapter 9 The Transport Properties of Dense Gases and Liquids 611Chapter 10 Quantum Theory and Transport Phenomena 668Chapter 11 Hydrodynamic Applications of The Equation of Change 694PART III INTERMOLECULAR FORCESChapter 12 Electromagnetic Bases of Intermolecular Forces 835Chapter 13 The Theory of Intermolecular Forces 916Chapter 14 Quantum Mechanical Calculations of Intermolecular Forces 1050Appendix Tables 1109Symbols and Notations 1181Notes Added in Second Printing 1187Chemical Index 1217Author Index 1219Subject Index 1229