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Atkins & de Paula: Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences

Part I (Chapters 1-5)

Databases

CODATA Key Values of Thermodynamics www.codata.org/resources/databases/key1.html
Compilation of internationally accepted values for the thermodynamic properties of key chemical substances, proposed by the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA).

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics www.hbcpnetbase.com
, Sections 3-8, and 12. Data may be accessed after purchasing a personal or institutional subscription.

F A C T Thermochemical Database www.crct.polymtl.ca/fact/fact.htm
Very useful database of thermochemical properties that also includes utilities for Gibbs energy minimization calculations.

Henry’s Law Constantswww.mpch-mainz.mpg.de/~sander/res/henry.html
Extensive compilation of Henry’s Law constants, including an online calculator for conversion between units.

NIST Chemistry WebBook webbook.nist.gov/chemistry
Contains databases of thermochemical properties of a large number of substances.

Thermodynamics of Enzyme-catalyzed Reactions xpdb.nist.gov/enzyme_thermodynamics/enzyme_thermodynamics_data.html
Extensive compilation of equilibrium constants for enzyme-catalyzed reactions. This is NIST Standard Reference Database 74.

Thermophysical Properties of Fluid Systems webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/fluid
This is a section of the NIST Chemistry WebBook: webbook.nist.gov/chemistry.

Media

Animations for Chemical Principles by Atkins & Jonesbcs.whfreeman.com/chemicalprinciples3e/pages/bcs-main.asp?v=category&s
A collection of animations that illustrate physical and chemical phenomena.

Tutorials

Gibbs Models www.public.iastate.edu/~jolls/homepage.html
A collection of drawings showing three-dimensional, parametric sections of thermodynamic functions for pure, binary, and ternary systems representing mixtures of ethylene, normal butane, and carbon dioxide in the fluid phases.