.Previous ed.: 2006

Includes Internet access code inside front cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Basic principles -- States of matter -- Thermodynamics -- Determination of the physical properties of molecules -- Equilibrium phenomena -- Nonelectrolytes -- Solutions of electrolytes -- Ionic equilibria -- Electromotive force and oxidation-reduction -- Buffered and isotonic solutions -- Solubility and distribution phenomena -- Complexation and protein binding -- Kinetic phenomena -- Diffusion -- Drug release and dissolution -- Biopharmaceutics -- Chemical kinetics and stability -- Dispersed systems -- Interfacial phenomena -- Colloids -- Coarse dispersions -- Drug delivery -- Micromeritics -- Rheology -- Biomaterials -- Drug delivery systems.