CHEM 33200
Spring 2023:
Physical Chemistry II
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The goal of this course is to provide an introduction to quantum mechanics and its applications to basic chemical problems.
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CLASS SCHEDULE
- 01/25: LECTURE 1 - Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation
01/30: LECTURE 2 - The Boltzmann Distribution
02/01: LECTURE 3 - Planck's Theory of Blackbody Radiation
02/06: LECTURE 4 - Photoelectric Effect, Specific Heats of Solids and the Bohr Atom
02/08: LECTURE 5 - Wave Mechanics and the Schrodinger Equation
02/15: LECTURE 6 - Quantum Mechanical Operators (this class will be held on Zoom)
02/21: REVIEW 1 (The review will be held on Zoom) - note that this is a Tuesday.
02/22: FIRST EXAM
02/27: LECTURE 7 - Applications of the Schrodinger Equation - Particle in a Box
03/01: LECTURE 8 - Applications of the Schrodinger Equation - Barrier Problems
03/06: REVIEW 2
03/08: SECOND EXAM
03/13: LECTURE 9 - The Harmonic Oscillator
03/15: LECTURE 10 - The Hydrogen Atom
03/20: LECTURE 11 - Angular momentum
03/22: LECTURE 12 - The Variation Method
03/29: LECTURE 13 - The Perturbation Method
04/03: REVIEW 3
04/17: THIRD EXAM
04/19: LECTURE 14 - Many Electron Atoms
04/24: LECTURE 15 - The Chemical Bond
04/26: LECTURE 16 - Polyatomic Molecules
05/01: LECTURE 17 - Hybridization
05/03: LECTURE 18 - Hückel Theory
05/08: LECTURE 19 - REVIEW 4
05/10: FOURTH EXAM
05/15: WRAP-UP
LECTURE NOTES
LECTURE 1
LECTURE 2
LECTURE 3
PRE-REQUISITES
CHEM 33000 (or ChE 22900 and ChE 33000); CHEM 25000 or MATH 213; PHYS 20800.