Fall 2006

 

Cumulative Schedule for Chemistry 311--Fall 2006

 


Note: Be sure to check this schedule each week for that week's homework assignment.

 
Week
Dates
Topics
Reading
Homework

1

L1, L2

08/29

08/31

Course Intorduction. Motivation for Quantum Mechanics.

Classical Waves.

Engel, Chap. 1,2

HW1

P. 1.2, P. 1.7, P. 1.10, P.1.14, P.1.15, P.1.21

Solutions

Due on Sept. 5

2

L3,L4

09/05

09/07

Schrodinger Equation. Eigenfunctions and Eigenvalues.

Postulates of Quantum Mechanics.

Engel, Chap. 2,3

HW2

P.2.7, P.2.11, P.2.15, P.2.17, P.2.21, P.2.24

Solutions

Due on Sept. 12

3

L5,L6

09/12

09/14

Free particle. Particle in 1-D box.

Particle in 2D and 3D box.

 Engel, Chap 4

HW3

P.4.2, P.4.5, P.4.8, P.4.11, P.4.19, P.4.21b

Solutions
Due on Sept. 19

4

L7,L8

09/19 09/21

Particle in finite box. Tunneling.

Tunneling in real world. Quantum dots.

Engel, Chap. 4,5

HW4

P.5.1, Problem on Tunneling -to be used with the web-based interactive simulation 5.2 found by logging in at http://wps.aw.com/wps/media/access/Pearson_Default/2231/2284769/login.html
Solutions

Due on Sept. 26

 5

L9, L10

09/26

09/28

Commutation relations. Uncertainty principle.

Harmonic oscillator (2D and 3D).

Engel, Chap 6,7

HW5

P6.6, P6.10, P6.15, P6.18, P7.4, P7.16, P7.18

Solutions

Due on Oct. 3

6

L11,L12

10/03

10/05

 

Rotational motion. Angular momentum. Spherical harmonics.

Engel, Chap. 7,8

HW6

P7.6, P7.24, P7.25, P7.26, P7.28, P7.29, P7.30 (but use l=3 instead of l=5)

Solutions

Due on Oct. 10

   

First Midterm exam will be handed out on Oct. 12. Due Oct. 19 in class

SOLUTIONS

   

7

L13,L14

10/10

10/12

Introduction to Spectroscopy. Vibration spectrsocopy. Selection rules.

IR absorption , rotational, rotational-vibrational, Raman spectroscopy

 

 
  Fall Break 10/17      

8

L15

 10/19

Hydrogen Atom

Engel, Chap. 9.1-9.3

HW7

P.9.3, P.9.7, P.9.13, P.9.17

Solutions

Due on Oct. 24

9

L16,L17

 10/24

10/26

 

Hydrogen. Atom orbitals. Radial distribution functions.

Many-Electron Atoms. Helium. Electron spin. Approximate methods. Hartree-Fock approach

Engel, Chap. 9.4-9.6

 

Chap. 10.1-10.5

HW8

Solutions

P.10.4, P.10.9, P.10.18a, P.10.22

Due on Oct. 31

 10

L18, L19

10/31

11/2

 

Quantum numbers. Atomic terms.

Atomic spectroscopy

Engel, Chap. 10.6-10.9

Engel, Chap. 11

HW9

P.11.5, P.11.10, P.12.1, P.12.6

Due on Nov. 9

Solutions

 

 

11

L20,L21

 


11/7

11/9

Chemical Bonding. Born-Oppenheimer approximation.

Hydrogen molecule.

Chemical bonding in diatomic molecules.

Engel, Chap. 12

Chap. 13.1-13.3


HW10

P.13.3, P.13.11, P.13.12, P.13.13

Due on Nov. 16

Solutions
   

Second Midterm exam will be handed out on Nov. 16. Due Nov. 21 in class

SOLUTIONS

    

12

L22,L23

11/14

11/16

 

Polyatomic molecules.

Hybridization.

Molecular orbitals diagrams.

Engel. Chap. 13.4-13.7
 
Engel Chap. 14.1-14.3  



13

L24

(No lecture

on 11/23 - Thanksgiving)

11/21

 

Chemical Bonding.

Welch Correlation Diagrams.

Engel Chap. 14.4-14.6

 

HW11

P.14.1, P.14.7, P.14.11. P.14.18
Due on Nov. 30

Solutions

 

14

L25,L26

11/28

11/30

Huckel Approximation

Electronic Spectroscopy

Molecular terms

Engel, Chap. 14.7-14.9

Chap. 15

HW12

P.17.4, P.17.11, P.17.16, P.17.17

Due on Dec. 7

Solutions

15

L27,L28

12/05

12/07

 Molecular symmetry. Point Groups. Representations.

Engel Chap. 17

  

Take-home Final Exam to be handed out at last class meeting on December 7

The exam must be returned before 5 PM on Wednesday, December 20

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