Chemistry 483 Lecture Topics Fall 2009

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1 Chemistry 483 Lecture Topics Fall 2009 Text PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A Molecular Approach McQuarrie and Simon A. Background (M&S,Chapter 1) Blackbody Radiation Photoelectric effect DeBroglie Wavelength Atomic spectra are not continuous (line spectra) Bohr model of the atom Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle B. Particle on a line (M&S, Chapter 3) and on the circumference of a circle (not in text) Model Classical expectations Time dependent Schrodinger equation Time independent Schrodinger equation Wavefunction Eigenvalue equation Hamiltonian operator Linear operator Solution to time independent Schrodinger equation Boundary conditions

• levels degeneracy wavefunctions orthogonality symmetry probability
• spectra huckel theory
• rotation-vibration spectroscopy
• electronic spectra
• energy levels
• principle