Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy

A Guided Inquiry
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-7924-9072-9
Verlag: Kendall Hunt Publishing Company

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Paperback

Quantum Chemistry & Spectroscopy: A Guided Inquiry was developed to facilitate more student-centered classroom instruction of physical chemistry using Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL). The activities guide students through a wide variety of topics found in a typical undergraduate quantum physical chemistry course. The text introduces quantum phenomena, presents the postulates of quantum mechanics, and then applies these postulates to model problems of increasing sophistication – the particle-on-a-line (in one and two dimensions), the harmonic oscillator, the rigid rotor, and the hydrogen atom. The course fundamentals culminate with the electronic structure of multielectron atoms, term symbols, and Slater determinants. In addition, the text allows instructors to incorporate advanced topics in symmetry, mathematical structure of quantum theory, and spectroscopy to suit their course either interspersed with the fundamentals or at the end of the course. The guided inquiry activities pair well with a variety of physical chemistry texts and are appropriate for quantum first and thermodynamics first courses.

Kendall Hunt is excited to partner with The POGIL Project to publish materials in a variety of disciplines that are designed for use in active learning, student-centered classrooms.

POGIL is an acronym for Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning. Because POGIL is a student-centered instructional approach, in a typical POGIL classroom or laboratory, students work in small teams with the instructor acting as a facilitator. The student teams use specially designed activities that generally follow a learning cycle paradigm. These activities are designed to have three key characteristics: - They are designed for use with self-managed teams that employ the instructor as a facilitator of learning rather than a source of information.
- They guide students through an exploration to construct understanding.
- They use discipline content to facilitate the development of important process skills, including higher-level thinking and the ability to learn and to apply knowledge in new contexts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Physikalische Chemie Quantenchemie, Theoretische Chemie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Front Matter
- Introduction 1: Essential Classical Mechanics
- Introduction 2: Blackbody Radiation
- Introduction 3: Photoelectric Effect
- Introduction 4: Introduction to Spectroscopy
- Introduction 5: The Energies of Molecules
- Introduction 6: Bohr Model
- Fundamental 1: The Postulates of Quantum Mechanics
- Extension 1: Introduction to Operators and Eigenvalue Equations
- Fundamental 2: The Particle-on-a-Line Model
- Fundamental 3: The Language of Quantum Mechanics
- Extension 3.1: Hermitian Operators
- Extension 3.2: The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
- Fundamental 4: Molecular Translation
- Extension 4: Separation of Variables
- Spectroscopy 4: Population of Quantum States
- Fundamental 5: The Particle-on-a-Spring Model
- Extension 5.1: Two-Particle Systems
- Extension 5.2: Even and Odd Functions
- Fundamental 6: Molecular Vibration
- Spectroscopy 6.1: Vibrational Spectroscopy
- Spectroscopy 6.2: Vibrational Constants
- Fundamental 7: The Particle-on-a-Ring Model
- Fundamental 8: Molecular Rotation
- Spectroscopy 8.1: Rotational Spectroscopy
- Spectroscopy 8.2: Vibrational Rotational Spectroscopy
- Fundamental 9: The Hydrogen Atom
- Fundamental 10: Hydrogen Radial Functions
- Fundamental 11: Hydrogen Orbitals
- Fundamental 12: Multielectron Atoms
- Fundamental 13: Electron Configurations
- Fundamental 14: Electron Spin
- Extension 14: Slater Determinants
- Fundamental 15: Term Symbols
- Spectroscopy 15: Electronic Spectroscopy I: Atoms
- Fundamental 16: Born Oppenheimer Approximation
- Extension 16: Molecular Energy Integrals
- Fundamental 17: Linear Combinations of Atomic
- Fundamental 18: Diatomic Molecules
- Spectroscopy 18: Electronic Spectroscopy II: Molecules
- Extension 18: Huckel Theory
- Symmetry 1: Group Theory
- Symmetry 2: Symmetry Adapted Molecular Orbitals
- Extension Sy2: Ethylene Molecular
- Symmetry 3: The Symmetry of Vibrational Modes
- Appendix