161B

Spring 1999:Chemistry 161B

Physical Chemistry;

Instructor: J. V. Acrivos

I. Quantum Chemistry (QM Lectures)

One: Postulates of Quantum Mechanics.

Two: The H-Atom is discussed.

Three: The concept of energy is introduced.

Four: The Periodic Table is discussed.

Five: Many electron atoms are described.

Six: Periodic Table Examples.

Seven: Atomic and Molecular Wave Functions.

II. Group Theory (GT), Spectroscopy, (SP)

Four to Six: Principles of Spectroscopy using symmetry (IR, VIS, UV, X-Ray, ESR, NMR)

III. STATISTICAL MECHANICS (SM) AND CHEMICAL KINETICS (CK)

One to Two: Boltzmann and Gibbs approach to Partition Functions.

Five to eight: Principles of Chemical Kinetics.

IV. Structure Determination:

One to three: X-Ray Crystallography

Four: EXAFS