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CHEM 4531: Physical Chemistry II

CHEM 4531: Physical Chemistry II. Fall 2011 J. M. Weber. Technicalities(1). Requirements: CHEM 4511 or 4411 PHYS 1120 or 2020 recommended: firm grasp of algebra, complex numbers, calculus, differential equations Class hours: MWF 09:00 am to 09:50 am

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CHEM 4531: Physical Chemistry II

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  1. CHEM 4531: Physical Chemistry II Fall 2011 J. M. Weber

  2. Technicalities(1) • Requirements: • CHEM 4511 or 4411 • PHYS 1120 or 2020 • recommended: firm grasp of algebra, complex numbers, calculus, differential equations • Class hours: • MWF 09:00 am to 09:50 am • Office Hours:M: 5 pm – 6 pmTF: 10:30 am – 11:30 am

  3. Technicalities(2) • Locations: • JILA tower A709 • phone 492-7841 • email weberjm@jila.colorado.edu • web site: http://jila.colorado.edu/weberlabs/course-CHEM4531.html • Exam schedule: • Two-hour exams: September 22, October 20, December 15-7 pm, locations TBA • Final Exam: date, time, and location TBA

  4. Technicalities(3) • Problem sets (homework): • usually handed out (i.e. posted on course web site) on Wednesdays, to be returned the following Wednesdays before class • homework will be graded by graduate student TA Mirvat Abdelhaq. • credits accumulated over the semester determine your homework performance grade. Everyone may drop one homework assignment without penalty. • Travel: Due to professional travel, there will be no lecture on Nov. 16. As the 2-hr exams are held outside of class hours, up to two more lectures may be cancelled.

  5. Technicalities(4) • Additional lectures (voluntary):Cover some material in more depth, review some math and physics, do some computer experiments to enhance learning. Some Thursdays 6 pm – 7 pm, will be announced. Location: EKLC E1B50 • Final grades: • homework performance: 40% • clicker questions (participation) 5% • average of the two-hour-exams: 30% • final exam: 25%

  6. Technicalities(5) • Textbooks:Required: Donald A. McQuarrie “ Physical Chemistry”Please note that reading material will be part of homework and relevant for exams.Optional: James R. Barrante “Applied Mathematics for Physical Chemistry” • Science Education ResearchHow do people learn quantum mechanics? Program funded by the National Science Foundation Graduate student researcher in charge: Callie Cole Your cooperation will help future generation of students I will not see individual results from your input, only class average

  7. Clicker Questions and PowerPoint Slides will be posted on the course web site! • Homework Assignments This Week • Read McQuarrie & Simon, Chapters 1, A, 2, B before Wednesday, August 31 • Problem Set 1: Mathematicsdue before class on Friday, August 26 • Problem Set 2 will be posted on Wednesday, August 24due before class on Wednesday, August 31 • Additional Lecture This Week: • A Refresher on Complex Numbers

  8. MASTERY OF THE KNOWN UNIVERSE (Graduate Course) From QM to Thermodynamics on a Molecular Level: Statistical Mechanics Spectroscopy Molecular Bonding Multielectron Atoms The QM Description of the H-Atom Vibrating Molecules: The QM Harmonic Oscillator Rotating Molecules: The QM Rigid Rotator Developing the Vocabulary of Quantum Mechanics: The Particle in a Box Where Classical Physics Fails …

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