Professors: A. W.
Castleman, Jr., 309 Chem Building, 865-7242
Mark Maroncelli, 408 Chem Building, 865-0898, mpm@chem.psu.edu
office hours: W 2:30-4:30 or e-mail for an appointment
Grader/TA: Peng
Liu, 335A Chem Building, pxl211@psu.edu
office hours: Tu 2:30-4:30
Messages:
| 12/13/04 | Final Exam: Tues. Dec. 14, 8:00-9:50 a.m. 117 Osmond |
| 11/2/04 | for fun: animated version of Tom Lehrer's elements www.privatehand.com/flash/elements.html |
| 10/22/04 | Wahl article on MOs of homonuclear diatomics: Wahl_MOs.pdf |
| Exam Dates: I Thurs. Sept. 30, II. Tues. Oct. 26th, III. Mon. Nov.22nd All midterm exams are 6:30-7:45 p.m., rooms to be announced. Final Exam: Tues. Dec. 14, 8:00-9:50 a.m. 117 Osmond |
Topics and Assignments:
| Date | Topic | Reading | Problems | Notes | Quiz |
| 8/31-9/3 | Recap of some Classical Ideas on Mechanics, Waves, & Light | B1.1 -B1.3 Schrodinger's_cat.pdf |
E:1-9, P:1-9, MC:1 | 1, 2, 3 | |
| 9/6-9/13 | Failures of Classical Mechanics; The Schrodinger Equation | B1.3(c) - B1.6 B1.7-1.9 |
E:12, 13, 16-26 P:12, 16-18, 21-29 MC2-10 |
4, 5,
6, 7 |
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| 9/15-9/22 | QM of Linear Motion | 9/15 B2.1-2.3 9/17 B2.4-2.6 |
9/15 P1-11 9/17 P12-27 |
8, 9, 10, 11 | Q1 |
| 9/22 | QM of Circular Motion | B3 | P1-10; MC 1-5 P11-18; MC 6-10 |
11, 12, | Q2 |
| 9/24-9/29 | The Hydrogen Atom | B4 | 13, 14, 15 | ||
| EXAM I -- Mon. Sept. 30th, 6:30-7:45 p.m. - coverage B1-B3 answer_key.pdf | |||||
| 10/3-10/13 | Multi-Electron Atoms | 10/3 B5.1-3 10/5 B5.4-5 10/7 B5.6-8 |
P:1-3 P: 4-9 P: 10-21 |
16, 17, 18 | Q3 "=4" |
| 10/13-25 | Diatomic Molecules | B6 | P: 1-16 MC: 1-6 |
19, 20, 21, 22 metal.pdf | Q4 |
| EXAM II -- Tues. Oct. 26th, 6:30-7:45 p.m. 10/26/04 - coverage B4-B6 answer_key.pdf | |||||
| 10/29-11/5 | Spectra of Atoms & Rotating Molecules | B8 | P 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 | 23, 24, 24a, 25 | Q5 |
| 11/8-11/10 | Vibrational Spectra | B9 | P 2, 6, 11,
14, 15, 19 E 2, 6, 10, 11, 14, 15, 19 |
26, 27, 28 | Q6 |
| 11/10-11/15 | Electronic Spectra | B10 | P 1-7 E 1 |
27, 28, 29, 29b | Q7 |
| EXAM III -- Mon. Nov. 22, 6:30-7:45 p.m. 10/26/04 - coverage B8-B10 answer_key.pdf | |||||
| 11/17- | Kinetics | 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 | Q8 | ||
| FINAL EXAM -- Tues. Dec. 14, 8:00-9:50 a.m. 117 Osmond | |||||
Notes: "E" = exercises embedded in the reading, "P"=problems, "MC"= multiple choice problems at the end of each section.
Useful Sites*:
| Atkins & de Paula text site | http://whfreeman.com/pchem7/ |
| visualization of orbitals | http://www.shef.ac.uk/chemistry/orbitron |
| info on elements & periodic table | http://www.webelements.com/ |
| NIST database | http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/ |
*Please let us know if you find useful sites to add to this list.
Page last updated: 12/13/2004