Week/ Subject/ Chapter (From Atkins and DePaula, “Physical Chemistry”, vol. 2)
· 1/5. Introduction. Principles of Quantum Mechanics/ Ch. 1
· 1/12. Principles of Quantum Mechanics. Applications / Ch. 2
· 1/19. Applications (cont.)/ Ch. 2
· 1/26. Atomic structure and spectra /Ch. 3
· 2/2. Atomic structure and spectra (cont.)/Ch. 3
· 2/9. Atomic structure and spectra (cont.). Molecular electronic structure /Ch. 4
· 2/17. Molecular electronic structure (cont.)/Ch. 4
· 2/22. Molecular structure (cont.). Introduction to molecular symmetry /Chs. 4, 5
· 3/2. Rotational and vibrational spectroscopy / Ch. 6
· 3/9. Spring break.
· 3/16. Rotational and vibrational spectroscopy (cont.) / Ch. 6
· 3/23. Electronic spectroscopy / Ch. 7
· 3/30. Electronic spectroscopy (cont) / Ch. 7
· 4/6. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy / Ch. 8
· 4/13. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (cont.) Introduction to statistical thermodynamics/ Chs. 8 and 9
· 4/20. Applications of statistical thermodynamics / Ch. 10
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