Chemistry 158a:   Physical Chemistry

    Quantum Chemistry and Statistical Mechanics

        Fall, 2007                                                                              (last update: 12/14/07)

                                        Q&A Session:  Thurs., 8:30 - 9:30 pm,  SN 111

       Announcements:  Last Problem Set Solutions Available

                                          Exam 2 Grade Distribution

                                   Review Sheets Available; Q&A Session Tuesday 10-1 in SN 111

        Instructor:    Professor Fred J. Grieman  (Seaver N 112; x18450)

       Graders:   Anna Mebust  &  Sneha Vakamudi

           Schedule:  MWF 10-11; Seaver N 111

Lectures Homework Solutions Handouts Syllabus
Problem Sets Projects Interesting Links Exams

 

         Syllabus (Word file) with lecture schedule, reading assignments,

                                                   and problem assignments

        Lectures (Powerpoint or Overhead {PDF})  [Powerpoint reader]

            Lec3; Lec4; Lec8Diagram; Lec9Sphpolarangmom; Lec1-10Sum; Lec11(L+L-);

           Lec 12; Lec13;  Lec13-90%r; Lec14;  Lec15VariationTheory; Lec 16;

           Lec17SpinPost; Lec18; Lec19; Lec20AtomicTerms; Lec21; Lec22VBtheory

           Lec23homoMO's; Lec24heteroMO's; Lec25Molec.q.states&spec; Lec27Ro-vibspec

           Lec28specanalysis; LEC29elecspec; Lec30NMR;  Lec32hybrid; CH4PES

           Lec34Polyatspec; Lec37Statmech; Lec38Part1; Lec38Part2

           Lec39Semesterreview&testtopics

        Homework Solutions (PDF files)

             Mathproblems; MathA-9; Set1; Set2; Set3(h.o.1); Set4(h.o.2);

           Set5(h.o.3); Set6(h.o.4); Set7(h.o.5); set8(h.o.6); set9(h.o.7)

        Handouts (PDF files)

             #1 Blackbody; #2Bohr Atom; #3Uncertainty & MVT; BraKet&Th.II; #4Barriers; 

          #5h.o.raising/lowering; Hermite&HOrecursion; TheoremIII; Radialeqsolution;

          VariationThryPrf; AtomicTermSymbols; SlaterDet; test2topics; CramersRule&H2+;

            MolecularTermSymbols; CentrifugalDist; DissocEnergy; NMR; Statmech

            Review Sheets:  R1; R2; R3; R4; R5; R6; R7; R8; R9; R10; R11; R12

         Problem Set Handouts

             #1; #1 supplement; #2; #3; #4; #5; #6; #7; #7 supplement

      Exams

          Test12006; BlankExam12007; Exam12007key; Exam12007gradescale

          Test22006; BlankExam22007; Exam22007key; Exam22007gradescale

        Projects

            Project1; PESofatoms; Project1presentation(PDF);

           Project1presentation(PPT); NISTdiatommolspec

            Project 2; HClSpectrum; HClpeaks; ncssstats

    Interesting Links

     Webelementsperiodictable           Webelementsisotopes

       NISTChemistrywebbook        PhysicalChemistrytextwebsite

                    MagneticResonanceTable

       WaveOptics2Slit                      QuantumPhysics2 Slit         

       QuantumPhysics                         MolsciUCLA 

         

Chem.Dept.Home        FredGriemanResearch                    Go to top