| Lecture | Suggested Reading | Suggested Problems | Supplementary Resources |
0 | Introduction | | | Structure of Physical Chemistry |
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1 | Probability and the Boltzmann Distribution | Chapter 29 | 29.1-29.6, 29.17, 29.24-29.27 | |
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2 | Kinetic Theory of Gases | Chapter 33 | 33.2-33.7, 33.9-33.15, 33.18-33.20, | Gas Kinetics |
| | | 34.23-33.27, 33.29-33.33 | |
3 | Classical Transport Phenomena | Chapter 34 | 34.1-34.5 | |
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4 | The Birth of Quantum Mechanics | Chapter 12 | 12.4-12.16, 12.19-12.22, 12.24-12.25 | |
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| EXAM 1 | | | |
5 | The Schr\o{}dinger Equation and | Chapters 13-14 | 13.10-13.28 | Postulates |
| the Birth of Quantum Mechanics | | | |
6 | The Particle in a Box | Chapters 15-16 | 15.2-15.5, 15.7-15.9, 15.11-15.12, | PIB.pdf |
| | | 15.15, 15.20, 15.25, 15.28, 15.29, | |
| | | 16.3-16.5 | |
7 | The Harmonic Oscillator | pp. 387-392 | 18.8, 18.11-18.17, 18.22-18.23 | |
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8 | The Rigid Rotor | pp. 382-392 | 18.20-18.22,18.25,18.30 | HCl spectrum |
| | pp. 416-421 | 19.14-19.18 | |
| Exam 2 | | | |
9 | Spectroscopy, Vibrations, and Rotations | Chapter 19 | 19.2, 19.13, 19.15-19.16 | WebMO |
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10 | The Hydrogen Atom | pp. 445-460 | 20.1-20.16, 20.19-20.21, 20.26, 20.30 | applet |
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11 | Many Electron Atoms | pp. 463-481 | Questions 21.1, 21.2, 21.4, 21.6, 21.7, | WebElements |
| | | 21.10, 21.11-21.15 | Herman-Skillman |
| | | Problems 21.2, 21.4, 21.8, 21.9, | aos.pdf |
12 | Quantum Mechanics of Chemical Bonding | pp. 517-541 | 23.1-23.5, 23.7-23.8, 23.10-23.13, | F2 MOs |
| | pp. 563-568 | 24.11, 24.13, 24.16-24.18 | |
13 | Computational Chemistry | pp. 603-645 | | H2 calculation |
| | | | H2 results |
| Exam 3 | | | |
14 | Electronic Spectroscopy | pp. 582-591 | Questions 25.7, 25.21 | |
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15 | Statistical Mechanics and the | pp. 743-760 | 30.1,30.5,30.6,30.8-30.13 | |
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16 | Molecular Partition Functions and the | pp. 765-792 | 31.1-31.5,31.10-31.14,31.22-31.26 | |
| Ideal Gas | pp. 797-815 | 32.2-32.3,32.11,32.12,32.19,32.22,32.23, | |
| | | 32.27,32.37 | |
17 | Reaction Thermodynamics and Equilibria | pp. 816-823 | 32.41, 32.42 | |
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18 | Chemical Kinetics | Chapter 35 | 35.28,35.29 | |
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| Final Exam | | | |