CHEM 4531: Physical Chemistry II
Fall 2011
J. M. Weber
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• 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 pm
TF: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
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• 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 1
5-7 pm, locations TBA
– Final Exam: date, time, and location TBA
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• 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.
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• 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%
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• 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 Research
How 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
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: Mathematics
due before class on Friday, August 26
• Problem Set 2 will be posted on Wednesday, August 24
due before class on Wednesday, August 31
Additional Lecture This Week:
A Refresher on Complex Numbers
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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