Introduction to Modern Chemistry (IQD 0191)

Lower-division Physical-Chemistry course intending to introduce the students to important concepts of Quantum Mechanics that are frequently used in Chemistry.

Program: Classical wave equation. Planck’s hypothesis and the photoelectric effect. Hydrogen atomic spectrum and Bohr’s atomic model. Wave-particle duality. Quantum states, operators and physical observables. Uncertainty relations. Schrödinger’s Equation. Free particle and tunneling. Particle in a box. Quantum harmonic oscillator. Rigid Rotor. Hydrogen Atom. Spin. Multielectron atoms.

Recommended textbooks:

• H. Moysés Nussenzveig, Curso de Física Básica 4: Ótica, Relatividade e Física Quântica, Editora Edgard Blücher, 1997.
• Donald A. McQuarrie e John D. Simon, Physical Chemistry: a molecular approach, University Science Books, 1997.
• Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton e Matthew Sands, The Feynman Lectures on Physics 3: Quantum Mechanics, Basic Books, 2010.

Lecture notes (Portuguese language)

• Lecture 01
• Lecture 02
• Lecture 03
• Lecture 04
• Lecture 05
• Lecture 06
• Lecture 07
• Lecture 08
• Supporting Lecture 01
• Lecture 09
• Lecture 10
• Lecture 11
• Lecture 12
• Lecture 13
• Supporting Lecture 02
• Lecture 14
• Lecture 15
• Lecture 16