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Fundamentals of Quantum Chemistry

Authors: James E. House Publisher: Elsevier Science Publication date: 2003 Publication language: Angielski Number of pages: 291 Publication formats: EAN: 9780080507040 ISBN: 9780080507040 Category: Agriculture & farming Publisher's index: B978-0-12-356771-0.X5016-8 Bibliographic note: James E. House is Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at Illinois State University, where he taught for 32 years. His teaching included a wide range of courses in general chemistry, inorganic chemistry, chemical kinetics, and special topics courses in solid state, nuclear, and descriptive chemistry. He also served as Visiting Professor of Chemistry and Advanced Studies at the University of Illinois in 1991 and Visiting Professor at Illinois Wesleyan University in 1997 and 2002. His research led to 135 publications in professional journals, many of them dealing with kinetics of reactions in solids. House was also active in the Illinois Academy of Sciences. He served as its President in 1976 and as Editor of the Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Sciences for five years and is an elected Fellow of the Academy. He is included in American Men and Women of Science, Who’s Who in Technology, and Outstanding Educators of America (1972). In recent years, House has become interested in airguns, which led to his book American Air Rifles (Krause, 2001). He is on the editorial boards of two magazines in that field and writes for several others.

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An introduction to the principles of quantum mechanics needed in physical chemistry. Mathematical tools are presented and developed as needed and only basic calculus, chemistry, and physics is assumed. Applications include atomic and molecular structure, spectroscopy, alpha decay, tunneling, and superconductivity. New edition includes sections on perturbation theory, orbital symmetry of diatomic molecules, the Huckel MO method and Woodward/Hoffman rules as well as a new chapter on SCF and Hartree-Fock methods.

* This revised text clearly presents basic quantum mechanics for students in chemistry
* Separate sections treat needed mathematical techniques. Presents complete mathematical details of derivations.
* Contains applications of quantum mechanics to a broad range of problems in spectroscopy and molecular structure

New in this Edition:
* A new chapter on molecular orbital calculations (extended Hückel and self-consistent field)
* A significant number of additional figures and improvements to existing figures
* New exercises, plus answers for selected problems
* Now includes the photoelectric effect, the perturbation treatment of the helium atom, orbital symmetry and chemical reactions, and molecular term symbols
* Careful and extensive edits throughout the text improve clarity and correct minor errors

Author's affiliation

James E. House: Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL