ENGLISH

Quantum mechanics for chemists

By HAYWARD

Book information

Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry
Year
1900
ISBN
9780854046072, 0854046070
Open Library ID
OL8285885M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
59 MB (62311145 bytes)
Series
Tutorial chemistry texts 14
Edition
1
Pages
196\196
Time added
2009-08-06 05:14:26

Description

Designed to provide chemistry undergraduates with a basic understanding of the principles of quantum mechanics, this text assumes some knowledge of chemical bonding and a familiarity with the qualitative aspects of molecular orbitals in molecules such as butadiene and benzene. Thus it is intended to follow a basic course in organic and/or inorganic chemistry. The approach is rather different from that adopted in most books on quantum chemistry in that the Schrodinger wave equation is introduced at a fairly late stage, after students have become familiar with the application of de Broglie-type wavefunctions to free particles and particles in a box. Likewise, the Hamiltonian operator and the concept of eigenfunctions and eigenvalues are not introduced until the last two chapters of the book, where approximate solutions to the wave equation for many-electron atoms and molecules are discussed. In this way, students receive a gradual introduction to the basic concepts of quantum mechanics.

Similar books