ENGLISH

Quantum mechanics for chemists

By HAYWARD

Book information

Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry
Year
1900
ISBN
0854046070
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
4 MB (3747738 bytes)
Series
Tutorial Chemistry Texts, 14
Edition
1
Pages
196\196
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
400
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

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.

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