Various links and handouts that will help guide you through Chem344.
A refresher hour on Calculus can be found here.
A short course on Calculus for the physical sciences: Link is here.
Module Specific Handouts. Heading link
Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution (weeks 1-2):
Chapter 10 of Free Energy, on statistics and Maxwell-Boltzmann distributions.
Powerpoint on 3D integrals.
Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution: Probability distribution engineering.
Plank Distribution (week 3):
The class PowerPoint presentation on counting photon modes.
Chapter 11 of Free Energy, on the derivations we will cover in class.
Quantum Mechanics examples (weeks 4-8):
Chapters 12 and Chapter 13 of “Free Energy”
Uncertainty: Position and Momentum. A PowerPoint of the same.
A short introduction to quantum dots (particles in boxes!).
Particle in a Box: The Finite Box Problem.
Reflection: The Wall Barrier Problem. A short video on quantum waves hitting walls!
Tunneling: The Finite Barrier Problem. A short video on quantum particles tunneling through!
A handout on separability for a particle-in-a-round-box is here.
A video on HCl gas becoming vibrationally excited with IR light.
Slides for class on multidimensional wavefunctions.
Rotational Quantum (week 9):
Ch. 14 of “Free Energy”.
A video on solving the full 2D rigid rotor Hamiltonian is here.
A powerpoint with some spherical harmonics.
The Hydrogen Atom (week 10):
Download Chapter 15 here.
P and D orbitals.
A video on the excitation of the ground state of hydrogen to the 1st excited 2pz state! Another with polarization dependence!
A video on time evolving superposition states.
Anther video showing stimulated emission from an excited 2p state to the ground state. This is how lasers work.
Spectroscopy and Kinetics (finale of the course)
A video of water normal modes is here.
An example of a rotational, vibrational, and Raman spectrum.
