Ch 361: Physical Chemistry I
Texts for Fall 2021:
(1) Quantum Chemistry (2nd edition only) by D.A. McQuarrie. See http://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Chemistry-Donald-A-McQuarrie/dp/1891389505 and http://www.uscibooks.com/mcqqc2.htm .
(2) Quantum States of Atoms and Molecules (online, free) by Hanson et al. See https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry_Textbook_Maps/Book%3A_Quantum_States_of_Atoms_and_Molecules_(Zielinksi_et_al)
Required for all chemical engineering majors, this is a course in quantum mechanics and molecular spectroscopy, taken during the junior year. Students are simultaneously taking a laboratory course in instrumental analysis and a lecture course in probability and statistics.
A sequence of applied projects gives students a firm grounding in the methods, language, logistics, and algorithmic approaches involved in the use of quantum mechanics to predict molecular structures, spectra, and properties and analyze the results critically. A brief introduction to statistical mechanics is also included.
The course is sometimes chosen as an elective by students in other engineering majors who have a strong interest in quantum mechanics (especially EE and BSE majors).