This is the first of a two semeseter undergraduate physical chemistry course.
Download a pdf of this syllabus.
Syllabus Lecture Video,
Slides
Instructor: Philip Grandinetti
Instructor Office Hours: by appointment
Instructor Office: 0044A McPherson Lab
Secret Underground Laboratory: 0048 McPherson Lab
Chapter 1: Forces, Energy and Equations of Motion | Text | Slides |
Chapter 2: Probability Distributions | Text | Slides |
Chapter 3: Kinetic Theory of Gases | Text | Slides |
Chapter 4: Classical Mechanics of Rotational Motion | Text | Slides |
Chapter 5: Classical Mechanics of Vibrational Motion | Text | Slides |
Chapter 6: Equipartition of Energy | Text | Slides |
Chapter 7: Electrostatics | Text | Slides |
Chapter 8: Wave Motion | Text | Slides |
Chapter 9: Electrodynamics | Text | Slides |
Chapter 10: Wave Particle Duality | Text | Slides |
Chapter 11: Wave Mechanics | Text | Slides |
Chapter 12: Free Particle and Tunneling | Text | Slides |
Chapter 13: Quantum Mechanics of Vibrational Motion | Text | Slides |
Chapter 14: Radiating Dipoles in Quantum Mechanics | Text | Slides |
Chapter 15: Time Independent Perturbation Theory | Text | Slides |
Chapter 16: Quantum Particle in Three Dimensions | Text | Slides |
Chapter 17: Quantum Mechanics of Rotational Motion | Text | Slides |
Chapter 18: The Hydrogen Atom | Text | Slides |
Chapter 19: Magnetism, Angular Momentum, and Spin | Text | Slides |
Chapter 20: Identical Particles in Quantum Mechanics | Text | Slides |
Chapter 21: Multi-electron Atoms | Text | Slides |
Chapter 22: Diatomic Molecules | Text | Slides |
Kinetics | Slides |
Course Schedule and Assignments
Date | Day | Class # | Sections Covered | Lectures |
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Jan 12 | Tues | 1 | Sections 1.1-1.5 | Syllabus Lecture Video, Video 1-1, Video 1-2 |
Jan 14 | Thurs | 2 | Sections 1.6-1.8, 2.1 | Video 1-3, Video 1-4, Video 1-5, Video 2 |
Jan 19 | Tues | 3 | Sections 3.1, 3.2 | Video 3-1, Video 3-2, Video 3-3, Video 3-4 |
Jan 21 | Thurs | 4 | Sections 4.1-4.3.6 | Video 4-1, Video 4-2, Video 4-3, Video 4-4 |
Jan 26 | Tues | 5 | Sections 4.3.7-4.3.8, 5.1, 5.2 | Video 4-5, Video 5-1, Video 5-2 |
Jan 28 | Thurs | 6 | Sections 5.4 | Video 5-3, Video 5-4, Video 5-5, |
Feb 2 | Tues | 7 | Sections 5.5, 6.1-6.3 | Video 5-6 Video 5-7, Video 6 |
Feb 4 | Thurs | 8 | Sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 | Video 7-1, Video 7-2 |
Feb 9 | Tues | 9 | Sections 8.1-8.4 | Video 8-1, Video 8-2, Video 8-3 |
Feb 11 | Thurs | 10 | Sections 8.5-8.6 | Video 8-4, Video 8-5 |
Feb 16 | Tues | 11 | Sections 8.7 | Video 8-6, Video 8-7, Video 8-8, Video 8-9 |
Feb 18 | Thurs | 12 | Section 8.8 | Video 8-10, Video 8-11, |
Feb 25 | Thurs | 13 | Sections 9.1-9.5, | Video 9-1, Video 9-2, Video 9-3, Video 9-4, |
Mar 2 | Tues | 14 | Sections 10.1-10.6 | Video 10-1, Video 10-2, Video 10-3 |
Mar 4 | Thurs | 15 | Sections 10.7, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5 | Video 10-4, Video 11-1, Video 11-2 |
Mar 9 | Tues | 16 | Sections 11.6, 11.7, 11.8, 11.9 | Video 11-3 Video 11-4 Video 11-5 Video 11-6 |
Mar 11 | Thurs | 17 | Sections 12.1-12.3 | Video 12-1, Video 12-2 |
Mar 16 | Tues | 18 | Sections 13.1, 13.2, 13.3 | Video 13-1, Video 13-2 |
Mar 18 | Thurs | 19 | Sections 14.1-14.4, 15.1 | Video 14-1, Video 14-2, Video-15 |
Mar 23 | Tues | 20 | Sections 16.1, 16.2 | Video 16-1, Video 16-2 |
Mar 25 | Thurs | 21 | Sections 17.1-17.7 | Video 17-1, Video 17-2 |
Mar 30 | Tues | 22 | Sections 18.1-18.7 | Video 18 |
Apr 6 | Tues | 23 | Sections 19.1-19.4 | Video 19-1, Video 19-2, Video 19-3 |
Apr 8 | Thurs | 24 | Sections 19.5-19.8, 20.1, 20.2 | Video 19-4, Video 19-5 Video 20 |
Apr 13 | Tues | 25 | Sections 21.1-21.6 | Video 21-1, Video 21-2, Video 21-3 |
Apr 15 | Thurs | 26 | Sections 22.1-22.2 | Video 22-1 |
Apr 20 | Tues | 27 | Kinetics-1 | |
Apr 22 | Thurs | 28 | Kinetics-2 |