CHE 351 Physical Chemistry I
An introduction to quantum mechanics through the study of exactly soluble
models of chemical significance is followed by a statistical mechanical
development of chemical thermodynamics. Topics include the postulates of
quantum mechanics, the Schrodinger equation, the Heisenberg uncertainty
principle, equations of state, partition functions, laws of
thermodynamics, and the thermodynamics of ideal and non-ideal solutions.
The laboratory applies concepts studied in lecture and emphasizes
laboratory report writing skills. Three lectures and one laboratory each
week. This course is offered in the fall semester.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 231, Physics 112 or 113, Mathematics 112.
Credits: 1
