Undergraduate Course: CP Symmetry and Structure (CHPH09001)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Chemistry |
College |
College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 09 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
10 |
| Home subject area |
Chemical Physics |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
The course consists of lectures in Structure and Bonding, and Symmetry and Structure. The course forms part of the prescribed third year curriculum for students on degrees in Chemical Physics. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Full Year, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-22 | 11:10 - 12:00 | | | | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-22 | | | 09:00 - 10:50 | | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-22 | | | 11:10 - 13:00 | | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-22 | 09:00 - 10:50 | | | | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-22 | | | | | 11:10 - 12:00 | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-22 | | | | 12:10 - 13:00 | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-22 | | | | | 16:10 - 17:00 | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-22 | | | | | 14:00 - 15:50 | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-22 | | | | | 09:00 - 10:50 |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| Additional information |
Lectures and tutorials as arranged. |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:
- Assign molecules to point groups and use symmetry properties to predict vibrational spectra and describe atomic and molecular orbitals
- Understand the basis of spectroscopic selection rules
- Predict the structure of the ground state, electronically excited states and the ionic states of small molecules using molecular orbital theory
- Use the Huckel Approximation to describe the electronic structure of large molecules, extend it to the band structure of solids and rationalise their electronic conductivity and spectroscopic properties. |
Assessment Information
| 1 exam of 1.5 h. |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Andrew Alexander
Tel: (0131 6)50 4741
Email: andrew.alexander@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Moira Wilson
Tel: (0131 6)50 4754
Email: Moira.Wilson@ed.ac.uk |
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