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Undergraduate Course: Chemical Physics 3S1 (CHPH09007)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Chemistry CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThe course consists of lectures in physical chemistry.
Topics to be covered include: Molecular and Electronic Structure, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, and Structure and Bonding. When taken in combination with Chemical Physics 3S2 (Semester 2), this course forms part of the prescribed third year curriculum for students on degrees in Chemical Physics. The course is comprised of lectures selected from the Chemistry 3A (CHEM09005) course.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Chemistry 2 (CHEM08019) AND Mathematics for Physics 1 (PHYS08035) AND Mathematics for Physics 2 (PHYS08036)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Students MUST NOT also be taking Chemistry 3A (CHEM09005)
Other requirements Direct entrants with Mathematics qualifications recognised as being equivalent to a pass in the Year 1 Mathematics for Physics courses are exempted from the formal passes in Year 1 Mathematics for Physics courses.
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 30, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 30, Online Activities 2, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1, Summative Assessment Hours 2.5, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 131 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 100 %, Coursework 0 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) One 2.5 h exam.
Feedback Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)2:30
Resit Exam Diet (August)2:30
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 and of experimental spectroscopic methods.
- Interpret the electronic behaviour of transition metal coordination compounds, and have a basic understanding of ESR spectroscopy.
- 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.
- Understand the principles of NMR spectroscopy, and undertake structural and stereochemical interpretation from 1D and 2D NMR spectra.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsCP3 S1
Contacts
Course organiserDr Andrew Alexander
Tel: (0131 6)50 4741
Email: andrew.alexander@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Moira Wilson
Tel: (0131 6)50 4754
Email: Moira.Wilson@ed.ac.uk
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