Syllabus
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Course Code: CHEM402 Course Name: Physical Chemistry-IV |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Quantum Mechanics-I Black-body radiation, Planck's radiation law, photoelectric effect, postulates of quantum mechanics, quantum mechanical operators, Role of operators in quantum mechanics, commutation relations, Hamiltonian operator, Hermitian operator, average value of square of Hermitian as a positive quantity. Schrödinger equation (basic idea), Determination of wave function & energy of a particle in one dimensional box. Introduction to Statistical Mechanics Need for statistical thermodynamics, thermodynamic probability, Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution statistics, Born oppenheimer approximation, partition function and its physical significance. Factorization of partition function. |
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| 2 | Spectroscopy Introduction: Electromagnetic radiation, regions of spectrum, basic features of spectroscopy, statement of Born-Oppenheimer Approximation, Degrees of freedom. Rotational Spectrum Selection rules, Energy levels of rigid rotator (semi-classical principles), rotational spectra of diatomic molecules, spectral intensity distribution using population distribution (MaxwellBoltzmann distribution), determination of bond length and isotopic effect. Vibrational spectrum Selection rules, Energy levels of simple harmonic oscillator, pure vibrational spectrum of diatomic molecules, determination of force constant and qualitative relation of force constant and bond energy, idea of vibrational frequencies of different functional groups. Raman Spectrum Concept of polarizability, pure rotational and pure vibrational Raman spectra of diatomic molecules, selection rules, Quantum theory of Raman spectra. Give more stress on numerical problems of all spectroscopy. |
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