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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY I

Andrea PELUSO PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY I

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DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY "ADOLFO ZAMBELLI"
EQF6
CHEMISTRY
2024/2025

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2023
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
756LESSONS
448EXERCISES
112LAB
ANDREA PELUSO T Curriculum
ALESSANDRO LANDI Curriculum
CONSIGLIA TEDESCO Curriculum
AMEDEO CAPOBIANCO Curriculum
ExamDate
CHIMICA FISICA I22/01/2025 - 10:00
CHIMICA FISICA I22/01/2025 - 10:00
CHIMICA FISICA I21/02/2025 - 10:00
CHIMICA FISICA I21/02/2025 - 10:00
Objectives
GENERAL OBJECTIVE THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE FUNDAMENTAL LAWS THAT GOVERN CHEMISTRY: THERMODYNAMICS AND QUANTUM MECHANICS. THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE THAT WILL ALLOW HIM TO UNDERSTAND THE RULES OF VALENCE AND CHEMICAL STRUCTURE, AS WELL AS THE MAIN RULES OF RADIATION-MATTER INTERACTION AND SPECTROSCOPY.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE COURSE WILL ALLOW THE STUDENT TO:
- UNDERSTAND ENERGY TRANSFERS IN CHEMICAL REACTIONS;
- DETERMINE THE SPONTANEITY OF THE MOST COMMON CHEMICAL REACTIONS;
- ESTABLISH THE STABILITY OF A PHASE AS A FUNCTION OF THERMODYNAMIC VARIABLES;
- KNOW THE DIFFERENT QUANTUM STATES OF ATOMS AND MOLECULES;
- UNDERSTAND THE RULES OF VALENCE;
- UNDERSTAND THE RULES OF RADIATION-MATTER INTERACTION;
- KNOW THE DIFFERENT ELECTRONIC AND NUCLEAR SPECTROSCOPY TECHNIQUES.
ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- EVALUATE HEAT OF REACTIONS;
- INTERPRET ATOMIC SPECTRA;
- RESOLVE THE MOLECULAR STRUCTURE FROM SPECTROSCOPIC DATA;
- USE COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY PROGRAMS TO DETERMINE MOLECULAR CHEMICAL-PHYSICAL QUANTITIES SUCH AS BOND FORCES, DIPOLE MOMENTS, MOLECULAR STRUCTURE, ETC.
AUTONOMY OF JUDGEMENT
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- DETERMINE THE BEST CONDITIONS FOR A CHEMICAL REACTION;
- CRITICALLY EVALUATE THE RESULTS OF A MEASUREMENT;
- UNDERSTAND COMPLEX SCIENTIFIC TEXTS AND EXTRAPOLATE THE RESULTS.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- COMMUNICATE, THROUGH TEXTS OR VIRTUAL TOOLS, THE RESULTS OF RESEARCH AND OWN PROCESSING.
LEARNING ABILITY
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- USE TRADITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC TOOLS AND IT ANALYSIS AND ARCHIVING RESOURCES TO DETERMINE MOLECULAR PROPERTIES;
- UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET COMPLEX SCIENTIFIC TEXTS;
- PROCEED WITH THE CONTINUOUS UPDATING OF ONE'S KNOWLEDGE, USING TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE
Prerequisites
BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF CLASSICAL MECHANICS, ELECTROMAGNETISM, AND CALCULUS. PROPEUDICITY: CHIMICA GENERALE ED INORGANICA, ISTITUZIONI DI MATEMATICHE.
Contents
THERMODYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; HEAT AND WORK; I AND II PRINCIPLES OF THERMODYNAMICS; THERMAL MACHINES; CLAUSIUS INEQUALITY; ENTROPY; AUXILIARY FUNCTIONS; PHASE TRANSITIONS. (16 HR FRONTAL 8 HR TUTORIAL, 6 LAB) THE BLACK BODY RADIATION; PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT; FRANCK-HERTZ EXPERIMENT; COMPTON EFFECT; BOHR’S HYDROGEN ATOM; DE BROGLIE HYPOTHESIS. (6 HR FRONTAL 4 HR TUTORIAL). PROBABILITY AMPLITUDES; THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE; IDENTICAL PARTICLES; FERMI AND BOSE PARTICLES (8 HR FRONTAL 4 HR TUTORIAL). THE PRINCIPLES OF QUANTUM MECHANICS; MATRIX REPRESENTATION; THE HAMILTONIAN MATRIX; TWO STATE SYSTEMS; RESONANCE; THE CHEMICAL BOND; THE WAVE FUNCTION (8 HR FRONTAL 6 HR TUTORIAL). TIME INDEPENDENT SCHROEDINGER EQUATION. PARTICLE IN A RIGID BOX, PARTICLE IN A RING; THE HARMONIC OSCILLATOR (8HR TUTORIAL). ANGULAR MOMENTUM; STERN-GERLACH EXPERIENCE; HYDROGEN ATOM (8 HR FRONTAL ). MULTIELECTRON ATOMS; ATOMIC TERMS; DIATOMIC MOLECULES (6 HR FRONTAL 6TUTORIALS).; INTRODUCTION TO SPECTROSCOPY; ONE PHOTON SELECTION RULES; ROTATIONAL, ROVIBRATIONAL AND ELECTRONIC SPECTRA (6 HR FRONTAL 24 HR LAB).
Teaching Methods
TEACHING INCLUDES LECTURES FOR A TOTAL OF 56 HOURS (7 CREDITS), NUMERICAL EXERCISES FOR 36 HOURS (3 CREDITS) AND LABORATORY FOR A TOTAL OF 24 HOURS (2 CREDIT).
THE CLASSROOM ATTENDANCE RATE IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED AND THAT OF LABORATORY EXERCISES IS MANDATORY. TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS TO THE FINAL EXAM, STUDENTS MUST HAVE ATTENDED AT LEAST 70% OF THE EXPECTED LABORATORY HOURS.
THE ATTENDANCE VERIFICATION MODE IS ANNOUNCED BY THE TEACHER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE COURSE
Verification of learning
THE EXAM CONSISTS OF TWO PARTS: A WRITTEN TEST AND AN ORAL EXAM. ACCESS TO WRITTEN TEST IS ALLOWED ONLY AFTER DELIVERING WRITTEN REPORTS OF THE LAB WORKS. THE WRITTEN TEST (DURATION 90 MIN) CONSISTS OF THREE NUMERICAL EXERCISES ON SUBJECTS CONCERNING THE ENERGY LEVEL OF CONFINED PARTICLES, OF ATOMS, AND OF MOLECULES, THE TWO STATE MODEL (RESONANCE), AND INTERPRETATION AND HANDLING OF SPECTROSCOPIC SIGNALS OF ATOMS AND MOLECULES.
DURING THE COURSE, THREE WRITTEN TESTS ARE SCHEDULED WITH MONTHLY CADENCE. PASSING THESE TESTS, WITH A MINIMUM AVERAGE EVALUATION OF 16, ALLOWS THE EXEMPTION FROM THE WRITTEN TEST.
THE UNIQUE WRITTEN TEST TAKES PLACE BEFORE THE ORAL TEST AND IS CONSIDERED PASSED BY ACHIEVING THE MINIMUM SCORE (18/30). THE ORAL TEST CONSISTS OF AN INTERVIEW WITH QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION ON THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL CONTENTS LISTED IN THE TEACHING PROGRAM AND IS DESIGNED TO ENSURE THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL UNDERSTANDING REACHED BY THE STUDENT, AS WELL AS TESTING THE EXPOSURE CAPACITY BY USING THE APPROPRIATE TERMINOLOGY. THE MINIMUM SCORE IS GUARANTEED
BY KNOWLEDGE OF THE FOLLOWING ARGUMENTS: MEASUREMENTS IN QUANTUM MECHANICS, HYDROGEN ATOM, ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF BIATOMIC MOLECULES, VIBRATIONAL AND ROTATIONAL SPECTRA. THE MAXIMUM SCORE IS ACHIEVED WHEN THE STUDENT IS ABLE TO DISCUSS ALL THE PROPOSED ARGUMENTS. EXCELLENCE REQUIRE A MINIMUM SCORE OF 27/30 AT THE WRITTEN PART.
Texts
MC QUARRIE SIMON, CHIMICA FISICA UN APPROCCIO MOLECOLARE; ZANICHELLI
FRENCH, TAYLOR, AN INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM PHYSICS, MIT PRESS 1985
FURTHER INSIGHTS:
BARROW G.M. INTRODUCTION TO MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY, MCGRAW-HILL;
LEVINE I.N. QUANTUM CHEMISTRY. ALLYN AND BACON
More Information
TEACHING IS ENTIRELY DONE ON BLACKBOARD TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO FOLLOW IT MORE CLOSELY; LECTURE NOTES ARE AVAILABLE FOR SPECIFIC TOPICS.
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