Francesco AMBROSIO | PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY I

cod. 0512400003

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY I

	0512400003
	DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY "ADOLFO ZAMBELLI"
	EQF6
	CHEMISTRY
	2023/2024

PERCORSO SHARED STUDY PATHWAY Cohort 2022/2023

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 2
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
	SPRING SEMESTER

TEACHING UNITS

SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
CHIM/02	7	56	LESSONS	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS
CHIM/02	4	48	EXERCISES	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS
CHIM/02	1	12	LAB	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS

PROFESSORS

	ANDREA PELUSO T Curriculum
	ALESSANDRO LANDI Curriculum
	FRANCESCO AMBROSIO Curriculum

	Objectives
	LEARNING OBJECTIVES: STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO ACHIEVE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE BASIC LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS, QUANTUM MECHANICS AND ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY, USEFUL FOR MANAGING THE CHEMICOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF PURE SPECIES. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: THE MAIN ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE WILL BE: •THE PRINCIPLES OF THERMODYNAMICS, ENERGY BALANCES AND EQUILIBRIUM CRITERIA, REAL AND IDEAL GAS, PHASE TRANSITIONS. •FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF QUANTUM MECHANICS, WAVE-PARTICLE DUALITY, UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE, QUANTUM STATES, OPERATORS AND OBSERVABLES, ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF ATOMS, TWO STATE SYSTEMS, CHEMICAL BOND. •ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: THE MAIN AQUIRED CAPABILITIES WILL BE: •THERMODYNAMICS CALCULATIONS CONCERNING THERMOCHEMISTRY, SPONTANEOUS EVOLUTION, AND PHASE TRANSITIONS; •CALCULATION OF ENERGY AND WAVEFUNCTION OF ATOMS AND BIATOMIC MOLECULES • ABILITY TO MANAGE SPECTRAL DATA; • ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE IN TECHNICAL LANGUAGE.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO ACHIEVE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE BASIC LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS, QUANTUM MECHANICS AND ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY, USEFUL FOR MANAGING THE CHEMICOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF PURE SPECIES.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
THE MAIN ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE WILL BE:
•THE PRINCIPLES OF THERMODYNAMICS, ENERGY BALANCES AND EQUILIBRIUM CRITERIA, REAL AND IDEAL GAS, PHASE TRANSITIONS.
•FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF QUANTUM MECHANICS, WAVE-PARTICLE DUALITY, UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE, QUANTUM STATES, OPERATORS AND OBSERVABLES, ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF ATOMS, TWO STATE SYSTEMS, CHEMICAL BOND.
•ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
THE MAIN AQUIRED CAPABILITIES WILL BE:
•THERMODYNAMICS CALCULATIONS CONCERNING THERMOCHEMISTRY, SPONTANEOUS EVOLUTION, AND PHASE TRANSITIONS;
•CALCULATION OF ENERGY AND WAVEFUNCTION OF ATOMS AND BIATOMIC MOLECULES
• ABILITY TO MANAGE SPECTRAL DATA;
• ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE IN TECHNICAL LANGUAGE.

	Prerequisites
	BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF CLASSICAL MECHANICS, ELECTROMAGNETISM, AND CALCULUS.

	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).

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

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.

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

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Francesco AMBROSIO | PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY I