Unit · year 3
CU-301 · Quantum Chemistry
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The Schrodinger equation applied to atoms and molecules.
Results in this unit
T-070
The particle in a box
Quantised energies as a consequence of confinement.
T-071
The hydrogen atom
Atomic orbitals as exact solutions of the Schrodinger equation.
T-072
The variational principle
An upper bound on the ground-state energy.
T-073
Huckel theory
pi-electron energies of conjugated molecules.
T-074
The Born-Oppenheimer approximation
Separating slow nuclei from fast electrons.
T-075
LCAO molecular orbitals
Building molecular orbitals from atomic ones.