CHEM 4531 - Physical Chemistry 2 Instructor Package
Background:
This instructor package is the result of a course transformation of the Physical Chemistry 2 course, taught by me from spring 2007 to fall 2011. The course transformation was supported by my NSF CAREER Award (CHE-0845618) and included in particular the introduction of concept tests "clicker questions" into the course. Most of the materials of the course are available to instructors upon request. Please send me an email if you would like access to these materials (see email address on the right).
Available course materials are learning goals, clicker questions and homework sets. Below are also links to JAVA applets that I use in the course.
Disclaimer: Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Links to JAVA Applets:
- Blackbody Spectrum
http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/sims.php?sim=Blackbody_Spectrum - Photoelectric Effect
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/photoelectric - Quantum Wave Interference
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/quantum-wave-interference - Wave on a String
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/wave-on-a-string - Quantum Tunneling and Wave Packets
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/quantum-tunneling - Particle-in-a-Box
http://www.falstad.com/qm1d/
Suggestions for playing with the applet - Particle-in-a-Well
http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/sims.php?sim=Quantum_Bound_States - Spherical Harmonics
http://www.bpreid.com/poas.php - Radial Probability Density of the Electron in the H Atom
http://www.phy.davidson.edu/StuHome/cabell_f/Radial.html - Atomic Orbital Viewer
http://www.falstad.com/qmatom/ - Molecular Orbital Viewer
http://www.falstad.com/qmmo/ - Coupled Oscillations
http://www.falstad.com/coupled/ - Numerical solutions of 1D Schrödinger equation with arbitrary potential energy functions
http://fermi.la.asu.edu/ccli/applets/Schroedinger/index.html
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