CHEM 3520 - Exam Information |
Spring 2011 |
Note below that the exam dates are tentative. The material coverage is also tentative, and should only serve as a partial guide. Additional material and chapters may be included on the exam. You are responsible for all material within a chapter, all of the material in the notes, and all material in class, unless told otherwise. Details provided in the classroom take precedence over this listing. |
EXAM 1 Friday, Feb. 11 - POSTPONED to Friday, Feb. 18 Times: 10:00-10:50 a.m. - Part 1 12:00-12:50 p.m. - Part 2
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Tentative material that could be on the exam includes: |
Chapter 8: What are some of the failures of classical physics? wave-particular duality de Broglie relation wavefunction Schrodinger equation Born interpretation probability density, probability amplitude spherical polar coordinates operator, eigenvalues, eigenfunction linear combination commutator expectation value What is/what is not an eigenfunction or eigenvalue? normalization of a wavefunction
Chapter 9 (through 2/7/11): translational motion particle in a box - infinite square well, boundary conditions, quantum numbers zero point energy energy levels
Did you understand the homework problems? |
Additional help is available in the CRC (Chemistry Resource Center) as well as in CCIL (computer lab). |