Advanced Physical Chemistry

Module code: NS4008

• Mutual reliance of theory, statistical methods and spectroscopy
• Schrödinger equation and the contributions to potential and kinetic energy
• Molecular orbit theory
• Symmetry of atomic and molecular wave funcations
• Hückel theory
• Classification of molecular motion
• Partition functions
• Interaction between light and matter
• Quantum mechanics, spectroscopic principles and statistical thermodynamics

Learning

• 33 hours of lectures
• 4 hours of tutorials 
• 113 hours of guided independent study

Assessment

• Exam, 2.5 hours (60%)
• Coursework (40%)