Spring Quarter 2007
Lecture: TuTh 1100-1220a SE2 1306
Disc: F 1200p-1250p BH 1420
Instructor: Prof. Robert M. Corn
Chemistry 249 is a graduate level course in Spectroscopy which is offered as part of the graduate analytical program of the Chemistry department. This course is meant to provide graduate students with the information required to (i) understand novel spectroscopic processes and (ii) set up novel spectroscopic experiments. Specifically, in this course students are introduced to the different physicochemical formalisms used to describe the interaction of matter with electromagnetic radiation. In addition, a portion of the class is devoted to one specific example -- the vibrational spectroscopy of water. This class is NOT just a survey of different spectroscopic methods, or a primer on how to analyze spectroscopic data to obtain chemical information.
The course will have a simple structure in which the semester will be divided into four key topic areas of spectroscopic measurement theory:
The four major topic areas have been further subdivided into the following course topics:
Each of the course topics will have an associated problem set. The problem sets will include the creation of spreadsheets and some figures -- so please get comfortable with excel and a graphing program like Igor Pro! Due dates for the problem sets will be announced; no problem sets will be accepted after the due date. Grading for the problem sets will be on an Acceptable/Unacceptable level; an unacceptable problem set can be converted to an Acceptable one by additional work as prescribed by the instructor on a case by case basis.
The course grade will be set completely by the problem sets. There are no midterm or final exams in this course. The grade will be based on the number of acceptable problem sets (Don't even THINK about not doing all of problem sets).
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P. W. Atkins and R. S. Friedman
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Gerhard Herzberg
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Authors: Leonard I. Schiff
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Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Edition Number: 4
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Edition Number: 4
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Authors: Francois Lorrain, Paul Lorrain, Dale R. Corson
ISBN: 0716735687
Format: Hardcover, 600pp
Pub. Date: October 2000
Publisher: W. H. Freeman Company
Edition Number: 1
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Authors: Paul Lorrain, Corson, Dale P. Corson
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ISBN: 0198501765
Format: Paperback, 448pp
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Edition Number: 3