Solids are an important part of our materials-intensive world and at the
foundation of many emerging technologies. This course focuses on the relationships
among structure, composition, and periodic properties; the characterization
of atomic and molecular arrangements in crystalline and amorphous solids
such as metals, minerals, ceramics, semiconductors and proteins; and applications
to the fields of electronics, optics, magnetics, catalysis, and energy generation
and storage. Laboratory work emphasizes the synthesis, purification and
characterization of inorganic compounds. Three class periods and one laboratory
period per week. Offered each fall.
Prerequisite: Chemistry 220 or Chemistry 230 or Geology 200 or Physics 210.
Course Syllabus
Chemical Hazard Evaluations
Hydrogen Atom Wave Functions
Download Radial Distribution and Angular Function Program:
Mac |
Windows |
Linux
Hydrogen Atom Orbital
Viewer by Paul Falstad. (On the mac this program works better using Safari
instead of Firefox.) Under menu/view, unselect energy.
When the colors look good you might also want to choose stopped in the window
so the phase does not keep changing. Note that you can drag the orbital to look
at it from different sides. There does not seem to be a print option so use screen
capture (mac command-shift 4 and then drag a box to capture) to collect images.
3-D Graphic Examples of Atomic Orbitals by Thomas Chasteen shows
electron probability density. Be sure to drag on the orbital picture.
Hydrogenic Orbitals by S. Immel has
atomic and hybrid orbitals. Be sure to drag on the orbital picture.
Pi molecular orbitals for nitrogen dioxide
Symmetry Resources by Dean Johnston
Crystal Structures
Organometallic Complexes
Space Groups
iORTEP Program
Bioinorganic Structures
Final project photographs
Last updated
November 20, 2011,
by George Lisensky