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This book describes atomic orbitals at a level suitable for undergraduates in chemistry. The mathematical treatment is brought to life by many illustrations rendered from mathematical functions (no artists' impressions), including three-dimensional plots of angular functions, showing orbital phase, and contour plots of the wavefunctions that result from orbital hybridisation.Orbitals extends the key fundamental quantum properties to many-electron atoms, linear combinations of atomic orbitals, simple molecules, delocalised systems and atomic spectroscopy. By focusing on simple model systems, use of analogies and avoiding group theory the results are obtained from initial postulates without the need for sophisticated mathematics.

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Fundamentals; Orbitals in the Hydrogen Atom; Wave Functions in Multi-Electron Atoms; Orbitals in Molecules; Electronic Transitions and Selection Rules; Russell-Saunders Terms and Atomic Spectroscopy; Paramagnetism; Solutions to Exercises.

Orbitals: With Applications In Atomic Spectra

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    Publisher: Imperial College Press
    Publication Date: 29/05/2015
    ISBN13: 9781783264131, 978-1783264131
    ISBN10: 1783264136
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    Quantum and theoretical chemistry

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    This book describes atomic orbitals at a level suitable for undergraduates in chemistry. The mathematical treatment is brought to life by many illustrations rendered from mathematical functions (no artists' impressions), including three-dimensional plots of angular functions, showing orbital phase, and contour plots of the wavefunctions that result from orbital hybridisation.Orbitals extends the key fundamental quantum properties to many-electron atoms, linear combinations of atomic orbitals, simple molecules, delocalised systems and atomic spectroscopy. By focusing on simple model systems, use of analogies and avoiding group theory the results are obtained from initial postulates without the need for sophisticated mathematics.

    Table of Contents
    Fundamentals; Orbitals in the Hydrogen Atom; Wave Functions in Multi-Electron Atoms; Orbitals in Molecules; Electronic Transitions and Selection Rules; Russell-Saunders Terms and Atomic Spectroscopy; Paramagnetism; Solutions to Exercises.

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