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Molecular statitical physics [PHYS2110]
[30h] 4 credits

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This course is taught in the 1st semester

Teacher(s):

André Nauts

Language:

French

Level:

Second cycle

>> Aims
>> Main themes
>> Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)
>> Other credits in programs

Aims

The objective of the course is to interpret, at a molecular level, the results of thermodynamics and molecular kinetics by means of quantum and statistical mechanics.

Main themes

Statistical thermodynamics : Boltzmann equation, statistical thermodynamics, the ideal gas in Maxwell-Boltzmann statistics, Bose-Einstein corrections, general expansion for U(T) and H(T), reaction and equilibrium constants, rate constants and Eyring theory.

Theoretical molecular physics : Hartree-Fock-Roothaan equations and configuration interactions, computation of molecular properties, electronic density, electric dipole moment, potential surfaces, physical basis of the chemical bond.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

PREREQUISITE : Elements of quantum and statistical mechanics.

ASSESSMENT : Oral examination with written preparation.

TEACHING AIDS : Notes written by the teacher, overhead transparencies. List of recommended books.

Other credits in programs

PHYS22/A

Deuxième licence en sciences physiques (Physique appliquée)

(4 credits)

Mandatory

PHYS22/G

Deuxième licence en sciences physiques

(4 credits)

Mandatory



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