This module will deepen your understanding of quantum mechanics and symmetry. We explore how this gives rise to quantisation and selection rules, and go on to apply this to spectroscopic methods to understand structure and bonding including: rotational (microwave) spectroscopy, vibrational (IR and Raman) spectroscopy and electronic transitions (UV-vis).
Private Study: 124
Contact Hours: 26
Total: 150
Not available as an elective module
• Online Quiz 1 (1 hour) – 5%
• Online Quiz 2 (1 hour) – 5%
• Assessed Worksheet 1 (4 hours) – 15%
• Assessed Worksheet 2 (4 hours) – 15%
• Examination (2 hours) – 60%
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1. Demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of key quantum mechanical concepts;
2. Demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of key concepts of molecular symmetry and group theory;
3. Understand how to obtain and interpret spectra to calculate molecular parameters from spectroscopic data and apply underlying concepts and principles outside the context in which they were first studied;
4. Link quantum mechanical theories to experimental observables;
5. Critically interpret spectroscopic data;
6. Demonstrate knowledge of basic spectroscopy; microwave, infrared, UV-VIS, Raman;
7. Perform calculations on molecular parameters from spectroscopic data outside the context in which they were first studied;
8. Understand quantum mechanical concepts underlying bonding and energy transitions experimentally observed in spectroscopy;
9. Understand symmetry of molecules to determine spectroscopic data.
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