Orbitals : with applications in atomic spectra / Charles Stuart McCaw, Winchester College, UK.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCaw, Charles Stuart.

Series:

ICP essential textbooks in chemistry

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Molecular orbitals.

Atomic spectra.

Chemistry, Physical and theoretical.

Physical Description:

xiv, 261 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Distribution:

Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : Distributed by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Place of Publication:

London : Imperial College Press, [2015]

Summary:

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. Book jacket.

Contents:

Fundamentals

Orbitals in the Hydrogen Atom

Multi-Electron Atoms

Wavefunctions in Multi-Electron Atoms

Orbitals in Molecules

Atomic Spectroscopy

Worked Solutions to Exercises

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-256) and index.

ISBN:

9781783264131

1783264136

OCLC:

899952422

Publisher Number:

99984752334