PHYS 322 - Dynamics and Quantum Mechanics

(cross listed as CHEM 322, Physical Chemistry II) (4 credits)

Thermodynamics, kinetics, theory of solutions, and an introduction to quantitative treatment of molecular structure. Three lecture-recitation periods and one four-hour laboratory. Kinetics, enzyme catalysis, introduction to quantum mechanics, and quantitative treatment of atomic and molecular spectroscopy. Three lecture-recitation periods and one four-hour laboratory. Prerequisites: PHYS 105 or PHYS 122, MATH 122, and either CHEM 251 or ENGR 202 . PHYS 321 should be taken before PHYS 322 but exceptions may be granted with instructor’s permission. Spring, alternating years.