Spring 2024 - CHEM 439 D100

Special Topics in Inorganic Chemistry (3)

Inorganic Spectroscopy

Class Number: 3122

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jan 8 – Apr 12, 2024: Tue, Thu, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Apr 21, 2024
    Sun, 3:30–6:30 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    CHEM 332 with a minimum grade of C-.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

An in-depth treatment of a current topic in inorganic chemistry. Contact the department for information regarding the topic to be covered in a given term.

COURSE DETAILS:

Inorganic Spectroscopy

3 lecture hours/week

Chemical applications of group theory to inorganic spectroscopy will be discussed. Vibrational and electronic spectroscopies will be discussed in detail, in addition to selected topics in X-ray, Mössbauer, and EPR spectroscopies. Selected readings in modern inorganic chemistry will be discussed.

Grading

  • 2 Midterms Exams 60%
  • 1 Final Exam 30%
  • Assignments 10%

NOTES:

Combined graduate course: Chem 839 - Special Topics in Inorganic Chemistry (3)

Materials

RECOMMENDED READING:

Daniel C. Harris & Michael D. Bertolucci. Symmetry and Spectroscopy: An Introduction to Vibrational and Electonic Spectropscopy. 1978. Publisher: Dover Publications.

 

REQUIRED READING NOTES:

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Department Undergraduate Notes:

A grade of C- or better is required for all prerequisite courses.

Registrar Notes:

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