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CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 203
structure of molecules and its correlation with the chemical and physical properties
of substances.
It is planned that the seminar be held in 1941-42, and every third year thereafter.
iext: The Nature of the Chemical Bona, Pauling.
In charge: Pauling.
Ch. 222 a, b, c. Seminar on Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics,
with Chemical Application.. 6 units; nrst, second, and third terms.
A thorough discussion of the fundamental principles and methods of thermodynamics
and statistical mechanics, followed by their application to the practical
problems of modern chemistry, including the calculation of thermodynamic properties
of substances from spectroscopic and structural data.
ihis seminar will be held in 1942-43, and every third year thereafter.
In charge: Dickinson, Yost, Badger.
Ch. 223 a, b. Kinetic. of Homogeneou. and Heterogeneous Reaction.
(Seminar). 6 units; first and second terms.
Lectures and discussions relating to homogeneous and heterogeneous chemical
reactions, absorption, and contact catalysis.
ihis seminar will be held in 1940-41, and every third year thereafter.
In charge: Dickinson, Badger.
Ch. 224 a, b, C, d. Statistical Mechanics (Seminar). 6 units; four terms.
A discussion of statistical mechanics and its applications to physics and chemistry.
The topics treated will include a sufficient exposition of classical and quantum
theory mechanics to serve as a foundation for statistical mechanics and the relations
between statistical mechanics and thermodynamics.
Text: Principles of Statistical Mechanics, Tolman.
In charge: Tolman.
Ch. 226 a, b, c. Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, with Chemical
Application.. 9 unit.; first, second, and third terms.
A review of Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics and of the old quantum
theory is first given, followed by the discussion of the development and significance
of the new quantum mechanics and the thorough treatment of the Schr5dinger wave
equation, including its solution for many simple systems such as the rotator, the
harmonic oscillator, the hydrogen atom, etc. During the second and third terms
various approximate methods of solution (perturbation theory, the variation method,
etc.) are discussed and applied in the consideration of the resonance phenomenon,
the structure of many-electron atoms and of simple molecules, the nature of the
covalent chemical bond, the structure of aromatic molecules, and other recent
chemical applications.
It is planned that this subject be given in 1942-43, and every third year thereafter.
Text: Introauction to QUrlntu1II Mtchrlnics, 1Vith Applications to Chemistry,
Pauling and Wilson.
Instructor: Pauling.
Ch. 227 a, b, c. The Structure of Crystals. 9 units; first, second, and
third terms.
Thc following topics arc discussed:
The nature of crystals and X-rays and their interaction. The various experimental
methods of investigation-Bragg, Laue. oscillation, Weissenberg, etc. ihe