Educational guide 2017_18 Facultade de Química

Learning outcomes

Expected results from this subject	Training and Learning Results
To describe in an unified way the electromagnetic field by means of Maxwell's laws. Apply the basic boundary conditions in the vacuum or in materials.		C3	D1 D12 D14
To derive the equation of propagation of an electromagnetic wave, and describe its main characteristics. Relate this concept with the electromagnetic spectrum.		C3	D12 D14
To explain the empirical phenomena related with the interaction of radiation with matter which cannot be explained by the Classical Theory, and the solutions proposed (wave-corpuscle duality, quantization of the radiation).		C3	D12 D14 D15
To know the postulates of Quantum Mechanics and their consequences in the reformulation of the microscopic theory of the Classical Physics.		C3	D1 D12 D14 D15
To explain the essentials of the theory of mathematical operators, including the concepts of eigenfunction and eigenvalue, spectrum, linearity and hermiticity, complete sets of eigenfunctions, etc.		C3	D1 D9 D12 D14
To write the fundamental operators of Quantum Mechanics (position, linear and angular moment, Hamiltonian of simple systems).		C3 C19	D1 D9 D12 D14
To apply the previous concepts to the quantum- mechanical study of simple systems, like a particle in a square well potential, or to a harmonic oscilator potential, by resolving the time-independent Schrödinger equation.		C3 C19	D1 D3 D6 D8 D12 D13 D14
To calculate the eigenfunctions and eigenvalues of the angular momentum operator.		C3 C19	D6 D12 D14
To resolve the wave equation of the hydrogen atom, and calculate its eigenfunctions (orbitals).		C3 C19	D6 D8 D12 D14
To resolve the Schrödinger equation for many-electron atoms by means of approximate methods.		C3 C19 C20	D1 D5 D6 D9 D12 D13 D14
To explain in a simple way the transitions between states and the absorption and emission spectra.		C3 C19 C20 C22 C23	D1 D6 D8 D9 D12 D14 D15
To know the laws of Statistical Mechanics, which govern the behaviour of many-particle systems, in particular the Maxwell-Boltzmann statistics. Derive the partition function of a system and know in detail its physical meaning.		C14 C20 C22 C23	D1 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8 D12 D13
To apply the Maxwell-Boltzmann statistics to the case of the ideal gases of atoms and polyatomic particles to estimate thermodynamic properties, using microscopic properties like the mass, the molecular geometry and the vibrational frequencies.		C14 C19	D1 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8 D12 D13