Fundamentals of Quantum Chemistry

This work provides an introduction to the principles of quantum mechanics needed in physical chemistry. Mathematical tools are presented and developed as needed and only basic calculus, chemistry, and physics is assumed. Applications include atomic and molecular structure, spectroscopy, alpha decay, tunneling, and superconductivity. New edition includes sections on perturbation theory, orbital symmetry of diatomic molecules, the Huckel MO method and Woodward/Hoffman rules as well as a new chapter on SCF and Hartree-Fock methods. This revised text clearly presents basic quantum mechanics for students in chemistry. Separate sections treat needed mathematical techniques. It presents complete mathematical details of derivations. It contains applications of quantum mechanics to a broad range of problems in spectroscopy and molecular structure. New in this Edition are: a new chapter on molecular orbital calculations (extended Huckel and self-consistent field); a significant number of additional figures and improvements to existing figures; new exercises, plus answers for selected problems; includes the photoelectric effect, the perturbation treatment of the helium atom, orbital symmetry and chemical reactions, and molecular term symbols; and careful and extensive edits throughout the text improve clarity and correct minor errors.

ISBN 0123567718   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9780123567710 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 1000 Publisher Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc   Published in San Diego Imprint Academic Press Inc   Series title Complementary Science Format Paperback   Previous ISBN 9780123567758 Publication date 30 Jun 2003   Height (mm) 229 Library of Congress QC174.12   Width (mm) 152 DEWEY 541.28   Spine width (mm) 18 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Professional / Scholarly Pages 291

		Preface to the Second Edition
		Preface to the First Edition
1		The Early Days		1
2		The Quantum Mechanical Way of Doing Things		21
3		Particles in Boxes		37
4		The Hydrogen Atom		55
5		More Complex Atoms		75
6		Vibrations and the Harmonic Oscillator		99
7		Molecular Rotation and Spectroscopy		129
8		Barrier Penetration		157
9		Diatomic Molecules		177
10		Symmetry		213
11		Huckel Molecular Orbital Methods		241
12		More Complete Molecular Orbital Methods		275
		Answers to Selected Problems		283
		Index		287

"This is an excellent book to use as an introduction to the techniques and concepts met in theoretical chemistry by undergraduate and beginning graduate students...The organization and style of the book are such that a student would find it easy to read and follow the physical, chemical, and mathematical principles." - Jim McTavish, Liverpool John Moores University "I wish to thank Professor J. E. House for [the first edition] which I found in the Chemistry library here at Columbia. His book is excellent. It states the basics clearly, and he teaches what a new student needs to know. When I read the author's text he seemed like my own professor because he was so generous." -Alison Winfield, Columbia University "[This is a] brief need to know introduction to some of the more important topics in elementary quantum mechanics. Over the years I have used two other books similar to this one, both of which were inferior to House's book." -Kurt Christoffel, Augustana College

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