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Atkins & de Paula: Physical Chemistry: 8e

Chapter 08

Databases
Tutorials

Databases

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
http://www.hbcpnetbase.com/
Data may be accessed after purchasing a personal or institutional subscription.

NIST Ground Levels and Ionization Energies for Neutral Atoms
http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/IonEnergy/ionEnergy.html
Compilation of the currently accepted values of ground state and ionization energies of neutral atoms. These data inform semi-empirical atomic and molecular orbital calculations.

Tutorials

PhysicsWeb virtual laboratory
http://physicsweb.org/resources/index.cfm/Education/Interactive_experiments/
A collection of interactive applets on essential concepts of classical and modern physics. Of relevance to this chapter are the applets on wave motion, single-slit diffraction and time-dependent Schrodinger equation.

Foundation of Quantum Theory
http://physics.berea.edu/~king/Teaching/ModPhys/QM/QM1.htm#photoelectric
Simulations on blackbody radiation, photoelectric effect and Compton effect.

The Quantised World
http://nobelprize.org/physics/educational/quantised_world/intro-3.html
This site gives the history and people behind the development of quantum theory.

Quantum Physics
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/quantum/schrcn.html#c1
HyperPhysics pages on quantum mechanics (i.e. details on operators, wave functions)

Normalisation and Expectation Value
http://classweb.gmu.edu/sdavis/chem332/ex11/ex11.htm
Worked example on normalisation and expectation value.