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Valid for year : 2004
 
NKEC70 Computational Chemistry, 7,5 ECTS credits.
/Computational Chemistry/

For:   BKM   FRIST   Kem  

 

Prel. scheduled hours: 68
Rec. self-study hours: 132

  Area of Education: Science

Subject area: Chemistry

  Advancement level (A-D): C

Aim:
An introduction to modern computational chemistry and molecular modeling. The course describes how theoretical-chemistry methods can be utilized to investigate the structure and dynamics of chemical systems and to compute chemical properties.

Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Physical Chemistry A, Mathematics A-B or Mathematics 1 (or equivalent)

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.

Supplementary courses:
NKEC62 Chemical Bonding, TFFY72 Quantum Chemistry

Organisation:
Lectures, lessons and computer laborations.

Course contents:
Quantum chemical calculations: electronic and molecular structure, spectroscopic characteristics and chemical reactions. Molecular Mechanics (MM) calculations: molecular interactions and structures. Monte Carlo (MC) and Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations: statistical thermodynamics and structure and dynamics of large molecular systems.

Course literature:
P. Atkins & J. de Paula: Physical Chemistry G.H Grant & W Graham Richards: Computational Chemstry

Examination:
Written examination
Computer assignments
4 p
1 p
 



Course language is Swedish or English.
Department offering the course: IFM.
Director of Studies: Stefan Svensson
Examiner: Lars Ojamäe
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Last updated: 06/05/2013