From chemistry-request #*at*# www.ccl.net Fri Oct 16 10:43:51 1998 Received: from listserv.oit.unc.edu (listserv.oit.unc.edu [152.2.25.17]) by www.ccl.net (8.8.3/8.8.6/OSC/CCL 1.0) with ESMTP id KAA25157 Fri, 16 Oct 1998 10:43:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from root -x- at -x- login4.isis.unc.edu (port 1178 [152.2.25.134]) by listserv.oit.unc.edu with ESMTP id <222586-13605>; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 10:42:25 -0400 Received: by email.unc.edu id <61514-45982>; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 10:43:20 -0400 Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 10:43:18 -0400 (EDT) Sender: Ganesh Ethiraj From: Ganesh Ethiraj X-Sender: viggan -x- at -x- login4.isis.unc.edu To: "Dr. Daniel Glossman" cc: chemistry { *at * } www.ccl.net Subject: Re: CCL:Recommendations for textbooks and teaching software In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.16.19981016110550.27cf35fe at.at pop.overnet.com.ar> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Dr. Glossman: In my Grad school I was introduced to a book in solid state chemistry which I still try to recollect. The book is: Seven solid states: An introduction to the chemistry and Physics of solids----BY- Walter J.Moore. NY, W.A., Benjamin, 1967 . This book should be apt for the course and the background of the students. Ganesh On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Dr. Daniel Glossman wrote: > > This is slightly off-topic for CCL, but I'm guessing there might be > some people on the list who will be able to help. > > I'm in the position of having to teach an elementary undergraduate > course on chemical bonding and structure of solids. It will be a > short course (12 teaching hours) and the students will not have had > any quantum mechanics or atomic structure beyond (high-)school level. > > I am having trouble finding a decent textbook at the right level (ie > very introductory) and I'd appreciate any recommendations you may > have. I also wish to make heavy use of computer-assisted learning so > I'm also looking for recommendations of teaching software -- perhaps > for visualization of atomic orbitals and bonding. > > The students will be Earth scientists, not chemists or physicists > and I don't want to take too a rigorous approach. So though I may > display the 3D solutions of the Schroedinger equation for the H atom > I won't do the solution. I hope to rely on computer graphics to > illustrate wavefunctions orbitals and hopefully bonding. > > I'd like to cover at least some of the following topics from a > solid-state point of view using mineralogical examples. > > * the schroedinger equation and QM in 1 dimension - quantization. > * The H atom. Atomic structure, orbitals, the aufbau principle > and the periodic table. > * Ionic bonding. Ionization energies, electronegativities. > Ionic radii and mineral crystal structures. > * covalent bonding, H2, sp2, sp3 bonding in molecules and solids > using the LCAO approach. > * Structural trends and polymorphism in the solid state. Silicate > structures. > * Substitutional defects. > > So if anyone knows of a textbook which covers this material at an > introductory level and/or any educational software (Windows 95 or > Linux) which could be used in support of such a course I'd like to > hear from you. (I'd also welcome any comments from anyone who has > taught a similar course on the amount of material given the 12 hours > teaching time!) > > I'll summarize if requested. > > Thanks in advance. > > Keith Refson > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Email: Keith.Refson { *at * } | Tel: +44 1865 272026 | Dr Keith Refson, | > earth.ox.ac.uk | Fax: +44 1865 272072 | Dept of Earth Sciences | > Spam: root - at - cyberpromo.com | Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PR, UK| > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > --- > Administrivia: This message is automatically appended by the mail exploder: > CHEMISTRY : at : www.ccl.net: Everybody | CHEMISTRY-REQUEST : at : www.ccl.net: Coordinator > MAILSERV -x- at -x- www.ccl.net: HELP CHEMISTRY or HELP SEARCH | Gopher: www.ccl.net 73 > Anon. ftp: www.ccl.net | CHEMISTRY-SEARCH(-(at)-)www.ccl.net -- archive search > Web: http://www.ccl.net/chemistry.html > --- > > > > > -------This is added Automatically by the Software-------- > -- Original Sender Envelope Address: chemistry-request;at;www.ccl.net > -- Original Sender From: Address: glossman &$at$& overnet.com.ar > CHEMISTRY ^at^ www.ccl.net: Everybody | CHEMISTRY-REQUEST ^at^ www.ccl.net: Coordinator > MAILSERV : at : www.ccl.net: HELP CHEMISTRY or HELP SEARCH | Gopher: www.ccl.net 73 > Anon. ftp: www.ccl.net | CHEMISTRY-SEARCH "-at-" www.ccl.net -- archive search > Web: http://www.ccl.net/chemistry.html > >