From chemistry-request@www.ccl.net Tue Oct 13 12:16:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: from www.ccl.net (www.ccl.net [192.148.249.5]) by server.ccl.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA15964 for ; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 12:16:43 -0400 Received: from earth.ox.ac.uk (darwin.earth.ox.ac.uk [163.1.22.6]) by www.ccl.net (8.8.3/8.8.6/OSC/CCL 1.0) with ESMTP id MAA09380 Tue, 13 Oct 1998 12:09:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from metropolis.earth.ox.ac.uk (metropolis [163.1.22.59]) by earth.ox.ac.uk (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id RAA05742 for ; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 17:09:35 +0100 (BST) From: Keith Refson MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <13859.31550.844016.543322@metropolis> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 17:09:34 +0100 (BST) To: chemistry@www.ccl.net Subject: Recommendations for textbooks and teaching software X-Mailer: VM 6.62 under Emacs 20.3.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Status: R 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@ | Tel: +44 1865 272026 | Dr Keith Refson, | earth.ox.ac.uk | Fax: +44 1865 272072 | Dept of Earth Sciences | Spam: root@cyberpromo.com | Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PR, UK| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From chemistry-request@www.ccl.net Tue Oct 13 12:16:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: from www.ccl.net (www.ccl.net [192.148.249.5]) by server.ccl.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA15964 for ; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 12:16:43 -0400 Received: from earth.ox.ac.uk (darwin.earth.ox.ac.uk [163.1.22.6]) by www.ccl.net (8.8.3/8.8.6/OSC/CCL 1.0) with ESMTP id MAA09380 Tue, 13 Oct 1998 12:09:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from metropolis.earth.ox.ac.uk (metropolis [163.1.22.59]) by earth.ox.csi.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id RAA05742 for ; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 17:09:35 +0100 (BST) From: Keith Refson MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <13859.31550.844016.543322@metropolis> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 17:09:34 +0100 (BST) To: chemistry@www.ccl.net Subject: Recommendations for textbooks and teaching software X-Mailer: VM 6.62 under Emacs 20.3.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Status: R salary money 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@ | Tel: +44 1865 272026 | Dr Keith Refson, | earth.ox.ac.uk | Fax: +44 1865 272072 | Dept of Earth Sciences | Spam: root@cyberpromo.com | Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PR, UK| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From chemistry@ftp.ccl.net Tue Oct 13 12:16:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: from www.ccl.net (www.ccl.net [192.148.249.5]) by server.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA15964 for ; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 12:16:43 -0400 Received: from earth.ox.ac.uk (darwin.earth.ox.ac.uk [163.1.22.6]) by www.ccl.net (8.8.3/8.8.6/OSC/CCL 1.0) with ESMTP id MAA09380 Tue, 13 Oct 1998 12:09:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from metropolis.earth.ox.ac.uk (metropolis [163.1.22.59]) by earth.ox.csi.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id RAA05742 for ; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 17:09:35 +0100 (BST) From: Keith Refson MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <13859.31550.844016.543322@metropolis> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 17:09:34 +0100 (BST) To: chemistry@www.ccl.net Subject: Recommendations for textbooks and teaching software X-Mailer: VM 6.62 under Emacs 20.3.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Status: R salary money 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@ | Tel: +44 1865 272026 | Dr Keith Refson, | earth.ox.ac.uk | Fax: +44 1865 272072 | Dept of Earth Sciences | Spam: root@cyberpromo.com | Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PR, UK| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From chemistry@www.ccl.net Tue Oct 13 12:16:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: from www.ccl.net (www.ccl.net [192.148.249.5]) by server.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA15964 for ; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 12:16:43 -0400 Received: from earth.ox.ac.uk (darwin.earth.ox.ac.uk [163.1.22.6]) by www.ccl.net (8.8.3/8.8.6/OSC/CCL 1.0) with ESMTP id MAA09380 Tue, 13 Oct 1998 12:09:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from metropolis.earth.ox.ac.uk (metropolis [163.1.22.59]) by earth.ox.csi.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id RAA05742 for ; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 17:09:35 +0100 (BST) From: Keith Refson MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <13859.31550.844016.543322@metropolis> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 17:09:34 +0100 (BST) To: chemistry@www.ccl.net Subject: Recommendations for textbooks and teaching software X-Mailer: VM 6.62 under Emacs 20.3.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Status: R salary money 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@ | Tel: +44 1865 272026 | Dr Keith Refson, | earth.ox.ac.uk | Fax: +44 1865 272072 | Dept of Earth Sciences | Spam: root@cyberpromo.com | Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PR, UK| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From chemistry-request@www.ccl.net Tue Oct 13 12:16:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: from www.ccl.net (www.ccl.net [192.148.249.5]) by server.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA15964 for ; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 12:16:43 -0400 Received: from earth.ox.ac.uk (darwin.earth.ox.ac.uk [163.1.22.6]) by www.ccl.net (8.8.3/8.8.6/OSC/CCL 1.0) with ESMTP id MAA09380 Tue, 13 Oct 1998 12:09:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from metropolis.earth.ox.ac.uk (metropolis [163.1.22.59]) by earth.ox (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id RAA05742 for ; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 17:09:35 +0100 (BST) From: Keith Refson MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <13859.31550.844016.543322@metropolis> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 17:09:34 +0100 (BST) To: chemistry@www.ccl.net Subject: Recommendations for textbooks and teaching software X-Mailer: VM 6.62 under Emacs 20.3.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Status: R 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@ | Tel: +44 1865 272026 | Dr Keith Refson, | earth.ox.ac.uk | Fax: +44 1865 272072 | Dept of Earth Sciences | Spam: root@cyberpromo.com | Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PR, UK| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------