Grenoble INP Rubrique Formation 2022

Atoms, molecules and solid state description Semester 1 - 1CMCHI01

  • Number of hours

    • Lectures 13.5
    • Projects -
    • Tutorials 18.0
    • Internship -
    • Laboratory works -
    • Written tests -

    ECTS

    ECTS 0.0

Goal(s)

This course introduces tools for describing solids and molecules: atomistics, Lewis structures, molecular orbital theory and geometric crystallography.

Responsible(s)

Sandrine BRICE-PROFETA

Content(s)

  • Fundamentals in atomistics
    • General presentation of atoms
    • Emission lines of hydrogen and hydrogenoids ions in emission spectra
    • Electronic structure (quantum numbers, layers and sub-layers), energy levels in hydrogen atom and hydrogenoid ions, electronic configuration
  • Description of atoms in quantum mechanics : an introduction
    • Wave–particle duality, Schrödinger's equation
    • Wave functions, quantum numbers (n, l, m), atomic orbitals
    • Spatial representation of monoelectronic wave functions of the hydrogen atom
  • Periodic table
    • Building principles, elements in the periodic table
    • Main elements families in the periodic table
    • Atomic properties through the table : electronic shielding/screening, electronegativity, atomic radius, ionic radius, ionisation energy, electronic affinity
    • Polarization, polarising properties and polarisability
  • Molecules electronic structure and geometry
    • Lewis model, Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion, hypervalent atoms
    • Electronic delocalization (sigma and pi bonds, aromatic systems)
    • Linear Combination of Atomic Orbitals method, application to diatomic homonuclear and heteronuclear molecules of first and second periods
    • Hybridization of atomic orbitals
    • molecular properties : polar and non polar molecules, magnetic properties
  • Crystals structure
    • Introduction to bonding in the solide-state, crystal classification (ionic, metallic, covalent or molecular), unit cell, coordinence, compacity, volume mass calculation, interstitial sites & their geometric occupation conditions
    • Metallic crystals: fcc and cc lattice
    • Ionic crystals: CsCl, NaCl and ZnS type-structures
  • Weak chemical forces
    • Van Der Waal interactions description and hydrogen bonding
    • Identification of weak chemical forces in simple pure substances
    • Application to state-transition temperatures trends
    • Molecular solvents : polar, non-polar, protic and non-protic

Test

Written Exam (1,5h) : 90%
Personal work (Homework, quizzes) : 10%

Calendar

The course exists in the following branches:

  • Curriculum - Prépa - Semester 1
  • Curriculum - Prépa SHN - Semester 1
see the course schedule for 2023-2024

Additional Information

Course ID : 1CMCHI01
Course language(s): FR

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