Blackbody Radiation©
George M. Shalhoub Department of Chemistry La Salle University Philadelphia, PA 19141-1199 United States mail to: shalhoub@lasalle.edu
Abstract
This document provides an exploration of concepts used in the beginning of most studies of quantum chemistry. Background information is included in the document. Students are asked to manipulate an existing graph, prepare their own graphs, draw conclusions from the graphs, and do a derivation. Five student exercises are embedded in the document to guide the students in developing mastery of the topic. The accompanying Acrobat (blackbody.pdf) file contains additional mathematically rich content on the material in the Mathcad document. The documents are ideal for use by students for independent study.
Keywords
Audiences: Upper-Division Undergraduate Pedagogies: Computer-Based Learning Domains: Physical Chemistry Topics: Quantum Chemistry, Mathematics / Symbolic Mathematics
Documents
File Name Description Software Type Software Version planck.mcd Mathcad Computational Document Mathcad planck1.nb Mathematica Computational Document Mathematica planck.pdf Read-Only Document planck1nb.pdf Read-Only Document for Mathematica blackbody.pdf Read-Only Document
Comments to: George M. Shalhoub at shalhoub@lasalle.edu.
©Copyright George M. Shalhoub, 1997. All rights reserved. You are welcome to use this document in your own classes but commercial use is not allowed without the permission of the author.