Using quantum mechanics to facilitate the introduction of a broad range of chemical concepts to first-year undergraduate students

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 717-725

  Desouza, Romualdo T ^a   Iyengar, Srinivasan S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic Properties Structure; Covalent Bonding; Curriculum; First Year Undergraduate General; MO Theory; Nuclear Radiochemistry; Physical Chemistry; Quantum Chemistry; Resonance Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879013711     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: 19381328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed400015y     Document Type: Article

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