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Pollution Police. How To Determine Spectroscopic Selection Rules
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Jodye I. Selco
Center for Education and Equity in Mathematics, Science, and Technology, California State Polytechnic University–Pomona, Pomona, CA 91768
Janet Beery
Department of Mathematics, University of Redlands, Redlands, CA 92373-0999
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February 2004
Vol. 81 No. 2
p. 225
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Pollution Police is a laboratory or classroom project intended to show students how quantum mechanical selection rules can be developed. Students see how elementary linear algebra and group theory are used to describe molecular symmetry, how chemical character tables are constructed, and how spectroscopic selection rules are determined from the symmetry. In addition to the connection between symmetry and spectroscopy, students also learn about point groups, symmetry elements, symmetry operations, and degenerate vibrations, all in the context of identifying atmospheric pollutants from their infrared spectra.
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Notes for the instructor, the assignment itself, assignment solutions, and additional information on associated hazards are available.
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Selco, Jodye I.; Beery, Janet. J. Chem. Educ. 2004 81 225.
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Computational Chemistry; Computer Assisted Instruction; Environmental Chemistry; Group Theory; Inquiry-Based / Discovery Method; Instrumental Methods; IR Spectroscopy; Physical Chemistry; Problem-Based Learning; Quantum Chemistry
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February 25, 2005
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