An Introduction to the Electronic Structure of Atoms and Molecules

Dr. Richard F.W. Bader
Professor of Chemistry / McMaster University / Hamilton, Ontario

Preface

1. The Nature of the Problem

• Introduction

• Some Important Experiments with Electrons and Light

• Units of Measurement used in Atomic Physics

• Further Reading

• Problems

2. The New Physics

3. The Hydrogen Atom

4. Many-Electron Atoms

5. Electronic Basis for the Properties of the Elements

6. The Chemical Bond

7. Ionic and Covalent Binding

8. Molecular Orbitals

Table of Contour Values

Further reading

Any elementary introductory book on modem physics will describe the details of the experiments discussed in this section as well as other experiments, such as the Franck-Hertz experiment, which illustrate the quantum behaviour of atoms.