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020			_a9781783264131 - hbk
100			_aMcCaw, Charles Stuart
245			_aOrbitals : _bwith applications in atomic spectra
260			_a London: _bImperial College Press, _c@2015
300			_axiv, 261p.; illus.l _bincludes bibliography & index
440			_aICP essential textbooks in chemistry
520			_aThis book describes atomic orbitals at a level suitable for undergraduates in chemistry. The mathematical treatment is brought to life by many illustrations rendered from mathematical functions (no artists' impressions), including three-dimensional plots of angular functions, showing orbital phase, and contour plots of the wavefunctions that result from orbital hybridization. Orbitals extends the key fundamental quantum properties to many-electron atoms, linear combinations of atomic orbitals, simple molecules, delocalized systems and atomic spectroscopy. By focusing on simple model systems, use of analogies and avoiding group theory the results are obtained from initial postulates without the need for sophisticated mathematics. Book jacket
650			_a1. Molecular orbitals
650			_a2. Atomic spectra
650			_a3. Chemistry, Physical and theoretical
942			_cBK
999			_c9171 _d9171