The Structure of Atoms and Molecules

Front Cover
Title Page
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 ELECTRONS AND QUANTA
1. The Elementary Electric Charge
2. Specific Charge and Mass of an Electron
3. Thermionic emission
4. Black-Body Radiation
5. The Photoelectric Effect
6. Compton Effect
7. Wave-Particle Duality
CHAPTER 2 ATOMIC NUCLEUS
8 . Nuclear Charge
9. Size of the Nucleus
10. Radioactive Transformations of the Elements
11. Artificial Nuclear Disintegration
12. Structure of the Atomic Nucleus
13. Dynamics of the Atomic Nucleus
14. Nuclear Forces
15. The ?-Decay of Nuclei
16. Nuclear Energy Levels
17. Fission of Heavy Nuclei
18. Thermonuclear Reactions
CHAPTER 3 ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF ATOMS
19. Ionisation Potentials and Groups of Electrons in Atoms
20. Periodic System of Elements
21. Atomic Energy Levels
22. Mechanical Model of the Atom
CHAPTER 4 THE QUANTUM-MECHANICAL THEORY OF THE ATOM
23. Wave Equation
24. Atom (Ion) with One Electron
25. Two-Electron Atom (Ion)
CHAPTER 5 THE SPECTROSCOPY OF ATOMS
26. Systematics of Atomic States
27. Genesis of the Periodic System of Elements
28. Intensity of Spectral Lines
29. Atomic Spectra
CHAPTER 6 THE ATOM IN A FORCE FIELD
30. Zeeman Effect
31. Stark Effect
CHAPTER 7 THE NATURE OF CHEMICAL FORCES. THE MOLECULE
32. Electrovalent Bond
33. Covalent Bond
34. Theory of Valency
CHAPTER 8 MOLECULAR SPECTRA
35. Electronic Terms of Molecules
36. Rotational Terms
37. Vibrational Terms
38. Rotational and Rotation-Vibration Molecular Spectra
39. Raman Spectra
40. Electronic Spectra of Molecules
41. Continuous and Diffuse Spectra
42. Some Applications of Molecular Spectroscopy
CHAPTER 9 ELECTRICAL AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIESOF ATOMS AND MOLECULES
43. Ionisation of Atoms and Molecules
44. Polarisation of Electronic Shells
45. Intermolecular Forces in Gases
46. Dipole Moments of Molecules
47. Magnetic Properties of Molecules
CHAPTER 10 MOLECULAR CONSTANTS
48. Geometrical Constants
49. Energy Constants of Molecules
50. Vibrational Frequencies of Molecules
SUBJECT INDEX