Modern Physics for Chemical Engineers (MPCE)

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Course info MPCE Course Requirements(MSc)

Overview

The course covers introductions to two disciplines: Quantum Mechanics and Solid State Physics. After the semester you should be able to understand the basic principles behind these two disciplines and solve some simple quantum mechanical and solid state physics problems. This will contribute to the understanding of the workings of modern electronics and nanotechnology.


To follow the curse no higher mathematics than algebra and the basics of the differential and integral calculus is required.

Topics

Lecturers:

Péter Richter Send mail Quantum Mechanics Feb. 12. - March.25. 6+1/2 weeks
András Sólyom Send mail Solid State Physics April 8 - May 23. 6+1/2 weeks

Class Timetable

Day Time Room
Monday 12:15-14:00 E403
Thursday 10:15-12:00 E403

First day of classes: 12th Feb.
Last day of classes: 23rd May
Examination period: 3th July - 27th July
Holidays concerning this class: March 28-April 4.(spring break Thursday - Friday)
May 20. (Pentacost Monday)

Lecture Notes

Hand written Lecture Notes


Book (-revised) The official material of the lectures)

The book contains all of the material of the course, but it delves into the topics deeper than there is time during the term.
For the tests or the examinations you need to know only what is presented during the lecturers!
(One more reason to attend the lectures! 🌝 )
The book cannot be downloaded as one file here. The first and unrevised version of it, however, can be downloaded as a single EPUB, PDF, PRC or a combined ZIP file from the Digital Textbook Library (in Hungarian 'Digitális Tankönyvtár')

Mid-Term

General Info

Test Timetable

The time table for the repeated and 2nd repeated tests may change!

Attendance

Test Results

Examination information

What you MUST know to pass the exam (with answers)

General Information

Examination calendar

Examination topics

Example Problems

To help you better, solutions given here are much more verbose than usually required for perfect answers and solutions. Actual tests may differ from these in both the number of questions and the distribution of theoretical questions or quizes and problems. There may be mistakes in the solutions. If you find any, please notify me

Problems collected from the Lecture notes (PDF)

Material of previous mid-term tests (with solutions)

Quantum Mechanics
Solid State Physics

Old tests on Written exams

At one time in the past the examination was a two-parter: first part was written and the second one was oral. Now the examination is only oral. These problems are left here to give you more examples to learn from.

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