Matter

Education facts

Code: CBGAM1

Instruction is in the form of lectures, calculation exercises, and mandatory seminars and laboratory sessions. A further mandatory activity is carried out in conjunction with industry or public agency, for example, a study visit, an authentic seminar project or a guest lecture. Course content: - the background to quantum mechanics: photons, matter waves and wave-particle-duality, - basic quantum mechanics: wave function, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, the Schrödinger equation and its solution for different potentials, - application of the Schrödinger equation to the hydrogen atom and particle in box (one dimension) and characterisation of solutions and quantum equations, - quantum mechanical tunneling through potential barriers, - structure of atomic nucleus, - different atom models: for example, Bohr's atom model, Dalton's atom model, Rutherford's atom model, - the connection between materials electronic structure and properties (e.g. chemical reactivity and interaction with electromagnetic radiation, - the structure of the periodic system, classification of elements and their properties and occurrence of the most important element groups, - chemical bonding: ionic bonding and covalent bonding, connection between electronic structure and molecular geometry as described with the Lewis-, VSEPR- and valence-bonding models, molecular orbital theory: the LCAO method, - the dipole moment in molecules, - intermolecular forces: hydrogen bond, van der Waal's forces and properties in the solid state, gases and fluids, - mass balance and stoichiometry in simple chemical reactions, - laboratory safety, - apply theories treated to practical lab experiments.

Entry requirements

45 ECTS credits for the Msc programme in engineering including 15 ECTS credits completed.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Matter

  Karlstad University

  Karlstad

  Start date: 31 August 2026

  End date: 8 November 2026

  Pace of study: 50 %