Energy Level Structures of Transition Metal Ions in Crystals^*

C. W. Thiel

1. Title Slide

2. Introduction to Transition Metals

3. Transition Metals

4. Free Ion Energy Levels

5. Transition Metal Ion Terms

6. Transition Metal Ion Terms II

7. Crystal Field Theory

8. Group Theoretical Methods

9. Weak-Field Coupling

10. Strong-Field Coupling

11. Strong-Field Coupling II

12. Strong-Field Coupling III

13. Spin-Orbit Interaction

14. Ligand Field Theory

15. Ligand Field Theory II

^*Slides from the Physics Seminar Presented by C. W. Thiel, Montana State University, September 29, 1997