Simply put CO2 and H2O are the thermodynamically stable products obtained when burning hydrocarbons. Of course multiple intermediates exist but these are all radicals and highly reactive. In order to burn hydrocarbons in a controlled fashion, think of biochemical processes. These require highly...
I am stuck on this Self-test 1.6 in molecular quantum mechanics by atkins and friedman.
Probably making use of the completeness relation the question is the following: Show that if <Ωf>*=-Ωf*, then <Ω>=0 for any real function f.
Anyone got a clue?