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The definitive source of course information remains the original (paper) syllabus distributed in class.

LYCOMING COLLEGE                     ADVANCED ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

CHEMISTRY 443, 2002                                                        (Instrumental Analysis)

 

 

 

DESCRIPTION:          A study of instrumental analytical methods with emphasis on quantitative applications of chromatographic, electrochemical, and spectroscopic techniques.

                               

CLASS HOURS:            Lecture: MWF, 11:30 - 12:20 a.m.;   Lab: T 1:00 - 4:50 p.m. 

Instructor:          Dr. David A. Franz    Office: 321-4181    Home: 326-7594     E-mail: franz@lycoming.edu

OFFICE HOURS:            MWF, 9:30 - 11:00 a.m.;  WF, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.;   or by appointment

TEXT:          Harris, D. C. Quantitative Chemical Analysis, 5th Ed.; Freeman: New York, 1999.  Readings from other texts and sources will also be made.

LAB POLICIES:          Safety glasses and bound lab notebook required; no bare feet, sandals or shorts in lab.  Carbons of lab data are due at the end of the day work is done.  Written lab reports will be due one week following completion of each experiment, or as announced.  Late reports will be docked five points plus one point per day late.

EXAMS:          There will be two exams, a shorter take-home exam, and a comprehensive final (ACS Standardized).  Exam dates (subject to change by unanimous consent):

                                          February 12, Tuesday lab period

                                          March 26, Tuesday lab period

                                          April, Take-home

 

HOMEWORK:          Will be assigned regularly, collected and checked. 

 

GRADING SCHEME: Exams 300  
Final  120
Lab Experiments 300
Class, HW               80
TOTAL
Extra Credit: 3 pts added for each Chem Colloquium attended, in excess of class absences; max of 21 pts; grade boost limited to one fractional change (e.g., B to B+)  Class absences: 3 pts @ deducted in excess of 3 absences.  

                                Letter grades will be assigned on the following basis:

100-91%  =  A

88-87%  =  B+

78-77%  =  C+

68-67%  =  D+

<59% =  F

90-89%    =  A-

86-81%  =  B

76-71%  =  C

66-61%  =  D

 

 

80-79%  =  B-

70-69%  =  C-

60-59%  =  D-

 

 

  Week    General Topic                     Chapter Laboratory
1 Jan 07 Separation Theory          23 1.    GC using Int. Std.
2 Jan 14 Gas Chromatography (GC)               24  2.        HPLC - computer intro.
3 Jan 21 High Performance Liquid Chrom. (HPLC)         25 Field Trip
4 Jan 28  Capillary Electrophoresis (CE and CIA) 26 3.        HPLC - lab exp
5 Feb 04 Mass Spectrometry (MS and GC-MS)       24 4.        GC-MS
6 Feb 11 Sample Clean-up (SPE and SPME)                       14 EXAM I
7 Feb 18 Fundamentals of Electrochemistry  15  5.        I-/Cl- & Nernst Eqn.
  Feb 25     SPRING BREAK    
8 Mar 04 Potentiometry & Ion Selective Electrodes  (ISE's)  17   6.        ISE's
9 Mar 11 Voltammetry & Polarography                                    18  7.        Voltammetry
10 Mar 18 Voltammetry: advanced techniques 19   Field Trip
11 Mar 25 Spectrophotometry; UV-VIS  20, 21 EXAM II
12 Apr 01 Fluorescence;  Spectrophotometers 22  8.        AA Using Std. Addns
13 Apr 08 Atomic Spect. (AA/FE); IR and FTIR                          21 Check-out
14 Apr 15 Evals; Thermal Methods; Applied Problems   -  Field Trip 
15 Apr 22  Final Exams    

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