SYLLABUS
CHEM 281 Analytical Chemistry (3+3P) 4 credits
Catalog Description
Fundamentals of instrumental chemical analysis. Topics include: statistical methods, digitron control and data acquisition, gas/liquid chromatography, emission/absorption spectroscopy, capillary electrophoresis, volumetric, gravimetric, and electrochemical analysis. For chemistry and some pre-professional majors. Prerequisite: CHEM 112 or equivalent. Semester Offered-On Demand.
General Objectives: Upon completion of the course, the student should have a working knowledge of the following:
- Error Analysis
- Statistics
- Volumetric Analysis
- Spectrophotometry
- Acid/Base Systems
- Potentiometry
- Chromatography
Specific Objectives: Upon completion of this course the student should be able to:
1.1 add errors in quadriture
1.2 distinguish between systematic and random errors
1.3 use spreadsheets and graphs in data analysis
2.1 apply Student's t test to data
2.2 apply the Q test for bad data
2.3 perform least squares analysis on linear data
2.4 construct calibration curves
3.1 prepare solutions of desired molarity
3.2 interconvert between wt% , density, molarity, parts per million, and parts per billion
3.3 perform a back titration
3.4 perform a blank titration
3.4 perform a direct titration
3.5 perform standardization
4.1 describe and calculate properties and quantities involving light
4.2 use Beer's law
4.3 describe photo-detection schemes including diode array and photo-multiplier-tubes
4.4 describe single and double beam spectrophotometers
4.5 describe absorbance and luminescence in terms of electronic transitions and instrumentation
4.6 describe and operate an atomic absorption spectrophotometer
4.7 describe and operate an inductively coupled plasma spectrophotometer
5.1 perform calculations involving monoprotic systems
5.2 prepare and use buffer solutions
5.3 perform pH electrode titrations
5.4 perform calcualtions involving polyprotic systems
5.5 perform indicator titrations
5.6 describe autotitrations
6.1 describe and use reference electrodes
6.2 describe the function of the AgCl electrode
6.3 describe the function of a calomel electrode
6.4 describe and use a silver indicator electrode
6.5 describe and use ion selective electrodes
6.6 describe and use pH electrodes
7.1 calculate theoretical plates and resolution of columns
7.2 describe band dynamics
7.3 describe and use gas/liquid chromatographic theory, equipment, and techniques
7.4 describe and use capillary electrophoresis theory, equipment, and techniques
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