Course Description
Selected quantitative analytical chemical topics, including gravimetric and volumetric methods, potentiometry, spectrophotometry, and separations.
Athena Title
Quantitat Analytical Chem Lab
Corequisite
CHEM 2300
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall and spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
A. Students will be able to use EXCEL or a similar spreadsheet package to help calculate experimental results, graph the results and perform the needed statistical analysis of the same. B. Understand how to collect, analyze, and assimilate experimental laboratory data using traditional volumetric and gravimetric techniques. C. Understand how to collect, analyze, and assimilate experimental laboratory data using electronic analytical devices such as pH meters, spectrometers, gas chromatographs, liquid chromatographs and potentiostats. D. Use e-mail and web resources to evaluate collected data. E. Write formal lab procedures for all experiments. F. Write formal lab reports for all experiments.
Topical Outline
EXPERIMENTS: 1. Excel Primer 2. Sampling Errors in Chemical Analysis 3. Preparation and Standardization of NaOH and HCl Solutions 4. Gravimetric Determination of Chloride in a solid 5. Potentiometric Titration: Identification of a Weak Acid 6. Determining the Molecular Weight of a Polymer using end group analysis 7. Spectrophotometric Determination of pH 8. Liquid Chromatography (LC) analysis of an Excedrin 9. Gas Chromatography Analysis of a mixture of Volatile Organic Compounds(VOCs) 10. Electrochemical Experiment: Effect of Concentration on the Cell Potential
Syllabus