Analytical Chemistry

 

Instructors: Dr. Marcin Frankowski (Lecture/Laboratory)  

Consultant: NCSU faculty member Dr. Ghada Rabah

This course is modeled on NCSU laboratory/lecture course CH315 (3 credits)

The corresponding ISU course is Chem316 (2 credits) and the lab Chem316L (2 credits).

 

Textbook: Skoog etal, Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry, 9th Ed..

 

The course consultant Dr. Rabah will provide web-based materials and laboratory manual based on the NCSU course. This is a laboratory-based course modeled in CH315 at NCSU. The goal of the course is to introduce the fundamental principles and modern techniques of chemical analyses. This includes examination of electrolytic solutions, including acid-base, oxidation-reduction, and solubility equilibria, and introduction to spectrochemical, electrochemical, volumetric and chromatographic methods of analysis, modern chemical instrumentation, and interpretation of data.

 

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR THIS COURSE:

Student should be able to:

1.      Solve stoichiometric and solution calculations problems.

2.      Perform error analysis using the rule of propagation of error.

3.      Identify appropriate laboratory tools and instrumentation for the quantitative analysis of an unknown

4.      Describe the difference between three calibration methods and propose and perform an appropriate calibration method for a given sample.

5.      Evaluate and present data using statistical analysis.

6.      Consider relevant chemical equilibria to solve for the concentrations of various chemical species participating in a chemical reaction.

7.      Define components and underlying principles of operation of modern instrumentation of potentiometry, molecular and atomic spectroscopy and chromatographic separation.

 

Course schedule

Week 1

Introduction

Calculations used in analytical chemistry (Chapter 4)

Week 2

Chemicals, apparatus and unit operation of analytical chemistry (chapter2)

Errors in chemical analysis (Chapters 5&6)

Week 3

 

Statistical data treatment and evaluation (Chapter 7)

 

Week 4

 

Calibration (Chapter 8)

 

Week 5

Exam1

Chemical equilibrium (Chapter 9)

Week 6

Solving equilibrium calculations for complex systems (Chapter 11)

Week 7

Acid-base titrations (Chapter 14)

Complex acid- base systems (Chapter 15)

Week 8

 

Complex acid- base systems (Chapter 15)

 

Week 9

Exam2

Electrochemistry (Chapter 18)

Potentiometry (Chapter 21)

Week 10 

Potentiometry (Chapter 21)

Intro to spectrochemical methods (Chapter 24, 26)

Week 11

Intro to spectrochemical methods (Chapter 24, 26)

Instruments for optical spectrometry (Chapter 25)

Week 12

Molecular fluorescence spectroscopy (Chapter 27)

Exam3

Week 13

Atomic Spectroscopy (Chapter 28)

Analytical Separation (Chapter 31)

Week 14

Analytical Separation (Chapter 31)

Analytical Separation (Chapter 31)

Week 15

 

Gas Chromatography (Chapter 32)

High Performance Liquid Chromatography (Chapter 33)

Exam4

Week 16

High Performance Liquid Chromatography (Chapter 33)

Review