Department of Natural Sciences
CHEM 310 Instrumental Methods of
Analysis
Spring Semester/ Year 2007
I.
Locator Information:
Instructor: _ Shubo Han, Ph. D. _
_________
Course # and Name: CHEM 310 Instrumental Methods of Analysis Office Location:
Semester Credit Hours: 4_____________________ Office
hours: MWF
Day and Time Class Meets: MW
MW
Total
Contact Hours for Class: 10__
Email
address: shan@uncfsu.edu______
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II. Course Description: CHEM 310 (
III. Textbook: Skoog, Holler,
Crouch, Principles of Instrumental Analysis, 6th ed, Thomson
Brooks/Cole. ISBN: 9780495012016
IV. Student Learning Outcomes
This course meets specific competencies required by
American Chemistry Society Accreditation Program. Upon completion of this
course, students will be able to carry out the following tasks:
1.
Communications
skills in technical writing, gained through writing laboratory reports in the
style of a journal article.
2.
The
use of computers in analytical chemistry to process data and generate graphs.
3.
Familiarity
with the ways in which concentration is expressed, including the pH scale.
4.
Proficiency
with electrochemical concepts, including the relationship between voltage and
Gibbs free energy, and the Nernst equation.
5.
Statistical
analysis of data to determine the concentration of unknowns and to estimate
uncertainty of measurements.
6.
Knowledge
of the theory and, when possible, familiarity of the use of the four main
groups of analytical instruments:
a.
Atomic
spectroscopy (absorption, emission, fluorescence)
b.
Molecular
spectroscopy (UV/Vis, luminescence, IR, Raman, NMR,
mass spectroscopy)
c.
Electroanalytical methods (potentiometry, coulometry, voltammetry)
d.
Separations
techniques (GC, HPLC)
a.
Grading
Scale: The final letter grade assigned to the student will be based upon the
following numerical equivalencies as stated in the University Catalog.
A
= 93% - 100%
B
= 83% - 92%
C
= 73% - 82%
D
= 64% - 72%
F
= 63% or less (Failure)
b.
Attendance
Requirements: Students are expected to attend all lecture and laboratory
sessions, except in cases of illness and other unforeseen emergencies. Attendance will be taken promptly at the
beginning of each session. Any student coming in after the roll has been called
will have been marked absence. It is the student's responsibility to see that
all tardies have been duly noted. Students will also
be charged with a tardy for departure from the class before the specified end
of class. The accumulation of three (3) tardies will
result in the student being charged with one (1) absence. It is the student’s
responsibility to contact the instructor about the steps that must be taken for
making up any and all missed work. It is recommended that contact with the
instructor take place within twenty-four (24) hours of having missed class. The
university policy concerning absences from class will be strictly enforced. The
instructor will request administrative withdrawal for students who either incur
TWO CONSECUTIVE ABSENCES, or whose absences exceed 10% of the total contact
hours the course meets during the semester. For this course, that would amount
to approximately eight (8) total hours of unexcused absences after which the
instructor will also submit an administrative withdrawal for the student. See
the university catalog for the details.
c.
Graded
Assignments
The progress of each student will
be evaluated by means of three one-hour examinations given during the semester,
laboratory reports, homework in each chapter, quizzes, and a final examination.
Three hour exams 100 each 25%
Laboratory reports 10 each 25%
Homework, Presentations and
quizzes 10 each
25%
Final examination 100 25%
Total
100%
d.
Policy
on Missed or Late Assignments
You are expected to take all examinations at the scheduled times. No student will be allowed to take an exam
before or following the scheduled exam time. Should an illness, family emergency, official
university-sanctioned event or other unavoidable problem necessitate your
missing a scheduled exam, you may take a make-up exam provided that (1) the
instructor is notified prior to the exam, and (2) you show verifiable evidence
for the condition/situation/event that resulted in your missing the regularly
scheduled exam. The latter may be in the
form of a note from a doctor or the university’s student health clinic in the
event of serious illness, a note from another
Late submissions of homework and
lab reports are penalized 30% of whole points. Missed submissions of homework
and lab reports are received 0 points for that assignment.
e.
Other
- To accommodate emergent circumstances, the professor reserves the right to
make reasonable changes in the syllabus while the course is in progress. Any understandings between a student and the
professor including, but not limited to, changes, expectations, or modifications
to course requirements or procedures must be in writing and must be signed by
both parties. Any question of
interpretation of course requirements or of understandings between a student
and the professor will be at the discretion of the professor.
f.
Student Behavior Expectations: -The instructor will respect all students and will make
every effort to maintain a classroom climate that promotes learning for all
students. Students must accept their responsibility for maintaining a positive
classroom environment by abiding by the following rules:
(1). Students are expected to arrive to class on time, remain in class until
dismissed by the instructor, and refrain from preparing to leave class until it
is dismissed.
(2).
Students are not permitted to sleep in class.
(3).
Student/teacher relationships, as well as relationships among peers, must be
respectful at all times.
(4).
Students are not permitted to wear headphones or other paraphernalia that may
be distracting to the classroom environment.
(5). Students must refrain from any activity that will disrupt the class; this
includes turning off cell phones and pagers.
(6). Students are not permitted to use profanity in the classroom.
(7).
Students should not pass notes or carry on private conversations while class is
being conducted.
g.
Consequences for Failing to Meet Behavioral Expectations: The first time a student violates
one of these rules, the instructor will warn him or her privately, either after
class or before the next class. The second time a student violates the guidelines, the instructor may deduct as many as twenty
points from the student’s next exam grade.
If a student violates the guidelines three times, the instructor will
report the student to the Dean of Students for disciplinary action according to
the FSU Code of Student Conduct.
VI. Academic Support Resources
Blackboad: http://blackboard.uncfsu.edu/
Websites
of Instructor: http://faculty.uncfsu.edu/shan/
Smarthinking Student Site: http://www.smarthinking.com/
VI.
Course Outline and Assignment
Schedule
|
Day |
Chapter |
Lecture Topic |
Lab Activities (Tentative) |
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Jan. 8 |
1 |
Concepts |
No Lab |
|
Jan. 15 |
6 |
Introduction to Spectroscopy |
No lab |
|
Jan. 22 |
8-9 |
Atomic Spectroscopy |
Check-in and Safety training |
|
Jan. 29 |
13-14 |
UV-Vis Spectroscopy |
Spectrophotometric Analysis of Iron in Vitamin
Tablet |
|
Feb.5 |
15-18 |
IR and Roman Spectroscopy |
Spectrophotometric Analysis of Measurement of Iron
in Food by Standard Addition |
|
Feb. 12 |
19 |
NMR Exam.1 |
Measuring Manganese in Steel by Atomic Absorption Part I |
|
Feb. 19 |
20 |
Molecular Mass Spectroscopy |
Measuring Manganese in Steel by Atomic Absorption Part II |
|
Feb. 26 |
22 |
Electroanalytical Chemistry |
Stripping Analysis of Metals in Environmental Samples
Part I |
|
Mar. 5 |
|
Mid-Semester Break |
Mid-Semester Break |
|
Mar.12 |
22 |
Electroanalytical Chemistry |
Stripping Analysis of Metals in Environmental Samples
Part II |
|
Mar. 19 |
26 |
Principle of Chromatography |
The
Gas-Chromatographic Determination of Ethanol in Beverages, Part I |
|
Mar. 26 |
27 |
Gas Chromatography |
The Gas-Chromatographic
Determination of Ethanol in Beverages, Part II |
|
Apr. 2 |
28 |
Liquid Chromatography |
Analysis of Analgesics Using HPLC, Part I |
|
Apr. 9 |
29 |
Supercritical Fluid Chromatographic Methods |
Analysis of Analgesics Using HPLC, Part II |
|
Apr. 16 |
30 |
Capillary Electrophoresis |
Check out |
|
Apr. 23 |
TBA |
Presentation |
Presentation |
|
Apr. 30 |
TBA |
|
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May 3-9 |
Final Exam |
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VII. Teaching Strategies
A variety of formats will be used
in this class. Typically, the class will
begin with answering your questions about the homework or a ten-minute quiz,
then new material in a lecture format and then in-class exercises, with
discussion in an interactive format.
a.
Hour exams
are in the short-essay format. Questions
may consist of either a numerical problem to work out or a concept to explain
in a few sentences. To receive full
credit for numerical problems, make sure your thought process is written out
clearly.
b.
Laboratory reports. This is to have a title,
author(s), abstract, introduction, experimental, results and discussion, and
reference(s). Laboratory report
has to be typed. Further details will be given.
c. You will be trained in the use of Microsoft Excel
and will be expected to use it for calculations.
VI.
Bibliography
1. J.W. Robinson, E.M.S. Frame, G.M.
Frame II, Undergraduate Instrumental
Analysis, Sixth Edition, Marcel Dekker,2005. ISBN:
0-8247-5359-3
VIII. Disclaimer
To
accommodate emergent circumstances, the professor reserves the right to make
reasonable changes in the syllabus while the course is in progress. Any
understandings between a student and the professor including, but not limited
to, changes, expectations, or modifications to course requirements or procedures
must be in writing and must be signed by both parties. Any question of
interpretation of course requirements or of understandings between a student
and the professor will be at the discretion of the professor.