Syllabus for CH2212
Quantitative Analysis
Spring Semester, 2012
Instructor:
Dr. Haiying Liu
402E ChemSci
Phone: (906) 487-3451
E-mail: hyliu@mtu.edu
Course Schedule:
Lecture: MWF, 9:05 AM – 9:55 AM, ChemSci Building, Studio Lab (Room 708)
Laboratory: Section 1: MWF 10:00 - 12:00 AM
Section 2: MWF, 12:00 - 2:00 PM
Office Hours
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm, Room 402E, Chemistry Building.
Please send me an e-mail to schedule appointments at other times.
Prerequisite:
Chemistry 1120. A firm grounding in ionic equilibria is assumed and will be essential for success
in this course. You should review the appropriate material from CH 1120 and Harris, Chapter 6.
Instructional Materials
1. Textbook:
Daniel C. Harris,
Quantitative Chemical Analysis
7th or 8th Edition
Freeman
2. Scientific calculator.
3. Computer: A relatively modern computer would be helpful for spreadsheet use. Recent
versions of Excel have graphics and statistics packages which are satisfactory for the problem
solving and data reduction required in this course. Computers are available for student use in
departmental computer lab with the necessary software.
4. There will be a web presence for this class. The course website can be found at
http://www.chemistry.mtu.edu/~hyliu/ch2212/
It includes:
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Material covered/what you should know.
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Homework problems and solutions.
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Exam schedule, coverage and practice problems.
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Links to resources on the web.
Tentative Course Coverage
Week
Starting date
Topic
Chapter
1
January 9, 2012
The Analytical Process
0
Measurements (each student is responsible for
reviewing the material in this chapter)
1
Tools of the Trade (selected topics)
2
Experimental Error
3
Lab:
Handling/storing chemicals responsibly in
the lab
MSDS sheets/Right-to-know
Balance Exercise
Calibration of 50-mL buret
Titration Exercise
Use/Calibration of Volumetric Glassware
2
January 16, 2012
Statistics
Lab:
3
January 23, 2012
4
Demonstration of Statistics in
Quantitative Analysis
Statistics
4
Spectrophotometry
18
Calibration Methods
5
Lab:
Tutorial on Ocean Optics Spectrometer
Calibration Curves/Standard Addition
4
January 30, 2012
Review of Equilibrium Calculations
6
Lab:
Photometric Determination of Phosphate
Manganese and Chromium by
Spectrophotometry
5
February 6, 2012
Acid-Base Equilibria
Lab:
9
Tutorial on Vernier Data Interface Buffer
Preparation
Evaluation of Acid-Base Indicators
6
February 13, 2012
Acid-Base Titrations
11
Direct Determination of Sodium
Carbonate in Soda Ash
Diprotic acids/bases: equilibria
10
Diprotic acids/bases: titration curves
11
Lab:
7
February 20, 2012
Lab:
Determination of Sodium Carbonate in
Soda Ash by Back-Titration
8
February 27, 2012
EDTA Titrations
Lab:
12
Construction/Calibration of a Mariotte
Bottle Constant Delivery Titration System.
Titration of an HCl/H3PO4 Mixture Using a
pH Meter to Determine the End Points.
9
March 5, 2012
Spring Break
10
March 12, 2012
Activity and the Systematic Treatment of
Equilibrium
Lab:
Group project
8
11
March 19, 2012
Electrochemical Equilibria
Lab:
12
March 26, 2012
Group project
Potentiometry
Lab:
14
15
Determination of Iron in an Ore by
Iodometric Titration
13
April 2, 2012
Redox Titrations
Lab:
14
April 9, 2012
Group project
Electrogravimetric and Coulometric Analysis
Lab:
16
17
Group project
15
April 16, 2012
Voltammetry or lecture Overflow
16
April 23, 2012
Final exam
17
Course Requirements
1. Attendance is VERY IMPORTANT to be successful in this course. Class participation,
initiative, and attendance will be considered in the final course grade. You must keep up with
the material as the semester progresses.
2. The student MUST study outside of class. Outside work should include reading assigned
material, doing assigned questions and problems, reviewing lecture notes, correcting errors
made in past work, etc. For every hour of lecture, three hours should be spent outside of class.
However, all the hard work will pay off with a very satisfying grade.
Grading
1. No homework will be graded, but problems will be assigned from each chapter and
expected to have been mastered. Answers not given in the back of the text will be made
available. You must work these problems to be successful in this course.
2. Lecture tests:
Exam No.
Date
Coverage
Exam 1 (130 pts)
Wednesday, January 31
Material through Jan. 27
Exam 2 (130 pts)
Wednesday, Feb. 28
Material through Feb. 25
Exam 3 (140 pts)
Wednesday, March 27
Material through March 24
Final
Week 16
Comprehensive
(200 pts)
3. Grading system:
A
Excellent
100 - 90
AB
Very good
89 - 85
B
Good
84 - 80
BC
Above average
79 - 75
C
Average
74 - 70
CD
Below average
69 - 65
D
Inferior
64 - 60
F
Failure
59 - 0
4. Point distribution:
Lecture
600 pts
Laboratory
400 pts
5. Up to 3 extra percentage points toward your final grade can be earned. To earn these points
you must:
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Attend frequently and arrive to class on time.
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Participate in classroom discussion.
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Attempt to work all the assigned homework problems.
Please note that there are no make-up exams and late problem set assignments are not
accepted.