Chem 3410
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COURSE OUTLINE CHEMISTRY 3410
Spring Semester 2006 (M.W.F, 11:00 - 11:50, B543)
Dr. Roman Przybylski
roman.przybylski@uleth.ca
Office: E854
Telephone: 317-5055
TEXT: - 'Principles of Instrumental Analysis' - Skoog, Holler, and Nieman
The text for Chem. 2410 (Quantitative Chemical Analysis - Harris) is also a good reference source for
this course. In addition there are several relevant textbooks in the library which may be consulted for
additional background on the proposed course material:
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Modern methods of Chemical Analysis - Pecsok, Shields (QD 75 P36 C.1)
Instrumental Methods of Analysis - Willard, Merritt, Dean (QD 61 W67 C.1)
Handbook of Modern Analytical Instruments - Khandpur (QD 53 K63 C.1)
Principles of Instrumental Analysis - Skoog, West (QD 73 S56 C.1)
Undergraduate Instrumental Analysis – Robinson, Skelly, Frame (QD 79 I5 R62)
APPROXIMATE OUTLINE OF TOPICS TO BE COVERED:
Principles of Spectroscopy Analysis
Introduction to Chromatography
Gas Chromatography
Liquid Chromatography
Molecular Mass Spectrometry
UV/Visible Spectrophotometry
Infrared Spectroscopy
Atomic Absorption
Atomic Emission
Thermal Methods
LABORATORY: (Instructor: J. Eng)
(i) Laboratory sessions will be held on Wednesday from 8:00. A lab manual will be supplied
to you via email in the first few days of the semester. A deposit for a laboratory key and
equipment will also be requested.
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(ii) Week 1 of the laboratory course is Wednesday 11 of January. Lockers will be assigned
in this week and a laboratory outline will be provided.
Course Evaluation:
2 Midterm examinations (50 minutes duration)* = 2 x 15 %
Final Examination (2 hours duration)** = 30 %
Laboratory = 40 %
* Tentative dates for Midterms are:
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(i) Wednesday 8 February.
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(ii) Wednesday 15 March.
** The registrar will set the date of the final examination
Chem 3410
Grades Schedule (Percentage required):
A+
A
AB+
B
BC+
C
C-
= 90 – 100
= 86 - 89.9
= 80 - 85.9
= 77 – 79.9
= 73 – 76.9
= 70 – 72.9
= 63 – 69.9
= 57 – 62.9
= 50 – 56.9
F
= below 50
Please Note: Normally failure to attend a Midterm exam will gain you a score of zero. In the case of
sickness, a medical certificate must be presented.
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