Jordan University of Science and Technology
Faculty of Science & Arts
Department of Applied Chemistry
Semester 2007
Course Syllabus
Course Information
Course Title
Instrumental Analysis
Course Code
CH 336
Prerequisites
Analytical Chemistry CH 233
Course Website
Instructor
Dr. Ahmad Gharaibeh
Office Location
D3 L0
Office Phone #
23586
Office Hours
S, T:11:15-12:15; M, W: 10:00-11:00
E-mail
agharaib@just.edu.jo
Teaching Assistant
Course Description
Instrumental analysis is an overview course intended for undergraduate chemistry majors, covering the
most common methods for instrumental analysis, specifically spectroscopic and electroanalytical
techniques. The emphasis is on the principles and practical application of the instruments used for
quantitative analysis.
The students in this course are introduced to the different types of calibration methods and figures of
merits for the instruments. Then the properties of electromagnetic radiation will be covered briefly
followed by the important components and types of optical instruments. Quantitative application for
each technique will be discussed.
Textbook
Title
Principles of Instrumental Analysis
Author(s)
D.A. Skoog, F.J. Holler, T.A. Nieman
Publisher
Saunders College Publishing, New York
Year
1997
Edition
5th Edition
Book Website
Other references
D.C. Harris, Quantitative Chemical Analysis, 7th Ed., W.H. Freeman and Co.,
New York, NY, 2007.
G.W. Ewing, Instrumental Methods of Chemical Analysis, 5th edition, McGrawHill, New York 1985.
G.D. Christian and J.E. O'Reilley, Instrumental Analysis, 2nd edition, Allyn and
Bacon, Boston 1986.
J.D. Ingle and S.R. Crouch, Spectrochemical Methods of Analysis, PrenticeHall, New Jersey 1988.
Assessment
Assessment
Expected Due Date
Percentage
First Exam
Week 6
30%
Second Exam
Week 12
30%
Final Exam
Week 16
40%
Assignments
Participation
Attendance
Course Objectives
Percentage
1.
Understand the different calibration methods and when to use each method
2.
Evaluate the performance characteristics of an instrument in terms of figures
of merits such as limit of detection, sensitivity, selectivity,…etc.
3.
Understand the principles and theory of operation for the most common
instruments for chemical instrumentation
4.
Be able to perform analysis using the covered instruments
Teaching & Learning Methods
Class lectures and exams
Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to
Related Objective(s)
Reference(s)
1
Chapter 2 and Handouts
1,2
1-6
3,4
5,6
6
5
Useful Resources
Course Content
Week
Chapter in Textbook
(handouts)
Topics
1
Introduction, Types of Instrumental Methods
Chapter 1
2
Figures of Merits, Calibration Methods
Chapter 1
3
Properties of Electromagnetic Radiation
Chapter 6
4
Energy Levels of Species, Absorption and
Emission of Radiation
Chapter 6
5
Components of Optical Instruments
Chapter 7
6
UV/Vis
Spectrophotometry:
Limitations to Beer’s Law
7
UV/Vis Instrumentation (single & double beam
Beer’s
Law,
Chapter 13
Chapter 13
spectrometers
8
Absorbing Species, Typical Organic & Inorganic
absorbances,
Quantitative
Applications
(photometric titrations)
Chapter 14
9
Studies of Complex Ions (determination of
complex formula)
Harris 20, Class Notes
10
Luminescence Spectrophotometry: Theory of
Fluorescence & Phosphorescence
Chapter 15
11
Instrumentation & Applications.
Chemiluminescence
Chapter 15
12
Atomic Spectrophotometry: An Overview.
Atomization Methods, Effect of Temperature on
Atomic Spectroscopy
Harris 21
13
Instrumentation, Interferences
Harris 21
14
Electroanalytical Methods of Analysis: Redox
Reactions & Galvanic Cells.
Standard Potentials
Harris 14
15
Nernst Equation, E & Keq.
Potentiometry: Types of Electrodes, Junction
Potentials
16
Glass Electrode for pH Measurements.
Ion-Selective Electrodes
Additional Notes
Harris 14
Harris 15
Harris 15