Analytical Chemistry: Separations
SCHA-312-01
Spring 20073
Room 08-1300
Class 8:00 AM MWF
Office Hour: Right after class and by arrangement
Instructor: L. Paul Rosenberg
Office 08-2116
Phone 475-6159 E-mail lprsch@rit.edu or lpaulr@rochester.rr.com
Required Text and Materials:
Text: D. C. Harris, Quantitative Chemical Analysis (New York: W H Freeman, 7 th Ed.
2007.) Sixth edition might be usable for this course!
WebAssign License
Class Home Page: http://people.rit.edu/lprsch/20073/SCHA312Home20073.htm class
news and homework specifics. This page will be updated routinely during the course of
the quarter.
On-Line Text: http://bcs.whfreeman.com/qca7e/ (make sure you enter my e-mail address
properly)
Web Assign: http://webassign.net
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
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To learn the key concepts of chemical separations. These include:
a) Solvent extraction, partitioning equilibrium
b) Plate Theory
c) Rate Theory
d) Gas Chromatography
e) Liquid Chromatography and separations mechanisms
f) Capillary electrophoresis
To understand data treatment / common calculations for separations data.
To understand Mass Spectrometry
Syllabus: This syllabus is a general course outline and may be modified.
Topic
Introduction
Solvent Extraction
Chromatography, Plate Theory
Chromatography, Rate Theory
Gas Chromatography
Liquid Chromatography
IEC, SEC, Capillary Electrophoresis
Mass Spectroscopy
Reading Assignment
Chapter 0 and Chapter 23
Web Material and Chapter 23
Chapter 23
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 22
Other Methods
Web Material
Grading:
Examinations
Two/three hour exams (about 100 points each) and a cumulative final (100 points) will be
given during the course of the quarter. (70 % of the grade ) Exams will be short answer
and problems similar to homework assignments. I reserve the right to give quizzes and
adjust the above exam and homework weights. You will also be required to do the
assigned On-Line Assignments from the text (10% of your grade). You will need to
register at the web site. For the instructor you must use my RIT e-mail address.
(lprsch@rit.edu). The first character is an l (ell), not the number one.
You will also be expected to do the problems on Web Assign. These problems will carry
20% of the credit for the course.
Raw scores will be on Mycourses. See weighting above to determine grade.
Students who do not appear for examinations will receive no credit for the exam. Makeup
exams will only be allowed for genuine emergency situations and will be scheduled at the
convenience of the instructor.
Homework (should be done by you and will not be collected for grading - Exams will
lean heavily on the homework problems)