CHEM 620: Analytical Chemistry
Fall 2013
COURSE INFORMATION
Instructor:
Prof. David Weis
3062A Malott
864-1377
david.weis@ku.edu
Office Hours:
3:30-4:30, Tuesday and Thursday, 3062 Malott (also by appointment)
Class Meetings:
Mon, Wed, Fri, 11:00-11:50 AM, 2001 Malott
Required materials: Quantitative Chemical Analysis, 8th ed., by Daniel C. Harris
scientific calculator
Sapling online homework
Prerequisites:
CHEM 510 (or concurrent enrollment), or 535, or 640, or 648; and
CHEM 310, or 339, or 622, or 624; and
CHEM 331 or 625;
or by permission of instructor
Co-requisites:
CHEM 621, Analytical Chemistry Lab
Course website:
http://courseware.ku.edu/
OBJECTIVES
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Learn how to apply the analytical approach to answer scientific questions.
Learn how to evaluate confidence through statistical and error analysis methods.
Learn how to quantify analytes using different types of calibration.
Understand the principles and use of the instruments of chemical analysis, from basic glassware
to modern instruments.
EVALUATION
Exams (70%). Four exams will be given, all weighted equally. The first three will be given on
Wednesdays during regular class meetings. The last exam is a make-up exam and will be given
during the scheduled final exam period. Student satisfied with their scores on the first three exams
may skip the final exam.
In-class quizzes (10%). Short quizzes will be given at the end of some class meetings. The quizzes
will be closely related to assigned homework. Your lowest two quiz grades will be automatically
dropped when your final grade is calculated. Quizzes will be graded on a streamlined 5 point scale.
(0 = absent or irrelevant work, 1 = minimal work, 2-3 = some understanding demonstrated, 4 = minor
errors, 5 = no errors)
Homework (15%). Homework assignments will be given after most class meetings. Homework will
be assigned through Sapling Learning, an online system. The purpose of the assigned homework is
for you to put into practice what you have learned and identify concepts that you do not understand.
For this reason, homework will be graded on a 75 point basis although 100 points will be available on
each assignment. In general, you will have several attempts to correctly answer each question,
though there will be a deduction for each incorrect attempt. Homework will be due at 8 AM on the
day of the next class meeting.
assignments.
It will not be possible to earn any extra credit on homework
Pre-class reading quizzes (5%). Short online quizzes on the assigned readings will precede most
class meetings. These quizzes will close at the start of class.
Grading scale. All grade calculations will be done on a percentage basis, hence two exams with
different point values will be weighted equally as percentages. The final grade will be a weighted
average of the four components.
The following grading scale is anticipated:
93-100%:
90-93%:
A
A−
87-90%:
83-87%:
80-83%:
B+
B
B−
77-80%:
73-77%:
70-73%:
C+
C
C−
67-70%:
63-67%:
60-63%:
D+
D
D−
0-60%:
F
COURSE POLICIES
Attendance: Attendance will not be recorded. Absences from class do not need to be explained.
The instructor will not provide notes, handouts, or other materials for students who miss a class.
Missed exams and quizzes: A make-up exam will be given during the scheduled final exam period
for students who miss one of the three scheduled exams. Your two lowest in-class quiz grades will
be dropped automatically when your final grade is calculated. The score drops enable you to miss
ONE exam and TWO quizzes for any reason that you think is important. No explanation or
documentation is required, but you should reserve these opportunities for an illness or other serious
matters. If you need to be absent from an exam or quiz for university business, a religious
observance, or other compelling reason, please discuss this with the instructor well in advance.
Missed or late homework and pre-class quizzes: Late homework and quizzes will not receive
credit. The final homework and online quiz grades will be calculated after dropping the lowest 10% of
the assignments (approximately four each).
Identification: You may be required to present your KU-issued ID to a course instructor or teaching
assistant when submitting your exam.
Electronic interruptions: In the event of major, wide-scale disruptions of electronic resources such
as Blackboard, deadlines may be extended or assignments may be cancelled or treated as optional.
Benevolent dictator clause: The instructor is a benevolent dictator in this course and reserves the
right to change the structure, the content, the criteria for evaluation, and the assignments for reasons
that he decides are in the best interest of student learning. Such changes will not be made
capriciously. Any changes in schedule or structure of the course will be announced in class and on
Blackboard.
Withdrawals: You may withdraw from this course without evaluation through 16 Sept. and with a
grade of W until 20 Nov. You may not withdraw from the course after 20 Nov.
Academic integrity: You are expected to maintain the highest standards of honesty and integrity in
your work in this course. Behavior that deviates from these standards will be dealt with as laid out in
the
University
Senate
Rules
and
Regulations
(Article
II,
Section
6,
http://www2.ku.edu/~unigov/usrr.html). For the purposes of this course, academic misconduct
includes, but is not limited to: providing or obtaining unauthorized information on an assignment or an
exam; fabricating information; claiming the work of another as your own; sabotage; plagiarism; aiding
or abetting the misconduct of others; and dishonesty. At the very minimum, you will receive a grade
of zero on any work in which you violate these integrity standards and all violations will be reported to
the appropriate University officials. The instructor reserves the right to retain copies of all submitted
work.
Evacuations during examinations: The KU Office of Public Safety and the Office of the University
Registrar have developed a system to identify replacement classrooms in the event that evacuation is
necessary while an examination is in progress or is scheduled to be administered. Scheduled
examinations will not be canceled in the event of building evacuations.
Access to Education: The KU office of Disability Resources coordinates accommodations and
services for all students who are eligible. If you have a disability for which you wish to request
accommodations and have not contacted DR, please do so as soon as possible. Their office is
located in 22 Strong Hall; their phone number is 785-864-2620 (V/TTY). Information about their
services can be found at http://disability.ku.edu. You may also contact the instructor privately with
regard to your needs in this course.
Recording of lectures: Course materials prepared by the instructor, together with the content of all
lectures and review sessions presented by the instructor, are the property of the instructor. Video
and audio recording of lectures and review sessions without the consent of the instructor are
prohibited. On request, the instructor will usually grant permission for students to make audio
recordings of lectures, on the condition that such recordings are only used as a study aid by the
individual student making the recording. Unless explicit permission is obtained from the instructor,
such recordings may not be modified and must not be transferred or transmitted to any other person,
whether or not that person is enrolled in the course.
Privacy and tracking notice: Electronic resources used in this course, such as Blackboard, may
automatically record student activities, including but not limited to: your first and last access to the
course, number of times you have accessed the course, pages you have accessed, the number of
discussion messages you have read and sent, posted discussion messages, and chat room text. This
data may be accessed by the instructor.
COURSE SCHEDULE
Assigned readings correspond to the classroom topic.
Date
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Topic
Course introduction, what is chemical analysis?
The analytical approach
Units and calculations
Labor Day holiday
Concentration and dilution
Significant figures, Quiz 1
Experimental error propagation
Experimental error propagation, Quiz 2
Systematic error propagation
Gaussian distribution
Confidence intervals, Quiz 3
Student’s t test
Paired t test
F test and Grubb’s test, Quiz 4
Quality assurance
Method validation
Exam 1
Sampling
Linear regression
Calibration, Quiz 5
Standard addition
Fall Break holiday
Standard addition, Quiz 6
Internal standards
Properties of light
Absorbance in chemical analysis, Quiz 7
Luminescence
Spectrophotometry
Noise, Quiz 8
Extraction
Chromatography
Exam 2
Separation efficiency
Band broadening
HPLC, Quiz 9
Elution
Gas chromatography
Mass spectrometry, Quiz 10
Interpreting mass spectra
Chromatography-mass spectrometry
Thanksgiving Break
Thanksgiving Break
Galvanic cells
Cell potential, Quiz 11
Cells as chemical probes
The pH electrode
Exam 3
Stop Day
Final Exam, 10:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Reading & Online Quiz
pp. 6-12
pp. 13-16
pp. 16-20
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