CHEM 2302*A Analytical Chemistry
Fall 2006
Instructor:
Dr. Edward P.C. Lai
Lectures:
TB 208
Office hours:
Drop in or by appointment
Textbook:
"Quantitative Chemical Analysis" by Daniel C. Harris, 7th ed., Freeman, 2007.
Website:
http://http-server.carleton.ca/~elai/
Lab:
Steacie 304
TAs:
Mohamed A. Salem
Mark Pereira
Yun Wei
David Blair
Fatima Hasanain
(Office: Steacie 230, 520-2600 ext. 3835)
(E-mail: edward_lai@carleton.ca)
Tuesday + Thursday 11:35 a.m. - 12:55 p.m.
PM
PM
Mon / Tues / Wed
Fri
2:35-5:25 p.m.
1:35-4:25 p.m.
(Office: Steacie 330, 520-2600 ext. 7561, masalam@connect.carleton.ca )
(Office: Steacie 423, 520-2600 ext. 6099, mpereir2@connect.carleton.ca )
(Office: Steacie 315, 520-2600 ext. 4486, ywei3@connect.carleton.ca )
blues_squire@hotmail.com
fhasanain@yahoo.ca
(a)
Laboratories are scheduled to begin in the week of September 18. However students will
check in one week before, on their assigned lab days (September 11, 12, 13 or 15), when
experiment schedules are made by Mr. Fred Cassalman. Please bring the receipt for the lab
fee of $5, at the introductory lab, to be paid at the Science stores in Steacie 118.
(b)
Experiment schedule is posted outside Steacie 304, and the lab time-table is printed on p. 4 in
the lab manual; students should prepare accordingly. The new lab manual and a hard-cover
lab notebook should be procured from the CNS stores before the first lab period.
(c)
The wearing of safety glasses and lab coat is MANDATORY at all times. They can be
purchased from the CNS stores. Contact lenses should NOT be worn in the lab. Prescription
glasses with safety lenses are permissible; if the glasses are small, goggles will have to be
used.
(d)
Due to the timing and equipment limitations, it is impossible to co-ordinate the labs and
lectures. The lab manual contains some general information in the Introduction section of each
experiment. Students may refer to the textbook for more theory of the technique and method.
(e)
Satisfactory completion of the lab is required to pass the course. This includes performing all
the experiments as scheduled, recording the output signals in the lab, analysing the data at
home, and submitting your results on time in either an analysis report form (printed on p. 13 in
the lab manual) or a formal report.
Assignments: Questions and problems will be assigned to help students understand the class material better.
Grade:
The final grade for Chemistry 2302* will be based on two components:
Quiz 1 + Quiz 2 + Final Exam
Lab (including test on Chapters 1, 2 and 3)*
TOTAL
65 %
35 %
100 %
Final grades may be bell-curved, either up or down, to a class average grade of B.
Tentative Schedule of Lectures
Week
Topic
Chapters
Sept. 7 Introduction.
Sept. 11
Preparing chemical solutions.
Atomic absorption spectroscopy.
Sept. 18
Experimental error.
Test on Ch. 1, 2 & 3 (60 min, Thursday, September 21)
Sept. 25
Differential pulse anodic stripping voltammetry.
17
Oct. 2
Ion-selective electrodes and potentiometry.
15
Oct. 9
Quiz 1 (80 min, Thursday, October 12)
Ion chromatography.
26
Oct. 16
Chemical Oxygen Demand Assay
Notes
Oct. 23
High-performance liquid chromatography.
25
Oct. 30
Sample preparation and derivatization.
28
Nov. 6
Quiz 2 (80 min, Tuesday, Nov. 7)
Gas chromatography.
24
Nov. 13
PAH analysis.
Notes
Nov. 20
Mass spectrometry.
22
Nov. 27
Dioxin and dibenzofuran analysis.
Review
Notes
Tutorial (60 min, to be scheduled for 2 days before final exam)
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