CHEMISTRY 320
Syllabus for Instrumental Analysis
Fall, 2006
Dr. Frank Dunnivant
Chemistry Department, Room 344
Whitman College
Walla Walla, WA 99362
Work: 527-4751
Course goals: This course explores the theory, principles of operation, and hands-on use of the basic instrumentation used in the chemical industry. Whether or not you become an analytical chemist, you will find some form of chemical instrumentation being used in your field (including geology, biology, chemistry, and the medical industry). As the textbook points out in the preface, there is no way all of the material in the text can be covered in one semester (possibly not even in two semesters). My goal is that you come away from this course with a working knowledge of the theory and function of the instruments that we do cover, and with the ability to figure out how to use other instruments that you may come across in your career.
Materials:
Text: Skoog, Holler, & Nieman, Principals of Instrumental Analysis, Fifth
Edition, Saunders College Publishing, 1998.
Class notes
A scientific calculator (with statistical capabilities such as linear regression)
Class meeting times: Lecture: Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 10:00
Lab: Tuesday from 1:00 – 4:00
Grading Break-down: Points
Exam 1 100
Exam 2 100
Exam 3 100
Field Trip 25
Johnson Wilderness Outing 25
Final (comprehensive) 100
TOTAL 450
Exams will be taken out of class (on selected Fridays) so that we do not have a 1-hour time constraint. Depending on the exam, I will allow 2 to 4 hours. Exam dates will be determined at least one week in advance as we go through the semester.
In general, labs in 361 must be attended during the lab period but there may be some deviation from this schedule. We will be using a rotating lab approach, so that ~no two pairs of students will be conducting the same experiment at the same time. This is necessary since we do not have four instruments of each type and you need to have personal experience on each instrument. Additional lab time can be worked out as needed.
Grading: 92.0-100 A
90.0-91.9 A-
88.0-89.9 B+
82.0-87.9 B
80.0-81.9 B-
78.0-79.9 C+
72.0-77.9 C
70.0-71.9 C-
60-70 D
<60 F
CHEM 320 Schedule
Lecture 1: Syl., lab notebook, Introduction (Section I.A.)
Lecture 2: Section I.B. The Basics (Chapter 1)
Week 2
Lecture 3: Standards, Standard Addition
Lecture 4: Signal and Noise
Lecture 5: Signal and Noise
Week 3
Lecture 6: Chromatography Theory
Lecture 7: Chromatography Theory
Lecture 8: HPLC
Week 4
Lecture 9: HPLC
Lecture 10: GC
Lecture 11: GC
Week 5
Lecture 12: MS
Lecture 13: MS
Lecture 14: Chapter 7
Week 6
Lecture 15: Chapter 7; Wavelength Selectors
Lecture 16: Chapter 7; Detectors
Lecture 17: UV-Vis Molecular Spectroscopy (Ch 13)
Week 7
October Break
October Break
Lecture 18: Luminescence
Week 8
Lecture 19: Luminescence
Lecture 20: AAS
Lecture 21: AAS
Week 9
Lecture 22: ICP
Lecture 23: ICP
Lecture 24: Electrophloresis
Week 10
Lecture 25: SEM Demo or NMR
Lecture 26: SEM Demo or NMR
Lecture 27: SEM Demo or NMR
Week 11
Lecture 28: Time of for field trip
Lecture 29: Time of for field trip
Lecture 30: Time of for field trip
Week 12
Lecture 31: Time off for Johnson Wilderness lecture circuit
Lecture 32: Time off for Johnson Wilderness lecture circuit
Lecture 33: Time off for Johnson Wilderness lecture circuit
Nov 19-27: Thanksgiving Break
Week 13
Lecture 34: Time off for Johnson Wilderness lecture circuit
Lecture 35: Time off for Johnson Wilderness lecture circuit
Lecture 36: Time off for extra lab time
Week 14
Lecture 37: Time off for extra lab time
Lecture 38: Time off for extra lab time
Lecture 39: Wrap up/Evaluations
Thursday, Dec. 14, 2:00-4:00 FINAL (This will be comprehensive on the material that we covered in lecture and lab)