CHEM 407

Instrumental Analysis

Spring 2009

 

Instructor: Dr. Neil Brotherton                                                   Office: CNSB 210

E-mail: hbrotherton@ulm.edu                                                    Phone: 1826 

Office hours: MWF (8:00 - 9:50), TR (9:00-11:00)

Lecture: CNSB 243, MWF (10:00-10:50)

Prerequisite: CHEM 240, 241 ("C" or better)

Lecture Text: "Undergraduate Instrumental Analysis, 6^th Ed", Robinson, Frame, Frame II, Marcel Dekker Publishing. 

Lab Text: Chemistry 407 Lab Manual and Practice Problems (available on line)

Course Objective: This course will introduce students to the design, basic concepts, and operation of analytical instrumentation. Study will concentrate on UV, Vis, IR, NMR, and MS spectrophotometric techniques, GLC and HPLC separation techniques, and electrochemical techniques. Students will get hands-on laboratory experience with experiments designed to increase their understanding of these techniques.

Grading: Lecture Exams: Five exams plus a final exam. Dates are to be scheduled. Average score will be 50% of your overall grade.  Students taking this course for Graduate Credit will be required to complete a research paper on a related subject which has been approved by the instructor.

Labs: Eight experiments and lab reports (800pts), lab notebook (50pts), and a lab final (total 1100 points). Average score will be 50% of your overall grade.

Attendance is strongly encouraged in the lecture and based on University policy. Attendance is required at each laboratory meeting.

Absences from tests: If the absence is unexcused, the grade on the examination is a zero. If the absence is excused, you will be administered a makeup test at the end of the semester. Absences from scheduled laboratory periods will be dealt with by the instructor on an individual basis as there are no schedules times in which additional laboratory experiments can be carried out. Excuses for missed examinations and laboratories must be submitted to the instructor within one week of the examination date unless you are physically unable to do so. 

University policy related to cell phone use will be strictly followed; please see the 2008/2009 Student Policy Manual.  A copy of the policy is posted outside CNSB 210.

 

 

Tentative Lecture Outline

I. Introduction 

          A. What is instrumental analysis

          B. Analytical methodology

II. Optical spectroscopy

          A. Introduction

          B. Fundamental laws of spectroscopy

          C. Instrumentation

                    1. Atomic spectroscopy

                    2. Molecular spectroscopy

          D. Mass spectrometry

          E. NMR

          F. Surface Analysis

III. Separation Theory

          A. Chromatographic Systems

          B. Gas Chromatography

          C. Liquid Chromatography

IV. Electrochemistry

          A. Potentiometry

          B. Coulometry

          C. Voltammetry

          D. Conductometric methods

V. Real-life problem solving (comparison of analytical techniques)