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Required text:
Quantitative Chemical Analysis

by: Daniel C. Harris
7th edition (2007), W.H. Freeman and Company
ISBN: 0-7167-7041-5

  Course Syllabus
  Course Schedule
  Supplemental Material
  Chemistry Links

Course Schedule (top)
Week
Readings
Lecture Notes
(password protected)
Lab Exercises
Week 1 - 8/22 - 8/31

Chapters 0, 1 and 2
Chapters 3 and 4

Chapter 0 - What is Quantitative Analysis
Chapter 1 - Measurements
Chapter 2 - Tools of the Trade
Chapter 3 - Experimental Error

Lab #1 - Precision Exercise
Week 2 - 9/3 - 9/7

Chapters 4 and 5

 Chapter 4 - Statistics
Lab #2 - Standardization of a Base
Week 3 - 9/10 - 9/14 Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Calibration Methods
                   Chapter Objectives 		Lab #3 - Standardization of an Acid
Week 4 - 9/17 - 9/21 Chapter 6 Chapter 6 - Chemical Equilibrium - Part I
                   Chapter Objectives 		Exam #1 - Study Guide
Exam #1 - Answer Key
Week 5 - 9/24 - 9/28 Chapter 6 Chapter 6 - Chemical Equilibrium - Part II Lab #4 - Complete Determination of Unknowns
Week 6 - 10/1 - 10/5 Chapters 7

Chapter 7 - Volumetric Analysis
                   Chapter Objectives
                   Answers to Recommended Problems

 Lab #5 - Determination of Water Hardness Part I
Week 7 - 10/8 - 10/12

Chapter 7

Chapter 7 and Review

Exam #2 - Study Guide
Exam #2 - Answer Key

Week 8 - 10/15 - 10/19 Chapters 8,13

Chapter 8 - Activity - Part I
                   Activity - Part II
                   Chapter Objectives

Lab #6 - Determination of Water Hardness Part II
Week 9 - 10/22 - 10/26 Chapter 9 Chapter 9 - Monoprotic Acid-Base Equilibria - Part I
                   Monoprotic Acid-Base Equilibria - Part II
                   Chapter Objectives
Lab #7 - Visual MINTEQ
Week 10 - 10/29 - 11/2 Chapters 11, 18 Chapter 18 - Fundamentals of Spectrophotometry
Chapter 11 - Acid-Base Titrations
                    Chapter Objectives (11 & 18) 		Lab #8 - Determination of Mn in steel
Week 11 - 11/5 - 11/9 Chapter 14

Chapter 14 - Fundamentals of Electrochemistry
                     Chapter Objectives

Exam #3 - Study Guide
Exam #3 - Practice Problems
Exam #3
Week 12 - 11/12 - 11/16 Chapter 14 Chapter 14 - Fundamentals of Electrochemistry
Research Proposal Due! (11/12/07)
Research Propsoal Instructions/Rubric
(click on this link for a sample proposal) 		Lab #9 - Introduction to Electrochemistry
Week 13 - 11/19 - 11/23
Thanksgiving Break
 
Week 14 - 11/26 - 11/30 Chapters 25 and 26 Intro to Analytical Separations / Liquid Chromatography
                    Chapter Objectives (23 & 28)
Lab #10 - HPLC identification of RDX/HMX/TNT
Week 15 - 12/3 - 12/6 Review and Catch Up
Final Exam Preparation - Homework #10
Final Exam Study Guide (coming soon) 		Lab Clean-Up

Supplemental Material (top)

Research Articles
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Article/Handout
1
 Bispo, M.S., M.C.C. Veloso, H.L.C. Pinheiro, R.F.S. De Oliveira, J.O.N. Reis, and J.B. De Andrade. 2002. Simultaneous determination of caffeine, theobromine, and theophylline by high-performance liquid chromatography. J. Chrom. Sci. 40: 45-48

Application Notes
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Article/Handout
1

Shimadzu Application Notes:
     Amino Acid Analysis
     Chemicl Industry
     Electronics and Semiconductor
     Environmental Aalysis
     Food Analysis
     Pharmaceutical Analysis

Links (top)

Chemistry Links
Statistics Links
Chemical Equilibrium Modeling Programs
  • MINTEQ (main website)
  • MINTEQ (program download, version 2.52, vminsetup.zip)
  • MINTEQ (EPA website)