MODERN
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY CHM-4130
INSTRUCTOR: DR. PIERO R. GARDINALI
OFFICE: CP-328
Phone: 348-6354
E-mail: GARDINAL@FIU.EDU
Tuesday &
Thursday 12:30 -1:45PM CP-117
Course Description: In-depth review of general instrumental methods of chemical analysis including atomic and molecular spectroscopy, electro analytical methods, gas and liquid chromatography, capillary electrophoresis and several hyphenated techniques. The class also covers all aspects of quantitative chemical analysis including figures of merit, method development, and QA/QC protocols.
Pre-Requisites: CHM3210/3210L; CHM2211/2211L; CHM3410; PHY2048/2048L and PHY2049/2049L. Students registered in the class without the appropriate pre-requisites will be dropped administratively.
IMPORTANT POINTS TO
REMEMBER:
Attendance is important but is your call.
There will be two
(2) in-class exams worth 30 % of the grade each, and a
Cumulative Final
examination worth 30% of the grade.
In addition, 10% of the grade will be assigned to two sets of homework problems to assure that students get adequate exposure to computer hardware/software. Check the class schedule for tentative dates.
No grades will be dropped, there will be no make-up exams and there will be no curve for grading the exams.
The grading scale is as follows: 90-100%=A, 80-89%=B, 70-79%=C, 60-69%=D, <60 = F.
Office hours will be Thursdays from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., you can also make an appointment or e-mail any questions you may have.
The required
textbook for the class is: Principles of
Instrumental Analysis, 5th Edition by D.A. Skoog, F.J. Holler, and
T.A. Nieman.
Plenty of copies should be available at the FIU Bookstore but you can always order it online!
Additional suggested readings might be assigned along during the semester. Additional class information will be available at http://www.fiu.edu/~gardinal/teaching.html
Tentative Class Schedule
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August 31 |
Introduction - No Class |
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September 2 |
Chapter 1 : Introduction/ Appendix I : Evaluation of Analytical Data |
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September 7 |
Appendix I : Evaluation of
Analytical Data Chapter 5: Signal to
noise |
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September 9 |
Chapter 6 : Introduction to
Spectroscopic Methods (1st Assignment 5%) |
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September 14 |
Chapter 7: Optical
Instruments |
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September 16 |
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September 21 |
Chapter 9: Atomic
Absorption and Fluorescence
Spectroscopy |
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September 23 |
Chapter 9: Atomic Absorption
and Fluorescence Spectroscopy |
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September 28 |
Chapter 10: Atomic Emission
Spectroscopy |
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September 30 |
Chapter 11: Atomic Mass
Spectrometry |
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October 5 |
Chapter 12: Atomic X-Ray
Spectrometry |
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October 7 |
EXAM 1 (30%) |
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October 12 |
Chapter 13: UV/Visible
Molecular Absorption Spectroscopy |
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October 14 |
Chapter 13: UV/Visible
Molecular Absorption Spectroscopy |
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October 19 |
Chapter 14: Applications of UV/Visible Spectroscopy |
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October 21 |
Chapter 15: Molecular
Luminescence Spectrometry |
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October 26 |
Chapter 16/17: Infrared
Spectroscopy (3rd Assignment) |
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October 28 |
Chapter 19: NMR Spectroscopy |
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November 2 |
Chapter 20: Molecular Mass
Spectrometry |
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November 4 |
Chapter 20: Molecular Mass
Spectrometry |
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November 9 |
Chapter 26: Chromatographic
Separations |
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November 11 |
VETERANS DAY NO
CLASS |
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November 16 |
EXAM 2 (30%) |
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November 18 |
Chapter 27: Gas
Chromatography |
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November 23 |
Chapter 27: Gas
Chromatography |
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November 30 |
Chapter 28: High Performance
Liquid Chromatography |
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December 2 |
Chapter 28: High Performance
Liquid Chromatography |
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December 7 |
Chapter 29: Supercritical
Fluid Chromatography |
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December 9 |
Chapter 30: Capillary
Electrophoresis |
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December 14 |
Final Examination
12:30 - 15:15 PM (30%) |