DEPARTMENT OF
CHEMISTRY
CHM
3120: Introduction to Analytical Chemistry
Fall
2009
Professors: Ramón López de la Vega. (lopezdel@fiu.edu)
Web-site: http://www.fiu.edu/~lopezdel
Tel.: (305) 348-3086 Office:
CP329
Office Hours/Location: Tuesday CP
329. Best way to reach me is via email.
Textbook: *Quantitative Chemical Analysis,7th
Edition, Daniel C. Harris (ISBN# 0-7167-4464-3)
Solutions
Manual for Quantitative Chemical Analysis, 7th Edition, Daniel C.
Harris (ISBN# 0-7167- 4984-X)
*Required reading
Pre
Requisite: CHM 1046
Class
Time /Room: PC (Charles Perry) – room 310 from 12:30-1:45 pm
Grading: Grading will be based on three exams worth
100 points each, and a final, comprehensive
exam also worth 100 points. One of the
three exams will be dropped. Approximate
grading scale A (90-100), B(75-90), C(60-75),
D, 50-60, F (0-49) This scale is
approximate. It will not get any worse
than this.
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Thursday |
September
24 |
First
Examination |
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Thursday |
October
22 |
Second
Examination |
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Thursday |
November
19 |
Third
Examination |
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Tuesday |
December
8 from 12:00 – 2:00 pm. |
Final
Comprehensive |
For a better explanation of grading policy, please click
here.
Exam
Policy: There will be NO MAKE-UP EXAMS. If you miss one exam it will count as your
lowest grade and will be dropped. The final
is mandatory. Please bring pencils (#2),
and calculators with two variable statistics and log function, to exams.
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Tuesday |
Thursday |
Comments
and Assignments |
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August 25 |
August 27 |
Assigned Problems Chapter 01 – 14, 15, 17-20, 23, 24, 26-28, 29,
30, 32,33, 34, 35 |
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September 1 |
September 3 |
Assigned Problems Chapter 02 – 14, 15, 18-22, 24 |
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September 8 |
September 10 |
Assigned
Problems Chapter 03 – 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22 |
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September 15 |
September 17 |
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September 22 Sample exam 1 (not representative
of all questions) Sample questions of the
multiple choice type Answers to the above
sample questions |
September 24 Examination 1 |
Assigned
Problems Chapter 6 – 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12 14, 19, 20, 21, 31, 32, 36,
37, 39, 40, 46, 49, 50, Chapter
07, no. 8, 10, 11, 14 |
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September 29 |
October 1 |
Chapter
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October 6 |
October 8 Extra Credit problems for Exam 1 ( due on October
15) |
Chapter 9 – no 1-7, 9,11, 12, |
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October 13 |
October 15 diprotic acid base calculations |
Chapter
10 – nos 2, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 22, |
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October 20 Covered
chapter 11 – handwritten notes are the same as the last part of the chapter
9, 10 and 11 notes |
October 22 |
Chapter
11 – 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 13, 14, 17, |
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October 27 |
October 29 |
Assigned
Problems chapter 14 – 5,8,9,10,12,13,14,15,17,18,19,20,24, 25,26,27,28,29,35,37,38 I
will be posting the answers worked out for these soon (before the weekend) |
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November 3 Practice
questions electrochemistry |
November 5 |
In
Chapter 15, memorize the equations for standard hydrogen electrode, saturated
calomel electrode and a saturated KCl
electrode. Also memorize how they are
constructed. |
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November 10 |
November 12 |
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November 17 |
November 19 |
Practice
Problems: Page
398 Exercises no. 18A-18C, Problems page 399 no. 1-4, 6,8,10,16,17.
Emphasize properties of light, absorbance % T and Beer’s Law I
will be posting the answers worked out for these soon (before the weekend) |
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November 24 Third Exam Electrochemistry and Spectrophotometry,
emphasize what was covered in class |
November 26 Thanksgiving Day Holiday (no class) |
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December 1 |
December 3 Third Exam |
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December 8 v |
December 10 |
Final
will be offered this week |