FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

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.

 

Thursday

September 24

First Examination

Thursday

October 22

Second Examination

Thursday

November 19

Third Examination

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.

 

Tuesday

Thursday

Comments and Assignments

August 25

Introductory lecture

 

 

August 27

Assigned Problems Chapter 01 – 14, 15, 17-20, 23, 24, 26-28, 29, 30, 32,33, 34, 35

September 1

Chapter 02 notes

 

September 3

 

Assigned Problems Chapter 02 – 14, 15, 18-22, 24

 

September 8

 Chapter 03 notes

 

 

September 10

 

 

Assigned Problems Chapter 03 – 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22

 

 

September 15

Chapter 06 notes

 

 

 

 

September 17

 

 

 

September 22

Sample exam 1 (not representative of all questions)

Sample exam 1 key

Sample questions of the multiple choice type

Answers to the above sample questions

 

September 24

Examination 1

form 1    form 2  

form 3    form 4

worked out problems exam 1 form 1

More sample questions

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

 

 

 

 

 

September 29

Grades thus far

Chapter 07

 Chapter 8

 

 

October 1

 

 

Chapter 08 – no. 3, 4, 5, 7, 17, 18, 19,

 

 

October 6

handwritten notes

 

 Another chapter 08

 

 

October 8

handwritten notes

 

Chapter 09, 10 and 11

 

Extra  Credit problems for Exam 1 ( due on October 15)

 

 

 

 Chapter 9 – no 1-7, 9,11, 12,

 

 

October 13

handwritten notes

October 15

handwritten notes

Acid base calculations

diprotic acid base calculations

 

 

Chapter 10 – nos 2, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 22,

October 20

Covered chapter 11 – handwritten notes are the same as the last part of the chapter 9, 10 and 11 notes

 

 

October 22

Practice exam

Practice exam

Practice exam

 

 

 

 

Chapter 11 – 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 13, 14, 17,

October 27

 Second Examination

Answer Key Exam 2

 

 

 

 

 

October 29

Chapter 14 notes

Nernst Equation problems

 

 

 

 

 

 

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)

November 3

Practice questions electrochemistry

handwritten notes

 

 

 

 

November 5

Chapter 15 notes

 

 

 

In Chapter 15, memorize the equations for standard hydrogen electrode, saturated calomel electrode and a saturated KCl electrode.   Also memorize how they are constructed.

November 10

Spectrophotometry notes

 

 

November 12

 

 

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)

November 24

Third Exam

Electrochemistry and Spectrophotometry, emphasize what was covered in class

 

 

 

November 26

Thanksgiving Day Holiday (no class)

 

 

 

December 1

 

December 3

Third Exam

 

 

December 8

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December 10

Final will be offered this week