UNIVERSITY OF GUAM

COURSE OUTLINE

COURSE NUMBER: CH 410-410L COLLEGE(OR SPONSORING UNIT): CAS/NATURAL SCIENCES

COURSE TITLE: INSTRUMENT METHODS OF ANALYSIS CREDIT HOURS: 3/2

DATE OF FINAL APPROVAL: SEMESTER OFFERED: SP/EVEN

Course counts as General Education Requirement

Ö Part of Chemistry major program

Ö Elective

1. CATALOG DESCRIPTION

This course is a study of potentiometric, colorimetric, spectrophotometric, polarographic, calorimetric and other instrument methods of analysis, as available. Emphasis is on practical utilization of instrumentation in the field of analytical chemistry. It includes three hours of lecture weekly. The lab, CH 410L, MUST be taken concurrently. Prerequisites: CH 310a-b, 311, 312, 330, and MA 161a-b or consent of program. Corequisite: CH 410L

CH 410L is the laboratory portion of CH 410 and MUST be taken concurrently. The course consists of six hours of laboratory work per week. Corequisite: CH 410

2. COURSE CONTENT

Elementary electronics, microprocessors in chemical instrumentation, optical spectroscopic instrumentation, molecular fluorescence phosphorescence spectroscopy, atomic absorption, emission spectroscopy. Infrared and Raman spectroscopy, NMR, x-ray spectroscopy and electroanalytical chemistry.

3. RATIONALE FOR THE COURSE

A vast array of powerful and analytical techniques, for solving analytical chemistry problems exist. Analytical Techniques of interest to chemists, biologists and environmental scientists will be presented and an appreciation for modern instrument methods f analysis will be provided.

4. SKILLS AND BACKGROUND REQUIRED OR EXPECTED

CH 310 a-b, CH 311-2, CH 330, MA 161 a-b

5. TEACHING METHODOLOGIES AND ANTICIPATED CLASS SIZE

Lectures, problem solving and laboratory exercises

Class size = 6 to 8

6. ADDITIONAL COURSE DESCRIPTORS

7. LEARNING OBJECTIVES FOR STUDENTS

1. To provide a sound theoretical background in those chemical principles that are especially vital to chemical analysis.

2. To develop in the student an appreciation for the importance of the often difficult task of judging the validity of experimental data.

3. To introduce the experimental techniques of quantitative analysis and to assist the student in developing skills in the use of the analytical equipment.

8. METHODS OF EVALUATION

Mid-Term Exam = 30%

Take-home Evaluation = 10%

Final Exam = 20%

Lab reports and lab exam = 40%

9. REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED TEXTS AND/OR STUDY GUIDES

Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry, Douglas Skoog, and Donald West, Fifth edition, Saunders Publishing.

Recommended Text: Solutions Manual to accompany the text, Saunders Publishing Company.

10. SUBSEQUENT COURSES

CH 410 & CH 450a-b

THE CALENDAR OF ASSIGNMENTS, ATTENDANCE AND GRADING POLICIES ARE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE COURSE SYLLABUS.