Chemistry 260: Analytical Chemistry, Spring 2015

TR

Class Meets: 8:00-9:05 AM

Lab Sections: #11 at 9:30 AM-12:20 PM #12 at 1:00 PM-3:50 PM

Office: Harney 440

Office Hours: TR 12 noon- 1 PM or by appt.

e-mail: [email protected]

Phone: 422-5928

Canvas course supplement: REQUIRED

Pre/Post/Procedures for experiments to be

delivered via Canvas

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Required Materials:
Exploring Chemical Analysis, 5th Ed. by Daniel Harris (paperback)
Analytical Chemistry: A Guided Inquiry Approach POGIL Project Workbook ISBN: 978-1-118-89131-5
Laboratory Notebook (with carbon copies).
One 3-ring binder with Divider Tabs for Lab Experiments

Student Learning Outcomes (After completing the course+Lab, the student should be able to:)
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Describe and safely carry out the basic steps, including waste disposal, for a chemical analysis
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Express and convert between different units of chemical concentration.
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Understand and use statistics for quantitative analysis.
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Collect and interpret titration curves of all types, especially polyprotic systems
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Understand the role of chemical equilibrium and the effect of pH in a quantitative analysis.
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Understand and apply the concepts behind the following quantitative techniques: titrations, electrode
measurements, UV-vis and atomic spectroscopy, introductory Mass Spectroscopy and chromatography.
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Keep a research laboratory notebook such that another student could carry out the written procedure
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Write grammatically correct laboratory reports describing a chemical analysis.
Instructor Objective:
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Help students construct their own knowledge base via active engagement. The technique to accomplish this
objective will be Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL)
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Use laboratory time to develop a wide range of analytical skills and to learn the analytical process.
Exams: Thursdays: Feb 19, March 12, April 9, May 7. You will spend about 30 minutes taking the test
individually. The remaining 20 minutes will be spent re-taking the same test in your group (one copy). Your score
will be the weighted average of the individual and group grades (Limited to 70% individual/30% group).
oBonus points. 5 bonus points each if: The group grade is = or >92%. The total individual grades are >80% (e.g. If
you have 4 group members, 400 points x 80% =320). No individual grade below 65.
Problems: Most class meetings will require completion of PRE-CLASS work to get prepared to learn (see Canvas).
Periodic problem sets assigned via Canvas, to be submitted in blue/green books (supplied) with all work/
solutions presented clearly using factor label method if necessary. UNITS and LABELS are necessary for full credit.
Final Exam Comprehensive: (individual work only).
o60% American Chemical Society (ACS) standard Analytical Exam (multiple choice)
o40% Material covered after exam 4 and one question each from material on exams 1-4
Laboratory: You must pass the lab component to pass the course. IF you have 2 or more unexcused absences for
experiments, you will fail the course. Lab experiment procedure should printed out and placed in the 3-ring
binder which you must take to lab. You will complete any pre-lab assignments online via Canvas.
Grades: One grade for the combined lecture-lab assignments
Four Exams
35%
Comprehensive Final Exam Period
15%
Laboratory
30% Experiments/procedures posted online
In Class work and Problem Sets
20%
Course Total
100%
Quizzes
extra credit +5% max

Tentative Schedule of Topics in ECA by Harris, 5th ed

1. Introduction
3. Errors in Chemical Analysis
4. Statistics: Data Treatment/Evaluation
6. Titrations
8.Acids/Bases
9. Buffers
10. Acid-Base Titrations
11. Polyprotic Acids
18.Light
19. Spectrophotometry
20. Atomic Spectroscopy
14. Electrode Potentials
15. Electrode Measurements
21. Principles of Chromatography
22. Gas/Liquid Chromatography
Special Topic: GC/Mass Spectrometry
Bring Analytical Chemistry: A Guided Inquiry Approach POGIL Project Workbook to every class!
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Most all class time will involve cooperative learning groups (CLG) using Process Oriented Guided
Inquiry Learning (POGIL) activity sheets from the POGIL workbook.
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Your goal is to develop a group solution, on which you all agree to Key Questions. The instructor
guides the students through the activity. All group members should understand the solution as a
group member presents answers to the class.

POGIL Application Problems may be assigned outside of class (Problem sets)

Attendance: Required. Group learning requires all group members to assist each other in learning.
o > 1 Unexcused absence (i.e. you do not notify me in advance) will affect your In Class Work grade.
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Excused = medical notification/note from you/ health clinic or a email me before class.

Details
Class Meetings are 65 minutes TR. You must come prepared and be on time to work in groups.
Analytical Chemistry: A Guided Inquiry Approach POGIL Project Workbook: Bring to class everyday. You
will record answers directly IN PENCIL in the spaces provided after group discussion.
Workbook problems or chapter problems will be assigned and graded periodically. We find that students
need to do more than the minimum assigned problems to be successful in the course. So although we will
not grade all homework, we expect that you will do it all.
Canvas: I post all important information here for class and lab. Please log in almost daily for assignments,
grades, videos and other help.

Absolute Grading Scale:

100%
91-100
88-90
83-87
77-82
72-76
67-71
60-66
55-59
48-54
0 - 47

A+
A
AB+
B
BC+
C
CD
F

Your grade is based on this absolute scale. There is no curve in this course, thus you are not in
competition with your fellow student. Your competition is the course material! Work together on problems,
labs and projects so that you can all do well on exams. Lab reports will be individual work and will be
submitted in Canvas using TurnIt In plagiarism checking software.
**At the end of the semester, your overall percentage is calculated with everything included. The instructor will
also consider factors such as trends in performance, lab TA evaluation, etc., to arrive at a final grade. **
Policies
Lab attendance and full completion of labs is mandatory. Students who do not complete all the laboratory
experiments or leave early from lab while their group is still working will lose points. See me if there is a
medical or family emergency such that you must miss lab. You will be required to drop the course if you have
two unexcused absence from the laboratory. Incomplete is not granted for lab work and no make-up labs or
tests are possible. Student Academic Honesty Policy Please see your USF General Catalog. Be especially
careful about laboratory reports and plagiarism. You may not cut and paste text from any outside source in
your reports or your essays. You may not submit the same, or essentially the same, reports or essays as your lab
group unless it is a group report. Violations of the Student Academic Honesty Policy will result in immediate
reporting to the Deans office and/or the Academic Honesty Committee.
Office hours are held as noted above and are intended for questions on and discussion of any material of the
course (lecture, text books, lab work, problems, exams, etc.). You are most welcome and indeed encouraged to
make use of the office hours or e-mail.
Laboratory experiments will be posted for downloading in Canvas. Tentative order:
Checkin, safety, notebooks and glassware use
E1: Chemists have solutions
E2: EXCEL for chemists workshop
E3: Vitamin C
E4: Statistical evaluation of indicators
E5: Titration curves and unknown
E6: Visible spectroscopy lab
E7: Sewer Science
E8: Ca-ISE
E9: Beer analysis on GC
E10: Chromatography projects