Analytical Chemistry: Separations

Analytical Chemistry: Separations SCHA-312-01 Spring 20073 Room 08-1300 Class 8:00 AM MWF Office Hour: Right after class and by arrangement Instructor: L. Paul Rosenberg Office 08-2116 Phone 475-6159 E-mail [email protected] or [email protected]

Required Text and Materials:

Text: D. C. Harris, Quantitative Chemical Analysis (New York: W H Freeman, 7 th Ed. 2007.) Sixth edition might be usable for this course!

WebAssign License

Class Home Page: http://people.rit.edu/lprsch/20073/SCHA312Home20073.htm class news and homework specifics. This page will be updated routinely during the course of the quarter.

On-Line Text: http://bcs.whfreeman.com/qca7e/ (make sure you enter my e-mail address properly)

Web Assign: http://webassign.net

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

1) To learn the key concepts of chemical separations. These include: a) Solvent extraction, partitioning equilibrium b) Plate Theory c) Rate Theory d) Gas Chromatography e) Liquid Chromatography and separations mechanisms f) Capillary electrophoresis 2) To understand data treatment / common calculations for separations data. 3) To understand Mass Spectrometry

Syllabus: This syllabus is a general course outline and may be modified.

Topic Reading Assignment Introduction Chapter 0 and Chapter 23 Solvent Extraction Web Material and Chapter 23 Chromatography, Plate Theory Chapter 23 Chromatography, Rate Theory Chapter 23 Gas Chromatography Chapter 24 Liquid Chromatography Chapter 25 IEC, SEC, Capillary Electrophoresis Chapter 26 Mass Spectroscopy Chapter 22 Other Methods Web Material Grading:

Examinations

Two/three hour exams (about 100 points each) and a cumulative final (100 points) will be given during the course of the quarter. (70 % of the grade ) Exams will be short answer and problems similar to homework assignments. I reserve the right to give quizzes and adjust the above exam and homework weights. You will also be required to do the assigned On-Line Assignments from the text (10% of your grade). You will need to register at the web site. For the instructor you must use my RIT e-mail address. ([email protected]). The first character is an l (ell), not the number one.

You will also be expected to do the problems on Web Assign. These problems will carry 20% of the credit for the course.

Raw scores will be on Mycourses. See weighting above to determine grade.

Students who do not appear for examinations will receive no credit for the exam. Makeup exams will only be allowed for genuine emergency situations and will be scheduled at the convenience of the instructor.

Homework (should be done by you and will not be collected for grading - Exams will lean heavily on the homework problems)