INSTRUMENTATION
REED COLLEGE
Chemistry 315
Fall, 1997
| LECTURE: | 10:30-11:50 a.m. T - Room C301 |
| LAB: | 1:10-5:00 p.m. Th or F - Room C210 |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Dr. Dan Gerrity - Office C316 |
| Office Hours: M 2-3 p.m., T 12:30-1:30 p.m., W 3-4 p.m., F 10-11 a.m. | |
| TEXT: | "Principles of Instrumental Analysis" 4th Ed., D.A. Skoog, J.J. Leary |
| GRADING: | Your grade in this course will be determined by your performance on: a midterm exam (20%), a comprehensive final (30%), lab work and lab reports (43%), and assigned problem sets (7%) which will be "spot-checked" regularly. Please bring a freshly charged calculator to each exam -- there will no sharing of calculators during exams! |
SCHEDULE
DATE |
CHAPTER(S) |
TOPIC |
9/2 |
1 |
Introduction |
App. 1 |
Laboratory: Error Analysis lecture | |
9/9 |
2, 3, 4 |
Elementary Electronics and Signal-to-Noise Enhancement |
App. 2 |
Electronics Lab 1: High and Low-Pass Filters | |
9/16 |
5 |
Electromagnetic Radiation and Molecular Energies |
| Laboratory: Finish Electronics Lab 1 | ||
9/23 |
6 |
Instruments for Optical Spectroscopy |
| Electronics Lab 2: Amplifiers | ||
9/30 |
7, 8 |
UV/Visible Absorption Spectroscopy |
| Laboratory: Finish Electronics Lab 2 | ||
10/7 |
10 |
Atomic Spectroscopy |
| Laboratory: Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy | ||
10/14 |
Midterm Exam | |
10/28 |
12 |
Infrared and FTIR Spectroscopy |
| Laboratory: Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy | ||
11/4 |
13 |
Raman Spectroscopy and Lasers |
| Laboratory: Raman and FTIR Spectroscopy of SnCl4 | ||
11/11 |
17 |
Radiochemical Methods |
| Laboratory: Raman and FTIR Spectroscopy of SnCl4 | ||
11/18 |
17 |
Radiochemical Methods |
| Laboratory: Neutron Activation Analysis | ||
11/25 |
14 |
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy |
| Laboratory: Neutron Activation Analysis | ||
12/2 |
14 |
FT NMR Techniques |
12/9 |
22 |
Electrochemistry: Voltammetry and Polarography |
Final Exam |