MODERN
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY CHM-4130
INSTRUCTOR: DR. PIERO R. GARDINALI
OFFICE: CP-328
Phone: 348-6354
E-mail: GARDINAL@FIU.EDU
Tuesday &
Thursday 12:30 -1:45PM ECS-135
Course Description: In-depth review of general instrumental methods of chemical analysis including atomic and molecular spectroscopy, electro analytical methods, gas and liquid chromatography, capillary electrophoresis and several hyphenated techniques. The class also covers all aspects of quantitative chemical analysis including figures of merit, method development, and QA/QC protocols.
Pre-Requisites: CHM3210/3210L; CHM2211/2211L; CHM3410; PHY2048/2048L and PHY2049/2049L. Students registered in the class without the appropriate pre-requisites will be dropped administratively.
IMPORTANT POINTS TO
REMEMBER:
Attendance is important but is your call.
There will be two
(2) in-class exams worth 30 % of the grade each, and a
Cumulative Final
examination worth 30% of the grade.
In addition, 10% of the grade will be assigned to two sets of homework problems to assure that students get adequate exposure to computer hardware/software. Check the class schedule for tentative dates.
No grades will be dropped, there will be no make-up exams and there will be no curve for grading the exams.
The grading scale is as follows: 90-100%=A, 80-89%=B, 70-79%=C, 60-69%=D, <60 = F.
Office hours will be Thursdays from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., you can also make an appointment or e-mail any questions you may have.
The required
textbook for the class is: Principles of
Instrumental Analysis, 5th Edition by D.A. Skoog, F.J. Holler, and
T.A. Nieman.
Plenty of copies should be available at the FIU Bookstore but you can always order it online!
Additional suggested readings might be assigned along during the semester. Additional class information will be available at http://www.fiu.edu/~gardinal/teaching.html
Tentative Class Schedule
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January 9 |
Introduction - No Class |
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January 11 |
Chapter 1 : Introduction/ Appendix I : Evaluation of Analytical Data |
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January 16 |
Appendix I : Evaluation of
Analytical Data Chapter 5: Signal to
noise |
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January 18 |
Chapter 6 : Introduction to
Spectroscopic Methods (1st Assignment 5%) |
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January 23 |
Chapter 7: Optical
Instruments |
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January 25 |
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January 30 |
Chapter 9: Atomic
Absorption and Fluorescence
Spectroscopy |
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February 1 |
Chapter 9: Atomic Absorption
and Fluorescence Spectroscopy |
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February 6 |
Chapter 10: Atomic Emission
Spectroscopy |
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February 8 |
Chapter 11: Atomic Mass
Spectrometry |
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February 13 |
Chapter 12: Atomic X-Ray
Spectrometry |
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February 15 |
EXAM 1 (30%) |
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February 20 |
Chapter 13: UV/Visible
Molecular Absorption Spectroscopy |
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February 22 |
Chapter 13/14: UV/Visible
Molecular Absorption Spectroscopy and Applications |
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February27 |
Chapter 15: Molecular
Luminescence Spectrometry |
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March 1 |
Chapter 16/17: Infrared
Spectroscopy |
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March 6 |
Chapter 19: NMR Spectroscopy |
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March 8 |
Chapter 20: Molecular Mass
Spectrometry |
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March 13 |
Chapter 20: Molecular Mass
Spectrometry |
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March 15 |
EXAM 2 (30%) |
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March 19-24 |
SPRING BREAK |
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March 27 |
Chapter 26: Chromatographic
Separations(2nd Assignment 5%) |
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March 29 |
Chapter 27: Gas
Chromatography |
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April 3 |
Chapter 27: Gas
Chromatography |
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April 5 |
Chapter 28: High Performance
Liquid Chromatography |
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April 10 |
Chapter 28: High Performance
Liquid Chromatography |
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April 12 |
Chapter 29: Supercritical
Fluid Chromatography |
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April 17 |
Chapter 30: Capillary
Electrophoresis |
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April 19 |
Cutting edge and emerging
technologies. |
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April 24 |
Final Examination
12:30 - 15:15 PM (30%) |
Class notes will be available on-line as the course proceeds. They will NOT be provided in CDs or other media. Is your responsibility to download and/or print them.
If you have difficulties attending class, exams, or turning in assignments please contact the instructor AHEAD of time or as soon as the problem arises. If you miss a test or assignment makeups or late turn-ins will only be considered for university recognized excuses after submitting the proper documentation.
Class notes, books and other materials will NOT be allowed into the classroom during examinations. Just bring a calculator. Appropriate tables, formulas and or constants will be provided with the test.
All incidents of academic misconduct will be processed according to FIU policies and they will likely result in sanctions that you do not want to know!
Best way to contact your instructor is : e-mail to gardinal@fiu.edu
Office hours are: THURSDAYS 2:00 to 4:00PM if you can’t make it try to make an appointment. SORRY, NO WALK-INS