FLORIDAINTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OFCHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

CHM 3120: Introduction to Analytical Chemistry

Summer 2013

 

Professor:                Ramón López de la Vega. (lopezdel@fiu.edu)

                                    Web-site: http://www.fiu.edu/~lopezdel

                                    Tel.: (305) 348-3086   Office: CP329

                                    Office Hours: Tuesday and Wednesday 11-12.

Best way to reach me is via email.

 

Textbook:                 *Quantitative Chemical Analysis,8th Edition, Daniel C. Harris (ISBN# 978-1-4292-1815-3)

                        Solutions Manual for Quantitative Chemical Analysis, 8th Edition, Daniel C. Harris (ISBN# 0-7167- 4984-X)

                        *Required reading

 

Calculator:  A scientific calculator is required for the course.  It does not have to be overly fancy.  It must have statistical analysis functions and linear regression capabilities.  It does not have to be a graphing calculator. 

 

Excel:  A general familiarity with Microsoft Excel (or any other worthwhile spreadsheet program) is desirable. 

 

Pre Requisite:  CHM 1046 and CHM 1046L

 

Class Time /Room:  PG Market Station 134

 

Grading:        Grading will be based on three exams worth 100 points each, and a final, comprehensive exam worth  200 points.  One of the first three exams will be dropped.  The final will not be dropped.  Approximate grading scale A (90-100), B(75-90), C(60-75),  D, 50-60, F (0-49)  This scale is approximate.  It will not get any worse than this.

 

Important Dates

Thursday June 6

1st examination

Tuesday July 2

2nd examination

Thursday July 4

Independence Day no class

Thursday July 25

3rd examination

Thursday August 1

Final Comprehensive Examination

 

 

For a better explanation of grading policy, please click here.

 

Exam Policy:    There will be NO MAKE-UP EXAMS. If you miss one exam it will count as your lowest grade and will be dropped.  The final is mandatory.  Please bring pencils (#2), and calculators with two variable statistics and log function, to exams.

 

Tuesday

Thursday

Comments and Assignments

May 14

Introductory lecture

 

 

May 16

Class notes handwritten

Assigned Problems Chapter 01 – 14, 15, 17-20, 21, 23, 24, 26-28, 29, 30, 32,33, 34, 35, 36-44

 

Above problems worked out through number 44 (only the ones that need to be worked out are shown in the solved problems.

May 21

class notes handwritten

 

May 23

Chapter 02 notes

 

Assigned Problems Chapter 02 – 14, 15, 18-22, 24

 

Answers to above problems (not yet completed)

May 28

 

 

May 30

 

 

Assigned Problems Chapter 03 – 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22

 

Chapter 3 problems

 

 

June 4

 

 

 

 

June 6

1st exam

 

 

 

Assigned problems chapter 4 – numbers 1-4

Additional problems chapter 4

More problems chapter 4 page 94 numbers 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19

 

June 11

 

June 13

Assigned Problems Chapter 6 – 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12 14, 19, 20, 21, 31, 32, 36, 37, 39, 40, 46, 49, 50

 

 

June 18

 

 

June 20

statistics handout number 2

 

 

Assigned Problems chapter 7 – 3-7, 9-10,18-21

June 25

 

 

June 27

 

 

 

Assigned Problems Chapter 8 – 1, 2,5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 19, 20, 21, 23 ,24

July 2

2nd exam

 

 

July 4

 

 

 

July 9

 

 

 

 

July 11

 

 

 

 

Additional problems chapter 8  number 26, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 41

Chapter 9 Problems – 2, 3, 5, 6, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29

July 16

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 18

Chapter 10 problems – 1, 2, 4, 6, 12 ,14, 19, 23, 24

July 23

 

 

July 25

Exam 3

 

Chapter 13 problems – Page 304 number 8, 9, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19 (a and b only), 24, 25

The only questions that will be asked in electrochemistry are ones similar to the Electrochemistry Problems (not Electrochemistry Problems II) and also similar to the ones designated above.

Chapter 15 questions 1-4

July 30

 

August 1

Final Examination