Chemistry 834

Fall 2009

Analytical Chemistry

 

 

Course Organization, Lecture Syllabus and Other Important Information

 

 

Chemistry 834 is the first of two courses on Advanced Analytical Chemistry.  The course covers the subject areas of Basic Electronics, Electrochemistry, and Statistics for Chemists.

 

Textbook:   The textbook, which is not heavily used, is Chemical Instrumentation:  A Systematic Approach.  Third Edition, by Howard A. Strobel and William R. Heineman, John Wiley & Sons, 1989.  However, this text will not cover many concepts in the course and will be supplemented by other materials.  If you do not wish to purchase this text, that is fine as older students may have a copy you can borrow.

 

Lectures:     The lectures are given Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10:20 to 11:10 AM in Room 183 Chemistry.  A tentative lecture schedule is given below.  The lecturers are:

 

                    Professor Gavin E. Reid (Basic Electronics)

                    Room 229 Chemistry

                    Phone: 355-9715 x198

                    Email: reid@chemistry.msu.edu

                    Office Hours:  Wednesday, 9:00 to 10:00 AM or by appointment

 

Professor Merlin Bruening (Electrochemistry)

Room 311 Chemistry

Phone: 355-9715 x237

Email: bruening@chemistry.msu.edu

Office Hours: MWF 8:00 to 9:20 AM 

 

Professor Dana Spence (Statistics for Chemists)

Room 226 Chemistry

Phone: 355-9715 x174

Email: dspence@chemistry.msu.edu

Office Hours: TBA

 

Homework Problem Sets:  Problem sets will be given to aid in illustrating the concepts and principles discussed in the lectures.  All students are required to do the problem sets because the ability to work these problems is often related to performance on the examinations, and is vital for understanding concepts.

 

Quizzes:  Frequent quizzes will be given in class.

 

Examinations:  Three one-hour examinations will be given in the course. The dates of these exams are:

 

Hour Exam I:           Friday, October 2nd, in class

Hour Exam II:          Friday, November 6th, in class

Hour Exam III:        Friday, December 11th, in class

 

Grading: The grading of the course will be on the following basis:

 

 

Percentage of total grade

Electronics

33.3%

Electrochemistry

33.3%

Statistics

33.3%

 

Within the different areas, grading will be as follows.

 

Electronics

 

Percentage of total grade

Homework

20%

Labview Exercise (due date: Oct 2nd)

30%

Exam I

50%

 

Electrochemistry

 

Percentage of total grade

Quizzes

30%

Homework

30%

Exam II

40%

 

Statistics

 

Percentage of total grade

Quizzes

25%

Homework

25%

Exam III

50%

 

Lecture Syllabus:

 

Part I – Basic Electronics

Lecture 1

September 2

Course Introduction, symbols and units, electronic components

Reid

Lecture 2

September 4

Ohm’s law, series and parallel circuits

Reid

 

September 7

No Class – Labor Day

 

Lecture 3

September 9

 Voltage dividers, Wheatstone bridge, current balancing

Reid

Lecture 4

September 11

Capacitance and inductance, frequency dependence

Reid

Lecture 5

September 14

RC filters:  high pass, low pass

Reid

Lecture 6

September 16

Integration and differentiation

Reid

Lecture 7

September 18

Operational amplifiers – basic rules

Reid

Lecture 8

September 21

Operational amplifiers – examples and uses

Reid

Lecture 9

September 23

Transistors and power supplies

Reid

Lecture 10

September 25

Digital electronics – intro and functions

Reid

Lecture 11

September 28

Labview Exercise

Reid

Lecture 12

September 30

Labview Exercise (continued)

Reid

 

October 2

Exam I

Reid

 

 

Part II – Electrochemistry

Lecture 13

October 5

Overview of electrode processes

Bruening

Lecture 14

October 7

Electrochemical potentials

Bruening

Lecture 15

October 9

EMF, sign conventions, potential calculations

Bruening

Lecture 16

October 12

Reference and ion-selective electrodes

Bruening

Lecture 17

October 14

Junction potentials

Bruening

Lecture 18

October 16

Kinetics of electrochemical reactions

Bruening

Lecture 19

October 18

Kinetics of electrochemical reactions II

Bruening

Lecture 20

October 21

Mass transfer

Bruening

Lecture 21

October 23

Diffusion-controlled reactions

Bruening

Lecture 22

October 25

Cyclic voltammetry

Bruening

Lecture 23

October 28

Cyclic voltammetry

Bruening

Lecture 24

October 31

Potential step methods

Bruening

Lecture 25

November 2

Double-layer structure

Bruening

Lecture 26

November 4

Double-layer structure

Bruening

 

November 6

Exam II

 

 

Part III – Statistics

Lecture 27

November 9

Basic estimators

Spence

Lecture 28

November 11

Errors and propagation of error I

Spence

Lecture 29

November 13

Errors and propagation of error II

Spence

Lecture 30

November 16

Probability and probability distributions

Spence

Lecture 31

November 18

Probability and probability distributions

Spence

Lecture 32

November 20

Confidence intervals and statistical tests

Spence

Lecture 33

November 23

Hypothesis testing I

Spence

Lecture 34

November 25

Hypothesis testing II

Spence

 

November 27

No Class – Thanksgiving break

 

Lecture 35

November 30

Regression

Spence

Lecture 36

December 2

p values

Spence

 

December 4

No Class – MUACC meeting

 

Lecture 37

December 7

Applications I:  Signal averaging

Spence

Lecture 38

December 9

Applications II:  TBA

Spence

 

December 11

Exam III

Spence

 

 

Religious Observances / Other Absences from Class:

 

It is the responsibility of students who plan to be absent from class at certain times throughout the semester, due to religious holidays or other reasons, to make arrangements in advance with the instructor. Course notes or handouts may be obtained from the instructor if these conditions are met. If a make-up exam is required, the instructor retains the right to determine the content of the exam and the conditions of administration, giving due consideration to equitable treatment.

 

 

Academic Honesty:

 

Academic dishonesty at Michigan State University is defined by the General Student Regulations as conduct that violates the fundamental principles of truth, honesty, and integrity. The following conduct is specifically cited:

 

Cheating -       Providing or accepting assistance with completing assignments or examinations, without proper authorization.

 

Plagiarism -     Supplying or using work or answers that are not one's own, without proper citation.

 

Fabrication-     Faking data or results.

 

Sabotage-        Interfering through any means with another's academic work.

 

Deception-      Providing false information - e.g., giving a false excuse for missing a deadline or falsely claiming to have submitted work.

 

Students share with the faculty a responsibility for maintaining the integrity of scholarship, grades, and professional standards. CEM 834 adheres to the policies on academic honesty specified in General Student Regulation 1.0, Protection of Scholarship and Grades; the all-University Policy on Integrity of Scholarship and Grades; and Ordinance 17.00, Examinations. (See Spartan Life: Student Handbook and Resource Guide and/or the MSU Web site www.msu.edu.)

 

Unless authorized by your instructor, you are expected to complete all course assignments, including homework, lab work, quizzes, tests and exams, without assistance from any source. You are expected to develop original work for this course; therefore, you may not submit course work you completed for another course to satisfy the requirements for this course.  Also, you are not authorized to use the www.allmsu.com Web site or similar web sites to complete any course work in this course.

 

Students who violate these rules will be assigned a failing grade for the course.