Introduction to Chemical Analysis

Required: Daniel C. Harris and Charles A. Lucy, Quantitative Chemical Analysis, 11th edition, W. H. Freeman & Company; CHEM 213 laboratory manual, Department of Chemistry.

Required: This textbook is a good investment, as it is also used for CHEM/ENCH 321 and CHEM/ENCH 411.

Required: Lecture topics covered Analytical Process

Required: The Analytical Chemist’s Job, General Steps in a Chemical Analysis, SI Units, Chemical Concentrations, Preparing Solutions and Stoichiometry Calculations. (Chapters 0-1) Tools

Required: Proper use of the analytical balance, burette, volumetric flask and pipets (Chapter

Required: Types of Error, Gaussian Distribution, Mean, Standard Deviation, Significant Figures, Propagation of Uncertainty. (Chapters 3-4)

Required: Calibration curves, Linear Regression and Least Squares, Standard Addition, Internal Standards, Quality Assurance and Method Validation (Chapters 4-5) Atomic spectrometry

Required: Atomic spectrometry with flame, graphite furnace and plasma: fundamentals, instrumentation and applications (Chapter 21) Spectrophotometry

Required: 7. Spectrophotometry: fundamentals, instrumentation and applications (Chapters 18-20)

Required: Fluorescence and phosphorescence in chemical analysis (luminescence) (Section 18-7) Chemical Equilibrium

Required: Equilibrium constant, solubility product, complex formation, protic acids and bases, pH, systematic treatment of equilibrium (Chapters 6, 8, 13)

Required: Monoprotic and polyprotic acids, bases and buffers (Chapters 9-10) Titrations

Required: 11. Titrations: Calculations, Potentiometric, Spectrophotometric, Precipitation and complexometric Titrations, Titration of a Mixture, End-Point Detection (Chapters 7, 11-12).