Tentative course schedule - CH109 - Fall 2017

Assigned readings and videos for preparing for lectures:

  • LM: Lab manual
  • WC: Writing chapter at the end of the lab manual
  • Links are to helpful review videos that you should watch before lecture
  • DCH: Readings from Harris 5th edition; excerpts are posted on Blackboard.

Make sure to keep up with your preparation by reading the selected pages (in the lab manual and DCH), and watching the short videos, ahead of the lectures.

Date Details
W 9/6 Welcome to the course

Lecture on lab 1: tools, techniques, and dimensional analysis in quantitative analysis

Make sure to work through the following videos, readings ahead of lecture:
  • Word problems
  • SI units
  • Calibration curves
  • Preparing effective exhibits (WC 2; note: the end-of-chapter assignment for writing chapter 2 will not be collected)
  • Excerpts of the lab manual necessary for lab 1 are posted on blackboard.
Optional worksheet and tutorial on dimensional analysis (PDF)
M 9/11,
T 9/12 		Lab check-in, safety tour, and orientation
Lab #1: Tools of the trade for quantitative labwork
W 9/13 Lecture on lab 2: dimensional analysis and size of molecules
TopHat assignments on Policies and Academic conduct due before lecture today
  • Concentration units
  • Types of error (DCH: 3-3 (59-62); uncertainty)
  • Relative standard deviation (DCH: 4-1, video)
  • Make sure to read in lab manual (LM):
    • Accuracy, Precision, Uncertainty, and Error
    • Estimating error from measurements (Type B uncertainty)
    • Other sources of experimental uncertainty
M 9/18,
T 9/19 		Lab #2: Determining the surface area of a molecule of stearic acid
W 9/20 Lecture on lab 3: stoichiometry and titrations
  • Titrations (Introduction; DCH 6-1, 6-2 (123-127))
  • How balances work, Buoyancy (DCH: 2-3)
  • Tools: pipettes and burettes (DCH: 2-4, 2-6 (40bottom-42, 44-45top))
  • Redox reactions
M 9/25,
T 9/26 		Lab #3: redox titrations with permanganate
W 9/27 Lecture on lab 4: fundamentals of spectroscopy
M 10/2,
T 10/3		 Lab #4: introduction to molecular spectroscopy tutorial
W 10/4 Lecture on lab 5: more fundamentals of molecular spectroscopy
M 10/9,
T 10/10		 No classes on Monday, Tuesday follows a Monday's schedule
Open Lab Hours on Tuesday (12:30pm until 8pm)
W 10/11 Lecture on lab 5: more fundamentals of molecular spectroscopy
  • Particle in a box model
  • Molecular conjugation
M 10/16,
T 10/17 		Lab #5: Modeling conjugated dyes with the particle in a box model
W 10/18 Lecture on lab 7: logistics of gas laws in the lab, advanced statistical analysis
M 10/23,
T 10/24 		Lab #7: Stoichiometry of Mg and HCl reaction with gas laws
W 10/25 Lecture on lab 8: Beer's Law and colorimetry
  • Tools: volumetric flasks (DCH: 2-5 (43-44))
  • Tools: filtration and drying (DCH: 2-7, 2-8 (46-48))
  • Linear regression (DCH: 4-6, 4-8 (90-93, 95bottom-97middle); using Excel)
  • Uncertainty from linear regression (DCH: 4-7, 4-8 (93-97middle))
  • Solution preparation (DCH chapter 2, dilution calculations)
Additional helpful reading includes the introductory material from lab 2 (LM) on:
  • Accuracy, Precision, Uncertainty, and Error
M 10/30,
T 10/31 		Lab #8: Determination of aspirin by Beer's law
W 11/1 Lecture on the process of preparing to write scientific papers
  • Introduction to scientific writing (WC 1)
  • Claims and Argument (WC 3, GRA1, GRA2)
  • Structure of scientific arguments (WC 4)
M 11/6,
T 11/7 		Workshop in labs: making claims and crafting arguments
  • Monday at 12:20: L1 will meet in the lab (SCI 153), L2 will meet in CGS 521
  • Monday at 5:30: L3 will meet in LSEB 103, L4 will meet in CGS 115
  • Tuesday at 12:30: L5 will meet in LSEB 103, L6 will meet in SOC B63
  • Tuesday at 5:30: L7 will meet in LSEB 103, L8 will meet in PRB 148
W 11/8 Lecture on lab 9: thermochemistry and calorimetry
M 11/13,
T 11/14 		Lab #9: Hess's law and calorimetry
W 11/15 Lecture on lab 10: atomic absorption and emission spectroscopy
  • Atomic emission/absorption spectroscopy (DCH: 20-1, 20-5 (435-437top, 446))
  • Standard additions (DCH: 5-3 (111bottom-112top, 114middle-115top))
M 11/20,
T 11/21 		Lab #10: Determination of iron in food samples
W 11/22-
Su 11/26		 No classes - Thanksgiving Recess
M 11/27,
T 11/28 		Lab #10: part 2
  • Monday at 12:20: L1 will meet in CGS 421, L2 will meet in CGS 521
  • Monday at 5:30: L3 will meet in LSEB 103, L4 will meet in CAS B06B
  • Tuesday at 12:30: L5 will meet in PSY B51, L6 will meet in SOC B63
  • Tuesday at 5:30: L7 will meet in LSEB 103, L8 will meet in PRB 148
W 11/29 Lecture on scientific writing conventions
M 12/4,
T 12/5 		Mandatory conferences with TF and LA on lab 10 paper (in the labs)
W 12/6 Last pre-lab lecture of CH109
Lecture on lab 11: qualitative analysis
M 12/11,
T 12/12 		Lab #11: Qualitative Analysis of solutions
Tuesday is the last day of classes

Monday, November 20, 2017 8:20 PM