Chemistry 443

Course Objective:

To provide students with an more detailed explanation of the basic concepts, laws, and theories and to apply the knowledge to chemistry problem solving. The student will develop an appreciation for chemistry as it relates to the other disciplines. Furthermore, the student will recognize how chemistry provides solutions to contemporary, historical, technological, and societal issues. In addition, students will get experience in operating the following instruments: Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer, Atomic Absorption Spectrometer, Ultraviolet-Visible Spectrophotometer, Liquid Chromatograph, Gas Chromatograph, and Ion Chromatograph. If a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer and a Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer are operational, students will be taught to operate them as well. Students will be taught electrochemical techniques such as polarography, cyclic voltammetry, potentiometry, and chronoamperometry.

Student Learning Outcomes: The student is expected to recognize and apply the fundamental and practical aspects of the following concepts and apply the concepts to problem solving:

• The principles of gas, liquid, ion, and gel permeation chromatography,
• The principles of UV-visible, infrared, nuclear magnetic resonance, Raman, and X-Ray spectroscopy,
• The concepts involved in atomic absorption spectroscopy,
• The fundamentals of how flame and graphite furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy are applied to analytical chemistry,
• The concepts used in electron spin resonance spectroscopy,
• The fundamentals of electrochemistry that relate to half-reactions, Voltaic cells, and electrolytic cells,
• The fundamentals of electrochemical analysis, including polarography, pulse polarography, voltammetry, potentiometry, coulometry, and amperometry,