CIP Code:   40.0502 
HEGIS Code:    1909 
	METROPOLITAN STATE COLLEGE OF DENVER
	Office of Academic Affairs

	REGULAR COURSE SYLLABUS

SCHOOL:   Letters, Arts, and Sciences
DEPARTMENT:  Chemistry 
SEMESTER(S) OFFERED:   Fall, Spring, Summer
PREFIX & COURSE NUMBER:   CHE300 
COURSE TITLE:   Analytical Chemistry
CREDIT HOURS:   3   ( 3 + 0 )
CONTACT HOURS:  Lecture  45 	Lab  0 	Internship   0 	Practicum   0 
RESTRICTIONS (VARIABLE TOPICS COURSES):   None
PREREQUISITE(S):   CHE 180,  CHE 181, and CHE 185
COREQUISITE(S):   CHE 301 to be taken concurrently
CATALOG COURSE DESCRIPTION:

A study of the fundamentals of analytical chemistry including principles of gravimetric, 
volumetric, potentiometric, and spectrophotometric analyses.

REQUIRED READING MATERIALS  (Title, Author, Publisher, Copyright Date):

Analytical Chemistry;  Skoog, D.A., Holler F.J., and West, D.M., 6th Ed; Holt, Rinehart 
Winston Publishing Company, 1994.


SPECIFIC (MEASURABLE) STUDENT BEHAVIORAL LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Upon completion of this course the student should be able to:

1.	Determine the solubility of precipitates.
2.	Determine the conditions for maximum stability of precipitates.
3.	Determine the conditions necessary for quantitative precipitation.
4.	Compute the pH of solutions of strong acids, strong bases, weak acids, weak bases, 
polyprotic acids, poly basic compounds, and arbitrary mixtures of the above.
5.	Compute theoretical titration curves for acids and bases of arbitrary types.
6.	Choose indicators for acid-base titrations, precipitation titrations, complexation, and redox 
titrations.
7.	Calculate cell potentials using the Nernst equation.
8.	Calculate species concentrations in simple complexation reactions.
9.	Calculate redox titration curves for oxidation-reduction titrations.
10.	calculate theoretical titration curves in simple and multiple complexation reactions at 
various pH.
11.	Choose optimum conditions for selective complexometric titration using masking agents 
and/or control of pH.
12.	Finalize the Beer-Lampert Law to find E values and concentrations.
13.	Choose optimum wave length values for analysis from an absorption curve.
14.	Perform a calculation for multi-component spectrophotometric analysis.
15.	Recognize and apply the limitation of applicability of the Beer-Lampert Law.
16.	Explain the principles of operation of single beam and double beam spectrophotometers.

OUTLINE OF COURSE CONTENT (Major Topics and Subtopics):

I.	Introduction
II.	Types of Analyses
	Statistics Applies to Analytical Chemistry
III.	Gravimetric Analysis
	Principles of the Methods
		solubility equilibria
		optimization of precipitation parameters
		practical examples
IV.	Volumetric Analysis
	equilibria in solution
	practical examples
V.	Potentiometry
	The Nernst equation and applications
	potentiometric cells
	potentiometric titrations


VI.	Spectrophotometry
	Beer-Lampert Law
	applications
	limitations
	instrumentation

EVALUATION OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE:

Students will be given periodic fifty minute examinations.  These examinations will be 
supplemented by short quizzes.  A final exam one hundred minutes long will terminate the 
course.  The final grade determination will be based on the students performance on the 
examinations, quizzes, final exam, and the instructors evaluation.


Copies retained by Dean and Department Chair

Revised 9/94:	Academic Affairs-Curriculum-Regular Course Syllabus
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