University of Colorado at Boulder - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

CHEM-4181 - Instrumental Analysis Laboratory (Undergraduate Course) - Spring 2007

This page is maintained by Prof. Jose-Luis Jimenez. This course was developed by Prof. Kathy Rowlen.

Feedback from this Course

• Questions for Spring 2007 Final Zoomerang Course Survey
• Results of Spring 2007 Final Zoomeran Course Survey

Office Hours for Spring 2007

• Jose (Ekeley M329):
  • Mon and Fri 12-1 pm (in days with class), and by appointment
  • Please email or call ahead to let me know that you'll be coming.
  
  
• TAs: Jesse Marcum, Paul Nelson, and Patrick Veres

Lecture Topics for Spring 2007

• Introduction
  • Labels to be used for all solutions (print and adhere with clear packing tape)

• Data Analysis -- Part I
  • Refresher: Significant Figures
  
  
• Data Analysis -- Part II
  • Refresher: Online Excel Tutorial (Univ. of Toronto)
  • Optional Reading: Online Tutorial on SDA at Univ. of Toronto
  
  
• Data Analysis -- Part III
• Data Analysis -- Part IV
  • Sampling Statistics Tool
  • Student's t Distribution in Wikipedia
  • Demo of Central Limit Theorem
  • Demo on t test for comparing 2 means
  • Demo on nonparametric regression
  • Demo on Dixon's Test for Outlier Rejection
    • Original Dixon Paper, Anal Chem,
  • Advanced Reading: Numerical Recipes (Chapters 14 & 15)

• Scientific Writing -- Part I
• Scientific Writing -- Part II
  • A very useful resource: The CU Writing Center (free consultation on your writing for CU students)
  • Required reading: Writing the Scientific Format Paper, CSU (same page in printer-friendly format)
  • Required reading; The Science of Scientific Writing, Gopen and Swan, American Scientist (Nov-Dec 1990), Volume 78, 550-558.
    • A Summary of "The Science of Scientific Writing"
  • Writing Guidelines for Science and Engineering Students
  • How to Write a Paper in Scientific Journal Style and Format
  • General Writing and Grammar Info from the Purdue Writing Lab

• Highlights of Experiments E2-E5

• Highlights of Experiments E6-E8

• Introduction to Student Choice Experiments
• SCE Presentation Logistics & Introduction to Scientific Presentations
  • Advice to Beginning Physics Speakers, by James C. Garland, Physics Today, July 1991.

Information for the Labs (Spring 2007)

• (E1, Titration) Chemical Oxygen Demand
  • COD in Wikipedia
  • Standard Method 5220B
  • European Legislation on COD

• Highlights of Experiments E2-E5

• (E2, AAS) Lead in Soil
  • Articles that our procedure was adopted from:
    • Sampling and Analysis for Lead in Water and Soil Samples on a University Campus: A Student Research Project. Butala et al., J. Chem. Ed. 72, 1995, 441-444.
    • An atomic absorption experiment for environmental chemistry. Stemporzewski et al., J. Chem. Ed. 51, 1974, 332-333.
  • Intro to Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy

• (E3, UV/Vis) Total Phosphorus in Wastewater
  • Ocean Optics USB 4000 UV/Vis Spectrometer
    • Manual for the USB 4000 Spectrometer
    • Manual for the Spectrasuite Software
  • Standard Method 4500-P for Total Phosphorus
  • Introduction to UV/Vis Absorption Spectroscopy

• (E4, Fluorescence) Oil in Water
  • Manual for the Hitachi F-2500 Fluorescence Spectrometer
  • EPA Information on Underground Storage Tanks
  • Another experiment with fluorescence spectroscopy

• (E5, FTIR) Carbon Monoxide in Auto Exhaust
  • Articles that our procedure was adopted from:
    • Measuring Carbon Monoxide in Auto Exhaust by Gas Chromatography. Jaffe and Herndon, J. Chem. Ed. 72 (1995), 364-366.
    • Determination of carbon monoxide in automobile exhaust by FTIR spectroscopy: An instrumental analysis laboratory experiment. Seasholtz et al. J. Chem. Ed. 65 (1988) 820-823.
  • Introduction to FTIR
  • FTIR in Wikipedia
  • Infrared Spectrum Calculator

• (E6, HPLC) Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons in Cigarette Smoke
  • Article on which our experiment is based:
    • Chromatography, Absorption, and Fluorescence: A New Instrumental Analysis Experiment on the Measurement of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Cigarette Smoke. Wingen et al., J. Chem. Ed. 75(12), 1998, 1599-1603.
  • Simple Chromatography Simulator

• (E7, GC-MS) Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons in Diesel Exhaust
  • Article on which our experiment is based:
    • Quantitative Determination of PAHs in Diesel Engine Exhausts by GC-MS . Lessard et al., J. Chem. Ed. 76(7), 1999, 962-965.
  • Procedure for Microscale Flash Column Chromatography

• (E8, ASV) Lead and Cadmium in Water
  • US EPA Drinking Water Standards

Journals that Focus on Analytical Chemistry

• Analytical Chemistry
  • Feature: Instrumental Analysis in the Undergraduate Curriculum
  • Using Analytical Chemistry in the Instrumental Analysis Course
• Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
  • Problem-based learning in the analytical chemistry laboratory course, Cynthia K. Larive, Anal Bioanal Chem (2004) 380: 357–359.
  • Addressing faculty objections to the implementation of active learning strategies in the analytical chemistry course, Patricia Ann Mabrouk, Anal Bioanal Chem (2005) 383: 365–367.
  • Revising the quantitative analysis laboratory: What to keep? What to change?, Cynthia K. Larive, Anal Bioanal Chem (2006) 386:1191–1194.
• Journal of Chemical Education

Instrumental Analysis Courses at Other Universities

• Instrumental Analysis at Michigan State
• Principles of Instrumental Analysis at WVU
• CHEM-221: Instrumental Analysis at Univ. of Vermont
• Animations in an Instrumental Methods Class at Sam Houston Univ.
• CHM-217: Introduction to Analytical Chemistry at Univ. of Toronto
• CHM-317: Advanced Instrumental Analysis at Univ. of Toronto
• CHM-416: Separation Science at the Univ. of Toronto

Other Reference Materials

• Useful math info
• Taylor series expansions
• "Advice to Beginning Physics Speakers" by James C. Garland, Physics Today, July 1991.