Che270 - Quantitative Chemical Analysis
Dr. Dwight R. Stoll
Department of Chemistry
Gustavus Adolphus College
Spring 2011

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Table of Contents

  1. Course Materials
  2. Feedback
  3. Problem Sets
  4. Recommended Reading
  5. Websites/Videos
  6. Software Tutorials


Course Materials

02/07 - Syllabus
02/11 - Week 1 notes, slides
02/18 - Week 2 notes, slides
02/22 - Solutions to Quiz-1
02/24 - Primer on Acid/Base chemistry in water
02/25 - Week 3 notes, slides
02/28 - Introduction to STE (video)
03/04 - Week 4 notes, slides
03/05 - Solutions to Quiz-2
03/10 - STE solution to the pH of a solution of dilute strong acid (video)
03/13 - Introduction to 'log/log plots' (video, plot template)
03/13 - Week 5 notes
03/16 - Solutions to Exam-1
03/22 - Week 6 notes
03/25 - Week 7 notes, slides

04/08 - Week 9 notes, slides
04/15 - Week 10 notes, slides
04/17 - Solutions/Notes for in-class regression exercise
04/18 - Solutions to Quiz-4
04/22 - Week 11 notes, slides
04/29 - Week 12 notes, slides
05/06 - Week 13 notes, slides
05/13 - Week 14 notes, slides
05/16 - Solutions to Quiz-5
05/18 - Week 15 slides


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Feedback

02/07 - Feedback #0 - Please complete this form by 9 AM Wednesday
02/24 - Feedback #1 - Please complete this form by 9 AM Monday
03/06 - Feedback #2 - Please complete this survey by 5 PM on Tuesday
03/23 - Feedback #3 - Please complete this form by 10 AM Thursday
04/16 - Feedback #4 - Please complete this form by noon on Tuesday
05/11 - Feedback #5 - Please complete this form by 10 AM on Wednesday
05/11 - Feedback #6 - Please complete this form by 10 AM on Wednesday
05/17 - Feedback #7 - Please complete this form by noon on Thursday

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Problem Sets

Problem Set #1 - Due in class Monday 02/14
    Solutions to Pset #1

Problem Set #2 - Due at noon on Tuesday, 02/22
    Solutions to Pset #2

Problem Set #3 - Due in class on Wednesday, 03/02
    Solutions to Pset #3

Problem Set #4 - Due at 5 PM on Monday, 03/07
    Solutions to Pset #4

Problem Set #5 - Due in class on Monday, 03/21
    Exact solution to the ammonium chloride problem
    MS Solver tutorial (see #12)
    Solutions to Pset #5

Problem Set #6 - Due in class on Wednesday, 04/13
    Solutions to Pset #6

Problem Set #7A - Due in class on Wednesday, 04/20
    Data
Problem Set #7B - Due in class on Monday, 05/02
    Solutions to Pset #7B

Problem Set #8 - Due in class on Monday, 05/09
    Solutions to Pset #8

Problem Set #9A - Due in class on Wednesday, 05/11
    Solutions to Pset #9A
Problem Set #9B - Due at 10 AM on Wednesday, 05/11

Problem Set #10 - Due in class on Wednesday, 05/18
    Solutions to Pset #10



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Recommended Reading

Week 1
For 02/07 - Chapters 0 and 1
For 02/09 - Chapter 3
For 02/10 - Chapters 3, 4
For 02/11 - Chapter 2, Lab Manual Expt. 2

Week 2
For 02/14 - Lab Manual Expt. 2
For 02/16 - Chapter 4, sections 1-3
For 02/17 - Chapter 4, sections 4-6 (we'll save sections 7 and 8 for later)
For 02/18 -
Chapter 4, sections 4-6, begin Chapter 6

Week 3
For 02/21 - Lab Manual Expt. 3, Articles Scientific Misconduct (1, 2)
For 02/23 - Chapter 4, sections 4-6, begin Chapter 6
For 02/24 - Chapter 6, particularly sections 1-3 and 5-7
For 02/25 - Chapter 6, particularly sections 1-3 and 5-7

Week 4
For 02/28 - Chapter 8, sections 1 and 2
For 03/02 - Chapter 8, sections 3 and 4
For 03/03 - Chapter 8, sections 3 and 4
For 03/04 - Lab Manual Expt. 4

Week 5
For 03/07 - Chapter 8, sections 3 and 4; Chapter 9, section 1
For 03/09 - None, Exam-1
For 03/10 - Lab Manual Expt. 5
For 03/11 - Chapter 9, sections 1-4 (video)

Week 6
For 03/14 - Chapter 9, sections 2-4, Chapter 10, sections 1-3
For 03/16 - Chapter 10, sections 1-3, and 6
For 03/17 - Chapter 11, sections 1-4, and Chapter 7 as a reference
For 03/18 - Chapter 11, sections 5-7, and Chapter 7 as a reference

Week 7
For 03/21 - Chapter 11, sections 5-7, and Chapter 7 as a reference
For 03/23 - Chapter 16
For 03/24 - Chapter 6 section 3, Chapter 13, section 3
For 03/25 - Chapter 6 section 3, Chapter 13, section 3

Week 8
Spring Break...

Week 9
For 04/04 - Lab Manual, Expt. 6; Chapter 6 section 3, Chapter 13, section 3
For 04/06 - Chapter 12; Chapter 9, section 5; Chapter 10, section 2
For 04/07 - Chapter 9, section 5; Chapter 10, section 2
For 04/08 - Lab Manual, Expt. 7; Chapter 4, sections 7-9

Week 10
For 04/11 - Chapter 4, sections 7-9
For 04/13 - Chapter 4, sections 7-9
For 04/14 - Chapter 4, sections 7-9
For 04/15 - Lab Manual, Expt. 8; Chapter 5, section 4

Week 11
For 04/18 - Chapter 18
For 04/20 - Chapter 18
For 04/21 - None, Exam-2
For 04/22 - None, Easter Break

Week 12
For 04/25 - Chapter 20, we will not discuss section 5
For 04/27 - Lab Manual Expt. 9
For 04/28 - Chapter 20, we will not discuss section 5
For 04/29 - Gen Chem book, I suppose (intermolecular interactions)

Week 13
For 05/02 - Chapter 23, section 1
For 05/04 - Chapter 23, sections 2-5 (don't get hung up on concepts at this point, just read for terminology)
For 05/05 - Chapter 25, sections 1, 3, and 4
For 05/06 - Chapter 25, sections 1, 3, and 4

Week 14
For 05/09 - Chapter 25, section 2
For 05/11 - Chapter 26, sections 3 and 4
For 05/12 - None, Quiz-5
For 05/13 - Chapter 24

Week 15
For 05/16 - Chapter 24, Chapter 26, sections 5 and 6
For 05/18 - Chapter 26, sections 5 and 6


For 05/20 - None, Final Exam



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Websites/Videos

Chronological


By Subject
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Spectroscopy


Separations




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Software Tutorials

How to...

Microsoft Excel
  1. Calculate the average of a set of numbers (video)
  2. Add Solver and Data Analysis options to 'Data' tab (2007, video; 2010, video)
Agilent Chemstation
  1. Setting up an analysis (Part 1, 2, 3)
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