Analytical Chemistry
Chemistry 255/256
Fall 2002

Lab Calendar

Basic Skills and Glassware  |  Gravimetric Lead  |  Weak Acid  |  Mock Robot
Easter Egg Grass  |  Downsizing  | Broken Pill Coating Machine  |  HPLC Instrument Purchase


Date Responsibilities Role Person
9/11 Lab 2 - Basic Skills
Teaches all about Laboratory Safety and organization 
Teaches all about MSDS forms, solution preparation, and disposal 
Teaches all how to use LabVIEW to acquire data and do file transfers. 
Teaches all how to make a cable to connect between balance and computers.

Manager
Chemist
Software
Hardware 

A
B
C
D
9/18 Lab 3- Glassware
Selection of Certification Procedures - Verifying the Certifications 
Cleaning, Handling, and Using Volumetric Glassware 
Spreadsheet Setup and Inter-Company Data Telemetry 
Electronic Balance Computer Connection and Operation

Manager
Chemist
Software
Hardware 

A
B
C
D
9/25 Lab 4-Lead1
Designing Round Robin Statistics and Scheduling the Experiment 
Forming and Digesting the Lead Precipitates 
Spreadsheet Organization for Round Robin Testing
Filtering, Drying Ppts, Making a Cable, and Connecting the Balance

Manager
Chemist
Software
Hardware

D
A
B
C
10/2 Lab 5-Lead2
Defines how to do the round robin accuracy determination and schedules when Chemist and Hardware do the lead Atomic Absorption analysis
Finishes forming, digesting, and drying lead precipitates, weighs precipitates,  and then prepares all solutions for lead atomic absorption analysis
Builds and fills all spreadsheets for round robin determinations and AA projects, works with Hardware to obtain cooling curves for stable precipitate weights
Filters and weighs precipitates, and operates AA
Manager

Chemist

Software

Hardware

D

A

B

C

10/9 Lab 6-Acid1
Organization of the Weak Acid and Standardization Titrations 
Preparation and Standardization of the Strong Base Titrant and Weak Acid Titrate 
Operation of the all LabVIEW Virtual Instruments and doing F-Test Statistics
Calibration of the FET Electrode and Setup of the Semi-Automated Titration Device.
Manager
Chemist
Software
Hardware

C
D
A
B
10/16 Lab 7-Acid2
Design and Interpretation of the Graphical Procedure 
Preparation of Weak Acid Solution
Operation of the LabVIEW Experimental and Theoretical VIís 
Operation of the Semi-Automated Titration Device
Manager
Chemist
Software
Hardware

C
D
A
B
10/23 Lab 8-Robot1
Designing the mock/real robot experiment interface 
Designing and Preparing the Indicator Buffer Solutions
Designing the mock/real robot control language 
Designing the mock/real robot command responses
Manager
Chemist
Software
Hardware

B
C
D
A
10/30 Lab 9-Robot2
Starting and Stopping the Mock Robot - Thinking 
Preparing the Indicator Solutions to Feed Hardware 
Giving Electrical and Verbal Commands to Hardware 
Responding to Commands to Operate Spectrophotometer
Manager
Chemist
Software
Hardware

B
C
D
A
11/6 Lab 10-Easter Egg
Deciding if the Company should market edible grass 
Blending solutions to test the validity of edibility 
Controlling the spectrophotometer and comparing colors 
Running the robot spectrophotometer with cell handling
Manager
Chemist
Software
Hardware

A
B
C
D
11/13 Lab 11-Downsizing 
Deciding if a robotic method can compensate for firing yourself. 
Preparing all the standard solutions for manual and robotic use. 
Preparing a robot while using a data analysis spreadsheet 
Running two spectrophotometers and a robot at the same time
Manager
Chemist
Software
Hardware

D
A
B
C
11/20 Lab 12-Pill Machine
Selecting the method used to create dilutions (volume vs. weight) and choosing elements used to analyze and identify "shavings" 
Making dilutions on the fly as Manager innovates
Running the lab robot, all spreadsheets, and exchanging data 
Running the Buck AA Spectrometer and the lab robot
Manager
Chemist
Software
Hardware

C
D
A
B
12/4 Lab 13 - HPLC
Reaching a decision whether to buy four instruments 
Blending a test mixture of likely toxic hydrocarbons 
Interfacing the HPLC directly into the lab microcomputer 
Running the HPLC instrument connected to the lab robot. 

Manager
Chemist
Software
Hardware

B
C
D
A

 

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Basic Skills and Glassware  |  Gravimetric Lead  |  Weak Acid  |  Mock Robot
Easter Egg Grass  |  Downsizing  | Broken Pill Coating Machine  |  HPLC Instrument Purchase

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