2/8
• Purchase books and activate your Unix login and password so you can receive electronic mail.
• Get manuals at ACC for Mail (Pine), Word, & Excel

2/9 Class 1
Introduction to role-playing laboratories and classes, course activities, grading, & class computer uses .
Harris pp 50-64
• ProbSet 1assigned
Lab 1-Computing

2/10
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Lab 1-Computing

2/11 Class 2
Standard deviations, confidence intervals, and control charts for analytical laboratory Quality Control.
Harris pp. 68-86
• Spreadst 1 assigned
Workshop1-Statistics

2/12
To Do List:
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Open Computing Lab

2/15
Staff Meeting 1
• Time Management
• Sprdsht Design
• Lab Safety
• Waste Disposal Plans
• Balance Interfacing
• How to make solutions

2/16 Class 3
Statistical and round robin testing of laboratory data using the t-test and F-test.
Harris pp 92-107, 816-824
• ProbSet 1 DUE
• ProbSet 2 assigned
Lab 2-Basic Skills

2/17
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Lab 2- Basic Skills

2/18 Class 4
Solubility 1-control of solution species and composition with common ions
Harris pp 191-197, 112-126
• Sprdsht 1 DUE
• Sprdsht 2 assigned
Workshop2-Solubility

2/19
To Do List:
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Open Computing Lab

2/22
Staff Meeting 2
• Sprdsht Design
• Data Collection
• Data Exchange
• Round Robin Testing
• Soldering Cables
• How to do a T-test
 

2/23 Class 5
Quiz 1 (20 min.)
Alpha fractions as computational tools in equilibria problems.
Harris pp 254-256
• ProbSet 2 DUE
• ProbSet 3 assigned
Lab 3-Glassware

2/24
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Lab 3- Glassware

2/25 Class 6
Solubility 2 - Computational tools and pH control of solution composition.
Harris pp 197-205
• Sprdsht 2 DUE
• Sprdsht 3 assigned
Workshop3-Activities

2/26
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Open Computing Lab

3/1
Staff Meeting 3
• Time Management
• The PbCrO₄ chemistry
• How to form ppt.
• Filtration Procedures
• Learning to operate the Buck AA instrument.
• How to do a standard addition

3/2 Class 7
Solubility 3 - Effect of ionic strength (activities) on solubility.
Harris pp 174-186
• ProbSet 3 DUE
• ProbSet 4 assigned
Lab 4-Lead1

3/3
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Lab 4-Lead1

3/4 Class 8
Acid/Base 1 - How to do monoprotic weak acids and buffer solutions.
Harris pp 126-138, 210-233
• Sprdsht 3 DUE
• Spreadsht 4 assigned
Workshop4-Buffers

3/5
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Open Computing Lab

3/8
Staff Meeting 4
• Cooling Curves
• How to differentiate between homogeneous and heterogeneous results.
• Data Exchange
• Round Robin Testing
• Std Addition Results

3/9 Class 9
Acid/Base 2 - How to approach polyprotic buffer equilibria problems.
Harris pp 238-259
• ProbSet 4 DUE
• ProbSet 5 assigned
Lab 5-Lead2

3/10
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Lab 5-Lead2

3/11 Class 10
Examination 1
Covering
Classes 1-9,
Labs 1-5 ,
ProbSets 1-4, &
Sprdshts 1-4
• Sprdsht 4 DUE
• Sprdsht 5 assigned

3/12
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Open Computing Lab

3/15
Staff Meeting 5
• Base Standardization
• pH Meter Calibration
• pH Meter Interfacing
• Balance Interfacing
• LabVIEW VI Titration

3/16 Class 11
Acid/Base 3 - Amphoteric buffer systems and pH problems.
Harris pp 243-248
• ProbSet 5 DUE
• ProbSet 6 assigned
Lab 6-Acid1

3/17
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7.______________Lab 6-Acid1

3/18 Class 12
Acid/Base 4 - Polyprotic titrations and stoichiometry.
Harris pp 264-298
• Sprdsht 5 DUE
• Spreadsht 6 assigned
Workshop5-Titrations

3/19
To Do List:
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Open Computing Lab

3/22
• Staff Meeting 6
Calculating the theoretical titration curves
• File transfers
• Making buffers from the theoretical results
• Effects of ionic strength
• What makes a titration a valuable (if boring) analytical procedure.

3/23 Class 13
Acid Base 6 - Titrations as an analytical method for assaying acids and bases.
Harris pp 510-534
• ProbSet 6 DUE
• ProbSet 7 assigned
Lab 7-Acid2

3/24
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Lab 7-Acid2

3/25 Class 14
Spectrophotometry 1 - Interaction of light with matter, in particular atomic spectroscopy.
Harris pp 614-635
• Sprdsht 6 DUE
• Sprdsht 7 assigned
Workshop6-Spectra

3/26
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Open Computing Lab

3/29 Spring Break

3/30 Spring Break

3/31 Spring Break

4/1 Spring Break

4/2 Spring Break

4/5
No staff meeting -
Returning from Easter Break.

4/6 Class 15
QUIZ 2 (20 Min.)
Spectrophotometry 2 - Spectrophotometers and UV systems.
Harris pp 576-608
• ProbSet 7 DUE
• ProbSet 8 assigned
Lab 8-Robot1

4/7
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Lab 8-Robot1

4/8 Class 16
Spectrophotometry 3 - How a CCD spectrometer works and solving simultaneous equations.
Workshop - spectrometry
Harris pp 544-564
• Sprdsht 7 DUE
• Sprdsht 8 assigned
Workshop7-CeMgt.EMFs

4/9
To Do List:
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Open Computing Lab

4/12
Staff Meeting 7
The LabVIEW VI’s
• Understanding the simulations
• Management Interview approaches
• Robot Demonstration
• Spectrometer Oper.
• Computer File Exch.
• Standard Soln. Prep
• Mock Robot Language.

4/13 Class 17
Redox 1- Equilibrium cell potentials via the IUPAC conventions & the Nernst equation
Harris pp 336-363
• ProbSet 8 DUE
• ProbSet 9 assigned
Lab 9-Robot2

4/14
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Lab 9-Robot2

4/15 Class 18
Redox 2 - Applying the Nernst equation to potentiometric titrations.
Harris pp 374-404
• Sprdsht 8 DUE
• Sprdsht 9 assigned
Workshop8-Titrations

4/16
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Open Computing Lab

4/19
Staff Meeting 8
• Blending the Dyes
• Running the CCD spec
• SpreadSheets
• The isosbestic point

4/20 Class 19
Redox 3 - Applying the Nernst equation to potentiometric titratioins.
Harris pp 414-436
• ProbSet 9 DUE
• ProbSet 10 assigned
Lab 10-Easter Egg

4/21
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Lab 10-Easter Egg

4/22 Class 20
Examination 2
Covering
Classes 11-19,
Labs 6-9,
ProbSets 5-9, &
Sprdshts 5-9
• Sprdsht 9 DUE
• Sprdsht 10 assigned

4/23
To Do List:
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Open Computing Lab

4/26
Staff Meeting 9
• Standard Solutions
• Robot Scheduling
• Known Controls
• Round Robin Testing
• Preparing samples for next week.
• Aqua Regia dissolution procedures

4/27 Class 21
Separations 1 - Developing the concepts behind a chemical separation and "peaks".
Harris pp 640-667
• ProbSet 10 DUE
• ProbSet 11 assigned
Lab 11-Downsizing

4/28
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Lab 11-Downsizing

4/29 Class 22
Separations 2 - Theoretical plates, peak shape and gas chromatography.
Harris pp 674-699
• Sprdsht 10 DUE
• Sprdsht 11assigned
Workshop9-Pk Shapes

4/30
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Open Computing Lab

5/3
Staff Meeting 10
• Robot Standards
• The copper interference problem on zinc and other elements.
• Atomic Abs Sched.
• AA Operation
• Data Telemetry

5/4 Class 23
Quiz 3 (20 Min.)
Separations 3 - Pumps and columns in HPLC.
Harris pp 712-742
• ProbSet 11 DUE
• ProbSet 12 assigned
Lab 12-Pill Mach.

5/5
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Lab 12-Pill Mach.

5/6 Class 24
Separations 3 - Columns, and detectors in HPLC.
Harris pp 712-742
• Sprdsht 11 DUE
• Sprdsht 12 assigned
Workshop10-Purity

5/7
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Open Computing Lab

5/10
Staff Meeting 11
• HPLC Columns
• HPLC Mobile Phase
• Carcinogenic Matls.
• Data Acquisition
• Column Parameters
• Check-out plans

5/11 Class 25
Examination 3
Covering Classes 21-24, Labs 10-12, ProbSets 10-12,& Sprdshts 10-12
• ProbSet 12 DUE
Lab 13 - HPLC

5/12
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7.________________Lab 13 - HPLC

5/13 Class 26
Lab Exam OUT
The uses of gas chromatography and mass spectrometry for the analysis of complex mixtures.
Harris pp 742-749
• Sprdsht 12 DUE

5/14
Lab Exam Due IN at the start of the Final Exam.