Chemistry 352 Schedule

This page contains information about class activities. The schedule for the current week is at the top; scroll down to review the schedule for other weeks, or use the following quick links. Copies of handouts and answer keys are on the Archives page.

Week 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

Week 15

Monday, December 3rd

• Optimizing Separations Using Window-Diagrams
• Read: none
• Suggested Problems: none
• Handouts: none

Wednesday, December 5th

• Quantitative Analysis
• Read: none
• Suggested Problems: none
• Handouts: Quantiative Analysis Practice; Preparing for the Third Exam

Week 14

Monday, November 26th

• Electrophoresis and Other Methods of Separation
• Read Chapter 12: 590-596
• Suggested Problems Chapter 12: 27-34
• Handouts: Electrophoresis Systems; Other Separation Methods

Wednesday, November 28th

• Developing Chromatographic Methods
• Read Chapter 12: 556-563
• Suggested Problems Chapter 12: 5-8
• Handouts:

Week 13

Monday, November 19th

• High-Pressure Liquid Chromatography
• Read Chapter 12: 578-589
• Suggested Problems Chapter 12: 20-26
• Handouts: HPLC Systems-Injectors and Detectors

Week 12

Monday, November 12th

• General theory of chromatography
• Read Chapter 12: 543-555
• Suggested Problems Chapter 12: 1-4
• Handouts: Take-Home Assignment 10

Wednesday, November 14th

• Gas chromatography
• Read Chapter 12: 563-578
• Suggested Problems Chapter 12: 9-16
• Handouts: GC Systems-Injectors and Detectors

Week 11

Monday, November 5th

• Second exam; no class

Wednesday, November 7th

• Calibration methods and linear regression
• Read Chapter 5: 104-124
• Suggested Problems Chapter 5: 6-8, 10, 12-14
• Handouts: Using Excel For a Regression Analysis

Week 10

Monday, October 29th

• Liquid-Liquid Extractions with Secondary Equilibria
• Read: none
• Suggested Problems: none
• Handouts: Evaluating a Liquid-Liquid Extraction With a Secondary Equilibrium; Preparing for the Second Exam

Wednesday, October 31st

• Review for first exam
• Read: none
• Suggested Problems: none
• Handouts: none

Week 9

Monday, October 22nd

• Simple Liquid-Liquid Extractions
• Read: none
• Suggested Problems: none
• Handouts: Evaluating a Simple Liquid-Liquid Extraction

Wednesday, October 24th

• Liquid-Liquid Extractions with Secondary Equlibria
• Read: Chapter 7: 219-233
• Suggested Problems Chapter 7: 27-32, 34, 35
• Handouts: Take-Home Assignment 9

Week 8

Monday, October 8th

• Separating Analytes and Interferrents - A General Theory of Separation Efficiency
• Read Chapter 3: 39-42, 45-47; Chapter 7: 201-205
• Suggested Problems Chapter 3: 3-7; Chapter 7: 18-20
• Handouts: Take-Home Assignment 8

Wednesday, October 10th

• Simple Liquid-Liquid Extractions
• Read Chapter 7: 211-219
• Suggested Problems Chapter 7: 24-26
• Handouts: none

Week 7

Monday, October 1st

• Designing an acid-base titration
• Read Chapter 9: 287-295, 296-298
• Suggested Problems Chapter 9: 9-13, 28-30
• Handouts: Desinging a Titrimetric Method of Analysis; Take-Home Assignment 6

Wednesday, October 3rd

• Applications of acid-base titrimetry
• Read Chapter 9: 298-308
• Suggested Problems Chapter 9: 18-27
• Handouts: Take-Home Assignment 7

Week 6

Monday, September 24th

• First Exam this week; no class

Wednesday, September 26th

• Overview of titrimetry, acid-base titrimetry
• Read Chapter 9: 273-287
• Suggested Problems Chapter 9: 1-5
• Handouts: none

Week 5

Monday, September 17th

• Computer software for equilibrium calculations
• Read: none
• Suggested Problems: none
• Handouts: none

Wednesday, September 19th

• Review for first exam
• Read: none
• Suggested Problems: none
• Handouts: none

Week 4

Monday, September 10th

• Complexation equilibria
• Read Chapter 6: 165-167
• Suggested Problems Chapter 6: 13
• Handouts: None

Wednesday, September 12th

• Non-ideal effects in equilibrium chemistry
• Read Chapter 6: 171-174
• Suggested Problems Chapter 6: 14, 15
• Handouts: Take-Home Assignment 5

Week 3

Monday, September 3rd

• Solubility calculations, including effect of pH on solubility
• Read Chapter 6: 156-160
• Suggested Problems Chapter 6: 9-12
• Handouts: Solubility Calculations Where pH is Not a Problem; Solubility of Calcium Carbonate; Using Excel's Solver Tool

Wednesday, September 5th

• Acid-Base calculations
• Read Chapter 6: 160-165
• Suggested Problems Chapter 6: 7, 8a
• Handouts: Rigorous Solution to pH Problems; pH of Amphiprotic Species; Take-Home Assignment 4

Week 2

Monday, August 27th

• Review of equilibrium chemistry
• Read Chapter 6: 135-150
• Suggested Problems Chapter 6: 1, 5
• Handouts: Take Home Assignment 1, Take Home Assignment 2

Wednesday, August 29th

• Ladder diagrams for acid-base and complexation reactions
• Read Chapter 6: 150-155, 170-171
• Suggested Problems Chapter 6: 2
• Handouts: Take Home Assignment 3

Week 1

Wednesday, August 22nd

• Introduction to the course
• Read Chapter 2: 11-25, 30-32; Chapter 3: 35-50
• Suggested Problems Chapter 2: 1, 2, 5, 7, 9-15, 17, 18, 21, 22
• Handouts: syllabus, concentration units, terms to know, stoichiometry practice