CHE (0106) 267 - Quantitative Analysis Laboratory

Credits: 2.00

Students will demonstrate scientific quantitative material handling techniques, rigorous record keeping, statistical data interpretation, and the operation of a variety of classical analytical tools. In the laboratory, students will master a variety of chemical techniques, such as: gravimetric, volumetric, spectroscopic, and electrochemical techniques.

Prerequisite 1: CHE 111; CHE 112
Corequisite: CHE 265

Repeatable: No Grade Type: Regular
Free Note: Co-Requisite: 0106-265. Students must also register for Quantitative Analysis Lecture 0106-265. Students must obtain a minimum grade of C- in all pre-requisite courses to register for this class.

Course Learning Goals: Upon successful completion of lab activities and the lab notebook, students will be able to:

1. use mathematical software (Excel and Sigma Plot) and apply them towards analytical calculations and graphing

2. use practical, basic, and advanced laboratory skills in order to perform various types of chemical analysis in order to determine the content of the unknown sample

3. compute analytical calculations based on the data gathered from the analytical process

4. demonstrate and compute statistical analysis based on analytical measurements

5. use traditional and modern tools to properly perform quantitative analysis of unknown sample

6. prepare solutions of exact concentrations

7. demonstrate the standardization and calculate the exact concentration of solution

8. use the precipitation titration for the gravimetric determination of an analyte

9. complete the acid-base titration in order to specify the content of the mixture sample

10. utilize the complexometric titration in order to calculate the ionic content of the water sample

11. complete the redox titration in order to compute the amount of ascorbic acid in vitamin C tablets

12. assess the amount and type of the weak acid by performing potentiometric analysis of an unknown sample

13. determine the amount of copper in the sample using the electrogravimetric method

14. determine the pH of an unknown solutions using the spectrophotometer

15. determine the content of iron in vitamin tablets using spectrophotometric method