Module Code - Title:
CH4303
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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 1A
Year Last Offered:
2025/6
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
A
Prerequisite Modules:
CH4303
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
To give the students an understanding of and an appreciation for the qualitative and quantitive aspects of analytical chemistry through a working knowledge of the theory and applications of spectrophotometry and spectroscopy.
Syllabus:
The analytical process, measurements and experimetal error, fundamentals of spectrometry, Beer- Lambert law, applications of spectrometry, spectrometers, atomic spectroscopy, calibration and analytical methods, infrared spectroscopy, modes of stretching and bending, fourier transform ir, correlation charts for ir, functional group survey, nmr basic concepts, chemical shift & shielding, Pulsed FT nmr, integration, spin-spin splitting in 1H spectracoupling constants, combined ir/1Hnmr spectra interpretation.
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
Recognise the importance of measurement and error.
Describe and differentiate between aspectrophotometry and spectroflourimetry.
Understand importance of calibration
Recogise when to use the appropriate analytical method of calibration e.g. internal standard or standard addition.
Illustrate how 1H and NMR is used for structural analysis in organic chemistry.
Understand the principal features of molecular spectra in terms of molecular structure and transitions between molecular energy levels.
Understand the basic principles behind spectroscopy and the reasons for the observed phenomena.
Demonstrate the use of infrared spectroscopy for analysis of characteristic vibrations of functional groups.
Describe the fundamental theory of how radio-frequency radiation interacts with nuclear spins and which nuclei can be observed using NMR spectroscopy.
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
Appreciate the importance of calibration, measurement and error in quantitative analysis.
Recognise how an understanding of fundamental physical molecular interaction with electromagnetic radiation can lead to rational determination of organic structures
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
Demonstrate safe practice in handling, using and disposing of chemical comounds.
Preparation of standards and samples.
Operation of spectrophotometers
Recording and presentation of experimatal results
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
This module will taught over a 12 week period through a formal interactive teaching mode (2x 1 hour lectures), weekly on-line tutorials. Students will undertake 5x3 hour laboratory experiments associated with lecture material.
The module will be assessed by an end-of-semester written exam (75% of final marks); students will record their laboratory work in a written report for each experiment (20% of final marks). Completion of on-line tutorials 5%.;
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
N/a
Prime Texts:
Daniel Harris (2007)
Quantitative Chemical Analysis
, Freeman
Pavia, Lampman,Kriz (2009)
Introduction to Spectroscopy
, Brooks/Cole
Other Relevant Texts:
D. Williams & I. Flemming (2008)
Spectrocopic Methods in Organic Chemistry
, McGraw Hill
Holler Crouch (2006)
Principles of Instrumental Analysis
, Books Cole
Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
Semester(s) Module is Offered:
Module Leader:
soumya.mukherjee@ul.ie