Dr. K's Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry

Description

This course covers the fundamentals of an Analytical Chemistry course that one might take as a Chemistry major or minor.  Ideally, students should have taken a year of General Chemistry as a prerequisite, as much of the material covered relies on a knowledge of equilibrium chemistry. 

Students in this course have access to ample supplemental material, all of which will be found in the Resource Folders. In addition to the 23 hours of lectures, downloadable audio mp3 files of each lecture are included. For many lectures, a Practice Assignment where you can test your understanding of the material can be found in the Resource Folder. Also included is an answer key for each Practice Assignment. Any graphs, figures or tables presented in the lectures are also available as downloadable files. The content of this course is as extensive as all of my other Chemistry courses are that are also available on Udemy.

This course assumes that you have completed General Chemistry I and ideally General Chemistry II college courses. While you will not need to be familiar with all topics covered in those courses, you should have a good understanding of equilibrium Chemistry.  As with my other intermediate courses that I have posted on Udemy, I have review sections for important chemical concepts that are needed for this course.   Since this course covers the fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry, most instrumental techniques such as Atomic Absorption, UV-Visible Spectrophotometry, Infrared Spectroscopy, Chromatography and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance are not covered. Section 15 is an introduction to Instrumental Analysis where I introduce colorimetric analysis and Beer's Law, which is the basis for most Instrumental methods.  Anyone who is interested in learning about various aspects of Analytical Chemistry may find this course beneficial, especially if you had no prior exposure to Analytical Chemistry in your studies.

What You Will Learn!

• Basic topics of Analytical Chemistry typically covered in a Quantitative Analysis University course.
• Understanding the difference between qualitative analysis and quantitative analysis.
• The general steps followed when performing a chemical analysis.
• How units and dimensional analysis applies to calculations in Analytical Chemistry.
• Solution concentrations used in Analytical Chemistry.
• How to prepare a specific volume of solution to a desired concentration.
• The specific lab materials for successful analytical results: Analytical Balance, Volumetric Glassware, Burets, Pipets, Filtration Devices, Desiccator and more.
• The difference between random and systematic errors and how to minimize them.
• The difference between accuracy and precision.
• Statistics as they relate to Analytical Chemistry, i.e., Gaussian Distribution and how to test for an outlier in a set of results.
• Definition and Principles of Volumetric Analysis.
• Stoichiometric calculations for titrations.
• How to standardize a solution by titration.
• The requirements for a chemical to be a Primary Standard.
• Definition and steps involved with a Gravimetric Analysis.
• Stoichiometric calculations for Gravimetric Analysis.
• The Conditional Solubility Product for Gravimetric Analysis.
• How to calculate the mass loss of the precipitate in a Gravimetric determination.
• Defining ionic strength and how it affects the solubility of slightly soluble salts.
• Activity and Activity Coefficients and how they affect Gravimetric analyses.
• How to form precipitates in the lab with minimal contamination and why this is important.
• The difference between strong and weak acids and bases and how to calculate the pH of their solutions.
• Buffer solutions.
• The applications of the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation.
• Calculate the pH of amphiprotic species.
• How to calculate the change in pH when an acid or base is added to a buffer solution.
• Buffer Capacity.
• How to make a buffer solution to a specific pH.
• Determining the predominant species in an acidic or basic solution.
• Derivation of Fractional Composition Equations for monoprotic and polyprotic acids.
• Application of Fractional Composition Equations.
• Stoichiometric calculations for a chemical analysis by titration.
• How to construct a titration curve for neutralization reactions.
• Indicators used in acid-base titrations, the titration error and how to calculate it.
• Choice of indicator for an acid-base titration.
• Complexometric Titrations.
• Fractional Composition Equations for the ligand EDTA.
• The Conditional Formation Constant for Complexometric Titrations.
• How to construct Complexometric Titration Curves.
• Auxiliary Complexing Agents and how and why they may be used in a Complexometric Titration.
• Chemical Analysis by Complexometric Titration.
• Indicators used in Complexometric Titrations.
• Back Titrations.
• How to Construct Titration Curves for Redox Titrations.
• Redox Titration Indicators.
• Requirements of Colorimetric Analysis.
• How to construct and interpret a Beer's Law Graph.
• How to prepare standard solutions for colorimetric analysis.
• Steps involved in a Colorimetric Determination.
• Chemical analysis by Colorimetric Analysis.

Who Should Attend!

• Anyone who is curious about the basics of Analytical Chemistry.
• Anyone who wants to learn the basics in preparation for a full semester course at the college or university level..

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