New Jersey City University
2039 Kennedy Boulevard, Jersey City, New Jersey 07305-1597
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Course Prefix/Section : CHEM 3306/1410
Credits : 2
Day/Time/ Location/ Thursday 5:30 pm -9:00 pm S402
Prerequisite: College Calculus and Physics
Co requisite: CHEM 306
Instructor: Dr.Hanae Haouari
Telephone: 201-200-3068
E-mail :hhaouari@NJCU.edu(Best way to contact me)
Web: http://ellserver3.njcu.edu/Courses/Haouari
Office Hours: Thursday 3:00-5:00pm
Office: Room S424
If you cannot make in these hours, you are welcomed to see me in class to make an appointment at another time. You can also schedule meeting with me outside of office hours by exchange of e-mail.
Please do not see office hours exclusively as a time to address problems with the course you can use them to clarify points you don’t understand, to get additional readings, to talk about the subject matter in relation to your special interests. You don’t need to have a big problem to make productive use of these hours.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is a laboratory designed to be taken concurrently with Physical Chemistry Lecture CHEM306. The experiments performed in this laboratory course complement material studied in CHEM 306.This course requires the use of computer and software for graphing and spreadsheet for data analysis.
COURSE GOAL: To give students practical and hands-on experience with physical chemistry . The experiments chosen for the semester represent a set that includes transport processes, reaction kinetics, quantum mechanics, atomic structure, molecular electronic structure, spectrosocopy and photochemistry.This course will also foster the development of independence and critical thinking in laboratory situations. And also emphasizing scientific communication skills namely writing and speaking skills. You will also learn how to use errors analysis as a means of evaluating experimental data. Further more you will gain experience in the use of computers for data acquisition and analysis
METHOD OF TEACHING: There will be no formal lectures. However discussion about the experiments will be personal and group-by-group at the start of each session. I will review the chemical principles for the experiment and point out any difficulties that may arise during the course of the experiment. If you need help I will be available for consultation during the lab session and also during regular office hours.
When necessary I will demonstrate the operation of various instruments, piece of equipments, and software. However the students have the obligation to learn about the instruments/software and to be fully prepared to do the assigned work before coming to class. At the start of each new experiment I will check if you are prepared or not by consulting your lab notebook. If you are not prepared you will be asked to leave the lab until such time as you can demonstrate that you are prepared. I expect you to have ready carefully the experiment procedure and analysis section before coming to lab so that you know what you are expected to do.
TEXT: Experiments In Physical Chemistry by David P.Shoemaker,Carl W.Garland and Joseph W.Nibler, sixth Edition.
Your CHEM306 lecture textbook can be useful too. However you do not need to buy it since I will give you copy of labs as handout.
Other Reference Textbooks:
REQUIRED SUPLIES: 1 Laboratory notebook with numbered pages and duplicates; Safety glasses w/side-shields or safety goggles. A scientific calculator
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
A. Laboratory Hours: Students are expected to spend a minimum of three hours per week in the laboratory. Most experiments can be completed in one sessions of work if you are efficient and well prepared. However some experiments may require more than one session of work. Pre-lab work should be made in your own time not during the laboratory hours. The laboratory is a hands-on learning experience where peer teaching, group work, collaboration, and cooperation are always expected.
I. Title Page
· Experiment Title
· Your Name
· Partner’s Name
· Date (s) the Experiment was performed(Not the date that you wrote the report)
· Date Due
· Abstract
II. Introduction
· The purpose of the experiment
· Brief Discussion of the theory (citing pertinent equations and defining all terms used in the equations)
III. Results and Calculations
· Table of data for Individual runs, and calculated results for individual runs)
· Graphs
· Sample calculations of results. Record all your observations and numerical data. Do not use scrapes of paper.
IV. Error Analysis
· Systematic and Random Errors; Sources and Estimated Magnitudes
· Propagation error to assign uncertainty to calculated results
V. Discussion and Conclusion
· Results ± limits of error and comparison with literature values
· Discussion of reasons for disagreement
· Recommendations for improving experiment
· Answers Questions given in the Experiment
VI. References and Notes
Include any reference be it from a book, journal article, or other literatures.
All work done in your notebooks should be in ink. No pencil, no erasable ink, no white out. All corrections should be done by putting a line through the errors and including the correct answer elsewhere.
The grade of the lab reports is based on the quality of the results, the clarity, the organization, accuracy of presentation and including all sections that I have mentioned in lab report format plus the pre-lab work.
D. Attendance: is mandatory. Absolutely no make up labs.
F. Assignments: . Pre-lab work should be in your lab notebook when you walk into lab, which will consist of writing the experimental objective and a numbered procedure in your lab notebooks. I will collect the duplicate page of the lab notebook for grading at the start of the session. It will be worth 10 points of your lab report grade. Guidelines for laboratory notebook requirements are given in a separate handout.
I will collect your lab notebook at the end of semester for grading.
Lab reports are due exactly one week after you perform the experiment. You will be required to turn in 7 lab reports and 1 statistics project. 6 of your lab reports will be completed in your notebook. These should contain your data recorded in the lab, any printouts from computer analysis taped onto pages, all calculations and answer to questions.
There will be one major written report during the semester. This report will be turn in as a Journal Style Paper. Which means in a format that resembles what would be published in a peer reviewed chemistry journal. The journal style paper will include a title page, an abstract, an experimental section, a results section, and a discussion section for analysis, errors, references, figures, figure captions and tables. I will give you a handout about this journal format report and I will discuss it with you in class in more details.
There will be a poster presentation of any experiment that we have done. You have the choice for selection. I will also talk about it more in details during the semester.
G. Grading Policy:
Grading
· Pre-lab and lab report 8x100
Letter Grade
88-100% A
78-87% B
65-77% C
50-64% D
Below 50% F
A late work will receive a reduced grade .A 10 points deduction after each day late. Exception for late penalties will be made only under severe extenuating circumstances. You should let me know about your situation so that you won’t be penalized.
K. Safety
Many chemicals and combinations of chemicals are potentially dangerous if handled carelessly. Improper manipulation of certain pieces of equipment can lead to potentially hazardous situations. However with proper precautions and common sense accidents can be avoided. Safety goggles must be worn in the laboratory at all times. Prescription glasses do NOT provide adequate protection from above, below, or the sides, and are therefore inadequate. Contact lenses cannot be worn in chemistry laboratories.
Learn the location of the nearest eyewash station and how to use it and also the nearest sink. If a chemical is splashed into your eyes, immediately rinse your eye thoroughly with large amount of water to dilute and remove the chemical.
What you will learn during the course
ü Oral Communication
ü Reading, writing and computation skills
ü Adaptability based on critical thinking and problem solving
ü Cooperative, collaborative and interpersonal skills
ü Organizational effectiveness and leadership.
TENTATIVE LIST OF EXPERIMENTS, LABORATORY SCHEDULE FALL AND RECITATION FOR SPRING 2002
This schedule might change. I will let you know about it in advance.
TENTATIVE LIST OF EXPERIMENTS, LABORATORY SCHEDULE FALL AND RECITATION FOR SPRING 2002
This schedule might change. I will let you know about it in advance.
1/24
Course Introduction, Syllabus, Safety
1/31
2/7
Bromination of Acetone
2/14
Enzyme Kinetics: Inversion of Sucrose
2/21
2/28
Absorption Spectrum of Conjugated Dye
3/7
NMR Spectroscopy .The Rate of Diol Formation and Equilibrium Constant Determinations
3/21
Absorption Spectrum and Dissociation Energy of Iodine and Bromine
3/28
Continuous Variation Method for the Determination of the Composition of Copper Complexes
4/4
Computer-Aided Problem solving with computer Algebra System MathCAD (computer lab)
4/11
Computer-Aided Problem solving with computer Algebra System MathCAD (computer lab)
4/18
Molecular Modeling using Spartan program (computer lab)
4/25
Molecular Modeling using Spartan program (computer lab)
Determination of the Activation Energy using LabWorks program
5/9
Oral Presentation of the article
STATEMENT OF ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
Students are expected to practice the highest standard of ethics, honesty, and integrity in all of their academic work. I will not tolerate any form of academic dishonesty (e.g., plagiarism, cheating, misrepresentation).
http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/
http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/contents.html
Some useful site dedicated to student writing
http://www.missouri.edu/~writery
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/introduction.html
http://wwc.fac.utexas.edu/resources
http://www.powa.org