BNAI ZION SCIENTIST DIVISION
in cooperation with
COOPER UNION
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
Course layout:
The class will consist of lectures on these various topics, emphasizing both the theoretical and practical aspects of the various techniques. Students will be taught common spectroscopic techniques: their theory, scope and limitations, and applications.
Recommended additional material:
This course will assume a basic understanding/knowledge of general and organic chemistry. Here are some supplementary textbooks that may be helpful:
Ebbing, General Chemistry
Solomons, Organic Chemistry
Skoog, D. A., West, D. M., Holler, F. J., and Crouch, S. R., Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry, 8th ed., Brooks Cole, 2003
Harris, D. C., Quantitative Chemical Analysis, 7th ed., W. H. Freeman, 2007
Tentative Schedule:
Week |
Topic |
Chapter(s) |
1 |
Introduction: Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry, Instrumental Analysis and Quality Control |
Harris, 4 and 5 |
2 |
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) Experiment: Analyzing Fragmentaton Patterns of Organic Compounds (C,H), (C,H,O) and (C,H,N) |
Skoog, 20 |
3 |
Ultraviolet (UV) and Fluorescence Spectroscopies Experiment: Determining Caffeine Concentration of an Unknown Solution Using UV Spectroscopy Experiment: Determining Aspirin Concentration of an Unknown Solution Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy |
Skoog, 13 14 and 15 |
4 |
Infrared (IR) and Raman Spectroscopies Experiment: Determining Gluocse and Sucrose Concentrations of Unknown Solutions Using Attenuated Total Reflectance (ATR) FT-IR and Raman Spectroscopies |
Skoog, 16 17 and 18 |
5 |
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) Spectroscopies Experiment: Identifying the Molecular Structure of an Organic Compound Using NMR Spectroscopy |
Skoog, 19 |
6 |
Atomic Absorption (AA) Spectroscopy Experiment: Determining the Lead Concentration of an Unknown Solution Using Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy |
Skoog, 9 |
Instructor: Prof. Ruben Savizsky
Email: rsavizky@cooper.edu
Class Hours: Saturday 12 pm - 4 pm