CHEMISTRY 312 Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Laboratory Spring, 1998 Instructors: Sunhee Choi Rick Bunt Office SCC528 Office SCC426 Tel x5716 Tel: x2559 Instruments Consultants: Jim Larrabee: IR, Stopped-Flow Kathy Jewett: Bomb Calorimeter Purpose: The purpose of this laboratory course is to introduce the experimental methods and instrumental techniques used in physical and inorganic chemistry. The laboratory projects will include the area of kinetics, thermodynamics, spectroscopy and inorganic synthesis using NMR, IR, UV/Vis, spectroscopies and bomb calorimetry Required Projects 1. Resonance (or strain) Energy by Bomb Calorimetry. 2. Rot-Vib Spectra of C2H2/C2D2 (or HCl/DCl, or CO) by Infrared Spectroscopy. 3. Fast Kinetics using Stopped-Flow Method. 4. Synthesis of an air-sensitive inorganic molecule using controlled atmosphere techniques and its characterization by NMR, FTIR, and UV/Vis Spectroscopies. 5. NMR Determination of Paramagnetic Susceptibility. Lab Schedule     Dates Topic Instructor 2/8 Introduction Choi, Bunt 2/15 Bomb Calorimetry Choi 2/22     3/1 Rot-Vib Choi 3/8     3/15 Synthesis Bunt 3/29     4/5 Magnetic Susceptibility Choi 4/12     4/19 Kinetics Choi 4/26     Lecture Schedule   Topic Lecturer NMR Choi NMR Choi NMR Bunt NMR Bunt NMR Bunt NMR Bunt                     Grading: Laboratory Notebook, participation and house keeping: 10% Journal Style Written Reports (60%) Synthesis (Bunt) Stopped-Flow Kinetics (Choi) Magnetic Susceptibility (Choi) Oral Reports (30%) Bomb Calorimetry (Choi/Bunt) Rot-Vib Spectroscopy (Choi/Bunt) Return to the Course Homepage Return to the Main Page