Course

 Term

General Information

CH421/521

Analytical Chemistry

F06

F07

The course covers basic concepts of analytical chemistry. Topics include statistics, quality control/assurance, chemical equilibrium, gravimetric and volumetric analytical methods, spectroscopy, and analytical electrochemistry.

CH696

Microcomputer Interfacing

W06

W08

The course topics cover basic concepts of analog and digital electronics,
programming in Microsoft Visual Basic and LabVIEW.
Students taking this course learn how to use computers for data acquisition,
instrument control and laboratory user interface development through hand-on experiments.

Course Objectives:

The students learn basic microcomputer hardware and software interfacing technologies.

Specifically, students will be able to:

1. Design interfacing hardware.

2. Select appropriate interfacing devices for the applications considered.

3. Write programs for data acquisition, instrument control, and user interface.

4. Develop applications for microcontrollers such as the Parallax Basic Stamp.

CH660

Spectrochemical Analysis

W07

W09

Theoretical concepts and methodology of optical spectrochemical methods of analysis, components of spectrometers, flame and electrothermal atomic spectrophotometry, ICP atomic emission spectrometry, molecular absorption and fluorescence spectrometry.