Faculty Name

Nicholas Schlotter

Document Type

Syllabi

School

CLA

Department

CHEM

Course Subject

CHEM

Course Number

3950

Course Section

A1

Course Title

Physical Chemstry Lab Techniqs

Academic Term and Year

Spring 2014

Credits

2.00

Hamline Plan Letter

W

Area of Study

CHEM

Course Description

Goals: To provide instruction in some practical skills commonly used by chemists and engineers with an emphasis on techniques used in physical chemistry. Content: Experimental design, laboratory manipulations, data analysis, searching the scientific literature, preparation and presentation of written lab notebooks, reports and journal articles. Work in the spring term is coordinated with the Physical Chemistry course 3560. This is a writing intensive course. The course laboratories investigate thermodynamic/quantum principles and properties using calorimetry, spectroscopy, conductivity, and computational techniques. Taught: Annually, spring term. Prerequisites: CHEM 3550, co-registration with CHEM 3560. Credits: 2 credits spring term

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