Standard syllabus
Quantitative analysis · Undergraduate · Chemistry
Topics
Analytical principles
- The analytical process: sampling through reporting
- Significant figures and rounding rules
- Systematic and random errors
- Accuracy, precision, and bias
- Standard deviation and confidence limits
- Student's t-test for comparing means
- Grubbs test for outliers
- Calibration and standard addition methods
- Internal standards and normalization
- Method validation parameters
Gravimetric analysis
- Properties of good precipitates
- Precipitation from homogeneous solution
- Digestion, aging, and particle growth
- Coprecipitation and post-precipitation errors
- Washing and drying precipitates
- Ignition and weighing to constant mass
- Gravimetric factor calculations
- Applications: chloride as AgCl, sulfate as BaSO₄
- Electrogravimetry (introduction)
- Thermogravimetric analysis connection
Volumetric analysis
- Standard solutions and primary standards
- Equivalence point vs endpoint
- Acid-base titrations: indicators and pH curves
- Titration of weak acids and polyprotic systems
- Complexometric titrations with EDTA
- Masking and demasking agents
- Redox titrations: pre-reduction and standardization
- Iodometric and iodimetric methods
- Precipitation titrations: Mohr, Volhard, Fajans
- Back-titration and indirect methods
Electroanalytical methods
- Electrochemical cell notation and conventions
- Reference electrodes: SCE, Ag/AgCl, calomel
- Potentiometry and direct potentiometric measurement
- Ion-selective electrodes: fluoride, calcium, ammonia
- Dead-stop endpoint in titrations
- Voltammetry: polarographic waves
- Stripping voltammetry for trace analysis
- Amperometric titrations
- Conductometric titrations
- Selecting electroanalytical methods for analytes
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