Practical Chemistry

CHEM10600 Practical Chemistry 20 Full year Undergraduate Level 1 Aliaksandr Baidak Unit coordinator Department of Chemistry 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' First part HE study/Bachelors ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 10.0 This unit introduces and develops core practical skills in experimental chemistry. The unit integrates the three traditional branches of chemistry, and provides training across analytical and experimental physical chemistry, an introduction to computational chemistry and programming in Python, as well as core techniques in synthetic chemistry. The importance of safety in the laboratory, including an understanding of risk assessment and COSHH, is emphasised throughout. Laboratory classes take place every Monday of term, from 10am – 4pm. The course runs in the two teaching laboratories on the first and second floors, in the Department of Chemistry. This unit must be passed with a mark of 40% or higher for progression to second year. This unit introduces and develops core practical skills in experimental chemistry. The unit integrates the three traditional branches of chemistry, and provides training across analytical and experimental physical chemistry, an introduction to computational chemistry and programming in Python, as well as core techniques in synthetic chemistry. The importance of safety in the laboratory, including an understanding of risk assessment and COSHH, is emphasised throughout. Laboratory classes take place every Monday of term, from 10am – 4pm. The course runs in the two teaching laboratories on the first and second floors, in the Department of Chemistry. This unit must be passed with a mark of 40% or higher for progression to second year. Upon completion of this course you will be a proficient experimentalist capable of independently carrying out core experimental techniques and guided investigation in the laboratory.<ul> </ul> On successful completion of the course students should be able to:  •    Be proficient in standard practical methods and be able to carry them out with precision and accuracy; •    Be able to undertake basic safety assessments of experiments and carry out practical work safely and professionally; •    Be capable of interpreting and manipulating analytical data and using it to draw conclusions; •    Be capable of recording and reporting findings from these experimental processes to a basic, scientific standard. <div> <ul> <li> Problem-solving skills</li> <li> Communications skills</li> <li> Practical competency</li> <li> Numeracy and mathematical skills</li> <li> Analytical skills</li> <li> ICT skills</li> <li> Time management and organisational skills</li> </ul></div>  A range of exercises will be completed which include the following basic techniques: 1)    Kinetic sampling with gas burette; 2)    Synthesis of inorganic complexes; 3)    IR spectroscopy 4)    Ketone reduction 5)    Use of ChemDraw®  6)    Distillation at atmospheric pressure 7)    Synthesis and subsequent recrystallization; 8)    Computational Chemistry: Statistics and programming in MATLAB. 9)    Multistep synthesis 10)    Kinetic sampling with titration and conductiometrics 11)    Chromatography 12)    Hydrogen emission spectrum 13)    Colour – The Beer-Lambert Law 14)    Separation and extraction of a mixtures or organic compounds 15)    Acid – base titrations 16)    Resolution of racemic mixtures 17)    Report – writing   8 Practical skills assessment 100% <div>Confirm that this feedback information is present on the Course’s Blackboard PageRegular feedback is available: i. Through discussions with academic members of staff and GTAs during each laboratory session; ii. In-lab marks and comments on the students’ performance are uploaded to BlackBoard; iii. Write-ups are uploaded to BlackBoard for assessment; iv. Attendance registers are uploaded to BlackBoard on each lab day. Students who are not in attendance will be automatically contacted by the Education Office; v. Convenors conduct a census at weeks 6, 12 and 18 of the lab course: those students whose average mark is < 50% will be interviewed by the convenors; vi. Those students who are in danger of failing the unit will be interviewed by laboratory convenors/ Director of Undergraduate studies as appropriate</div>  N “Practical Skills in Chemistry”, J. R. Dean et al, Prentice Hall, 2011. ISBN 978-0-273-73118-4.Main Library: Blue area; Floor 3; 542.D27 Practical classes & workshops 60 0 140