| Unit name | Intermediate Practical and Analytical Chemistry for Chemical Physics |
|---|---|
| Unit code | CHEM20220 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | I/5 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
| Unit director | Dr. Parrish |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites | |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | School of Chemistry |
| Faculty | Faculty of Science |
This unit develops the introduction to practical chemistry given in CHEM 10600/800 to provide the essential skills of practical chemistry required for advanced study at Levels 6 and 7 (Years 3 and 4). It covers the main areas of the subject including taking measurements, data handling and scientific reporting.
Aims:
This unit aims to provide a deepening understanding and widening knowledge of the main areas of analytical and practical physical chemistry, building on year 1 material and laying the basis to enable progress to advanced aspects of the subject in later years. Students face more challenging experiments than in the first year and learn to choose appropriate techniques for a given problem and the importance of control experiments. The unit aims to teach students how to structure reports. The unit equips students with a fundamental understanding of the array of analytical techniques available in a modern laboratory and how to use them.
By the end of the course, students should be able to do the following:
Experimental component:
Report writing:
Analytical component:
The Practical Chemistry part of the unit consists of a combination of laboratory-based and online chemistry experiments, led by a laboratory teaching fellow and guided by demonstrators. Significant e-resources for this are available on the School’s Dynamic Laboratory Manual, including guidance on how to conduct the experiments and on how to report them in a scientific fashion. Students who either begin or continue their studies in an online mode should note that it is likely they may be required to complete practical work or alternative activities in person, either during the academic year 2020/21 or subsequently, in order to meet the intended learning outcomes for the unit, prepare them for subsequent units or to satisfy any accreditation requirements.The Analytical part of the unit is delivered through a combination of asynchronous online materials, including narrated presentations and worked examples, guided activities such as short questions to develop understanding and synchronous weekly woskshops. The Dynamic Laboratory Manual provides important e-learning resource in advance of workshop sessions. Pre-workshop online material will be provided to assist students with the contact workshop.
The laboratory component (80%) will be summatively assessed by continual assessment of laboratory experiments (supervised practicals) and written reports (assessed coursework). The analytical component (20%) will be assessed through a multiple choice quiz. In 2020-21 the analytical component will be pass/fail.
To receive credit for this unit, students must make a reasonable attempt at every aspect of the teaching and assessment, including pre- and post-laboratory work, laboratory-based and online experiments, formal reports and presentations, group-working and any workshop activities. Failure to do so may result in credit being withheld, even if the overall mark is above the pass mark for the unit. Supplementary or resit assessment of this unit is only possible through engagement in the following academic year.
Most of the reading needed for this course is available on the Dynamic Laboratory Manual
https://dlm.chm.bris.ac.uk/dlm/
Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry, 8th Edition, D. A. Skoog, D. M. West, F. J. Holler and S. R. Crouch, Brooks Cole, 2004
Practical Organic Mass Spectroscopy, 2nd Edition, J. R. Chapman, Wiley 1993
