COURSE INFORMATION:
                        

Electroanalytical Chemistry
CHEM 726 (CN 01554)
  Fall Quarter 2008

 
Professor:  Howard D. Dewald
Office:        Wilson Hall Adm 207     Phone:    593-2979
email:          dewald@ohio.edu
 

Class schedule:  MWF 9:10 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.  Clippinger 131

Text:   Electrochemistry: Principles, Methods, and Applications
           Brett, C. M. A. and Brett, A. M. O., Oxford: NY, 1993.
           [ISBN-10: 0198553889]   

Examinations:   Friday, October 17, 2008
                        Friday, November 21, 2008, 8:00 a.m.

Paper: A five to ten page paper (plus references and figures/tables) written as a review on an assigned topic covering current research in electroanalytical chemistry or electrochemistry is required.  The paper is due on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at 5:00 p.m.

Grading:     Exams:               50%
                  Homework:       25%
                  Paper:                25%

 
TENTATIVE OUTLINE

 
Fundamental Concepts
Kinetics of Electrode Reactions
Controlled Potential Techniques
Controlled Current Techniques
Hydrodynamic Methods
Optical-Electrochemical Methods
Stripping Analysis
Electrodes and Electrochemical Cells
Conductometry-Impedance Spectroscopy
Bioelectrochemistry
Bulk Electrolysis
Potentiometry

 

Attendance/Absence Policy:

Attendance is expected but not required.  Regardless of attendance, a student is responsible for all material.  In cases of legitimate absence (e.g., illness, death in the immediate family, involvement in University-sponsored activities) make-up work must be arranged within two days after returning.  An excuse for an absence is not an excuse from class requirements/assignments.
 

Reserve Books:

The following materials have been placed on reserve for CHEM 726 in Alden Library on the 4th Floor at the Circulation counter. They can be taken out on overnight loan. A valid Ohio University I.D. card is required to use reserve materials. All Reserve materials must be returned to the Reserve Desk at the specified time to avoid fines.

1)  Bard, A. J. and Faulkner, L. R., "Electrochemical Methods- Fundamentals and Applications," Wiley: NY, 1980. [QD553.B37]
 
2)  Rieger, P. H., "Electrochemistry," Prentice-Hall: Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1987. [QD553.R53 1987]

3)  Sawyer, D. T., Sobkowiak, A. and Roberts, J. L., Jr., "Experimental Electrochemistry for Chemists,"  2nd ed., Wiley: NY, 1995. [QD553.S32 1995]

4)  Vassos, B. H. and Ewing, G. W., "Electroanalytical Chemistry," Wiley: NY, 1983. [QD115.V28 1983]  
 

Electronic Resource:

Kissinger, P. T. and Heineman, W. R., Eds., “Laboratory Techniques in Electroanlaytical Chemistry,” 2nd ed., Dekker: NY, 1996 [QD115.L23 1996eb]

 

ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT: "Academic Misconduct is a Code A violation of the Ohio University Student Code of Conduct.  Academic Misconduct refers to dishonesty in examinations (cheating), presenting the ideas or the writing of someone else as one's own (plagiarism), or knowingly furnishing false information to the University."[1]  If you are found to be involved in academic misconduct, you will receive zero credit on the work in question and the case may be referred to the Director of Judiciaries with a possible sanction of suspension or expulsion.

PLAGIARISM:  Examples of plagiarism include [2]:

1. "Reproducing another person's work, whether published or unpublished."
2. "Submitting as your own any academic exercise prepared totally or in part by another."
3. "Allowing another person to substantially alter or revise your work and submitting as your own."

4. "Using another's written ideas or words without properly acknowledging the source.  If a student uses the words of someone else, he or she must put quotation marks around the passage and add indication of its origin, such as a footnote.  Simply changing a word or two while leaving the organization and content substantially intact and failing to cite the source is plagiarism"

 If you are unsure about what constitutes plagiarism and/or how to properly acknowledge a source, you must see the course professor before submitting your materials.

 
References

[1] Student Academic Honesty for Ohio University Faculty & Teaching Associates, Ohio University Office of Judiciaries, 1994.

[2] Student Academic Honesty for Ohio University Students, Ohio University Office of Judiciaries, 1994.

 

PAPER

 A five to ten page paper (plus references and figures/tables) written as a review on an assigned topic covering current research in electroanalytical chemistry or electrochemistry is required. A minimum of five (5) articles must be discussed. The due date for the paper is Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at 5:00 p.m.

 The format of the paper (including literature references) should follow the guidelines for the journal  Analytical Chemistry or the Journal of the Electrochemical Society.  Grading will be based on content, adherence to format guidelines, and grammar. 

 Papers should be checked for spelling errors, missing symbols, subscripts, and superscripts.  The paper must be typed doubled spaced on 22 x 28 cm (8 1/2 x 11 in.) white paper.  Submit a cover page with the paper title and your name.  Staple the pages together.  Do not "dog-ear" the paper.  Do not use any special folders/binders.

Alternatively, papers may be submitted by email as  a WORD attachement (.doc or .docx) or in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format.