Course Numbers: CHEM 431 (CN 06123)
                           CHEM 531 (CN 06208)
 

Professor:          Howard D. Dewald
Office:               Clippinger 392
Office Hours:     by appointment
Phone:               740-517-8455
email:                 dewald@ohio.edu
www:                 http://machine.chem.ohiou.edu/~dewald/chem431.html
 

Class schedule:     MWF 10:10 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.  Clippinger 135

Text: Skoog, D. A.; Holler, F. J.; Nieman, T. A.  "Principles of Instrumental Analysis," 5th ed., Saunders, Philadelphia, 1998.
 
Prerequisites:     CHEM 431: C- or better in CHEM 241 and CHEM 351/or 453
 
Examinations:     Monday, January 28
                         Friday, February 22
 Final:                 Tuesday, March 12, at 8:00 a.m.

Grading Policy:    Examinations: 30% each
                          Homework:  10%
 
Cell Phones:  The use of wireless/cell phones in the lecture will not be allowed.  Class disruption from ringing phones will be deemed a failure to comply and result in a 5% final course grade lowering.
 
 

I         Introduction
II        Extraction
III       Ion Exchange
IV      Chromatography
V       Electrophoresis
 

Examinations will count for 90% of the course grade. All examinations will be comprehensive in nature and cover materials from the class lectures, homework assignments, and any assigned reading. The final examination may cover materials from laboratory procedures and observations made related to the experiments actually performed.

Homework assignments will be made periodically. Ordinarily, assignments will be problem solving in nature. Homework will count for 10% of the course grade.
 

Students whose names appear on the class list but who do not attend the first two contact hours of lecture and who have not notified the instructor before the end of the second hour of their desire to remain on the roll will be dropped from the class roll.

Attendance at lecture is expected. In the event of absence, the following will apply:

1) Written/documented verification of absence will be required;
2) Requests for materials from missed lectures must be made within two lectures after returning from the absence;
3) Except for absence as a result of scheduled University- sponsored/authorized activity, examination make-up will be given within three lectures after returning from the absence;
4) Students participating in scheduled University-sponsored/authorized activities who will be absent from a scheduled exam, must notify the instructor at least two lectures before the activity is to occur. Examination make-up will be given within three lectures after returning from the activity only if the prior notice was given.
 

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.
 
 

The following materials have been placed on reserve in Alden Library (2nd floor) for CHEM 431. They can be taken out on overnight loan. A valid Ohio University I.D. card is required to use reserve materials.

Late Return Fees

Library Use Only and Overnight Materials
     $1.00 for the first hour or fraction thereof, and 25¢ for each additional hour or fraction. (A maximum fine of $3.00 will accumulate each day.)

All other materials $3.00 fine per day, $15.00 maximum fine. (An administrative block will be assessed to your account once a total fine of $15.00 accumulates. This fine must be paid before access to library materials is reinstated.)

Please note:
A full day's fine will be charged for items placed in the public book drops or left in other areas of the library.
A processing fee of $25.00 will be charged to your account if borrowed materials are lost and/or never returned.
All Reserve materials must be returned to the Reserve Desk at the specified time to avoid fines.
Fine notices are no longer sent to patrons via mail. You can view your circulation record on any ALICE terminal.

Books
1) Grob, R. L., "Modern Practice of Gas Chromatography,"  Wiley-Interscience, NY, 1977.

2) Morrison, G. H. and Freiser, H., "Solvent Extraction in Analytical Chemistry," Wiley, NY, 1957.

3) Rieman, W. and Walton, H. F., "Ion Exchange in Analytical Chemistry," Pergamon, NY, 1970.

4) Snyder, L. R. and Kirkland, J. J., "Introduction to Modern Liquid Chromatography,"  2nd edition, Wiley-Interscience, NY, 1979.

5) Karger, B. L., Snyder, L. R. and Horvath, C., "An Introduction to Separation Science,"  Wiley-Interscience, NY, 1973.