Chemistry 462
ADVANCED INORGANIC LAB
    Summer 2012

Chem 462 is a laboratory-only course worth 0.75 credits. It is offered in every term and replaces the inorganic component of Chem465/466.

Handy short-cuts:

CLICK HERE FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENT    AND HERE FOR LAB HOURS AVAILABLE

Manual

Expts only

 list of chemicals in Ell 331 and their location molarities of common acids and bases    

Crystallographic Data Program
Mercury
(free download)

Molecular
weight
calculator

Spectroscopy shortcuts:

Chem213

Yellow Data
Sheets

     IR   1H nmr Mass spec predictor

 

 Lab Course Coordinator

Dave Berry

 Office

Elliott 334e

Telephone

(250) 721 7170

E-mail

berryde@uvic.ca

Feel free to contact me in any way that you find convenient. Please contact me during the first few days of classes.  

 

 

Duration of Course:

7th May to 22nd June

Times:

Flexible scheduling will be in place for both days and times.  

Location of Lab:

Elliott 331

Pre-requisites:

Chem 362

Lab Techniques:

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MATERIAL NEEDS:

 

Textbooks

 Lab Manual available here (password protected).

References

Available in the lab - please ask Dave

Safety glasses

Eye-protection must be worn; available from Bookstore or Science Stores

Lab coats

Recommended; available from Bookstore.

Notebook

A notebook with fixed pages is mandatory. It need not be exclusive to this course, but it may be collected by the instructor for short periods.

Special Considerations

Suitable accommodation will be provided for students with short or long term disabilities or special needs.  Please ask the Senior Lab Instructor.

Student Evaluation:

Two experiments must be completed and reported.

Reports are written and will also include an oral presentation of experimental results and their interpretation. If you wish to improve your writing skills in general, the Writing Centre is a free resource that I can recommend.

Results and reports (90% of mark); two experiments of equal weighting will be assigned. The marking guide is here.

TA's assessment of lab skills (10% of mark). Here you will find the criteria used.

A passing mark (50%) must be achieved in this component in order to pass the course. The NEW grade/percentage correlation will apply ie A+ for 90%; A for 85%; A- for 80%; B+ for 77%; B for 73%; B- for 70%; C+ for 65%; C for 60%; D for 50%; F for < 50%.

What Chem 462 is all about
Chem 462 is the last of our undergraduate lab courses in inorganic chemistry. It can be taken as an elective, but it is a mandatory course for those aiming at an Honours degree. It may help you to read the 'game plan' for the Inorganic Lab Program to gain some perspective in the goals of the present course.

Specifically for Chem 462 the goals are:
To practise/apply familiar and new techniques appropriate for use in a synthesis laboratory.
Some tricks will perhaps be new, but most will have been seen before. The emphasis is on being able to string them all together reasonably independently. The term "reasonably" needs to be qualified. While I don't write great details in the manual, I expect you to discuss your intentions with me before you head off into the unknown! Our daily working relationship should be more like a supervisor/research assistant than teacher/student.

To study two topics in depth, both in the lab and in the library.
This is about as close as I can currently get with offering a guided project style course. The literature work is regarded as equally important as the practical.

Report dates:   
First report due by noon, Thursday 7th June

Second report due by noon Friday 22nd June

29th June is the last date for late submission.