Applied chemistry
BS BT DT BC BP BDT
Associate Professor Ray Hodges
6 points * Second semester * 7 hours per week of integrated lectures and practical work, detailed study guides are available * Gippsland/Distance * Prerequisites: GAS1282
Classical `wet way' analysis and an introduction to modern instrumental methods for cation and anion analysis are included, such as ion chromatography, flow injection analysis (automation) and polarography. Topics covered are gravimetric, volumetric, aqueous and non-aqueous acid-base, complexiometric, oxidation-reduction, solvent extraction techniques and an introduction to the local industry and water management.
Assessment
Progressive assessment: 30% * Final examination: 45% * Laboratory work: 20% * Fieldwork: 5%
Prescribed texts
Skoog D A and others Fundamentals of analytical chemistry, 6th edn, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1992
or
Christian G D Analytical chemistry 5th edn, Wiley, 1994