CVB212 Industrial Analytical Chemistry
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| Unit code: | CVB212 |
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| Prerequisite(s): | (CVB101 and CVB102) or ((CVB102 or CVB103 or CZB190) and admission to ST20) |
| Equivalent(s): | PQB313 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| CSP student contribution | $1,118 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $4,680 |
| International unit fee | $5,760 |
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2024, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | CVB212 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | (CVB101 and CVB102) or ((CVB102 or CVB103 or CZB190) and admission to ST20) |
| Equivalent: | PQB313 |
| Coordinator: | Hongxia Wang | hx.wang@qut.edu.au |
Overview
The modern chemical industry requires comprehensive analytical measurement relating to raw materials, process streams and outputs in order to control quality and to confer error prevention. This unit further develops your knowledge and technical laboratory skills in chemical instrumentation and analysis in applications relevant to the chemical industry. It links to the work previously undertaken in CVB101 General Chemistry and prepares you for the final semester major capstone unit CVB304 Chemistry Research Project.
This unit aims at extending your foundational chemistry in areas of chemical applications that are relevant to the industry. In particular, this unit provides you with the theoretical knowledge and practical capabilities for chemical analysis and measurements that are widely used in industrial analytical laboratories as well as outlining the future direction of this area.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the underpinning chemical theory behind chemical reactions
- Explain the distinctions between qualitative, semi-quantitative and quantitative chemical analysis
- Interpret data and apply models to data through the computer simulations,
- Demonstrate skills appropriate to the theory and practice of apparatus and instrumentation for qualititative and quantitative analysis.
- Evaluate, and communicate authentic experimental data and results in a scientifically critical and self reflective manner.
Content
In this unit there is a close correspondence (inter-connectedness) between theory and experiment. The theoretical background is often introduced in lectorials, carried out in the laboratory session and the outcomes are further discussed in the subsequent lectorials.
Qualitative Analysis:
- Distinctive chemical reactions for qualitative analysis for selected cations and anions.
- Development of separation schemes and confirmatory tests for selected cations.
- Identification scheme for anions together with confirmatory tests.
Titrimetry and Gravimetry: - Titrations for determinations of acid or base species.
- Complexometric, Precipitation and Redox titrations and typical applications.
- Chemical basis for gravimetry, typical calculations and applications.
- Preparation and use of standard reagents for titrimetry and gravimetry
Spectrophotometry: - The Beer-Lambert Law and the basis for spectrophotometric determinations.
- Instrumentation for spectrophotometry in the UV-visable spectral regions
- Colorimetric reagents and reactions and typical applications for spectrophotometry.
Electrometric Methods of Analysis: - The Nernst equation and the chemical basis for potentiometry.
- Ion-selective electrodes and coulometry together with typical applications (incl. Karl-Fischer titration)
- Instrumentation for polarography and voltammetry and typical applications.
Learning Approaches
This unit is structured so that there is a close correspondence between theoretical concepts in the lectorial component and the practical principles developed in the laboratory sessions. The lectorials are run in collaborative learning spaces to “introduce” new concepts in an accessible manner using group activities and discussion. Collaborative group activities will assist you to bridge theory and practice and to understand the technical requirements for data collection, handling, graphing, interpretation and verification.
Subsequent, laboratory sessions give you experience and skills to apply theoretical concepts to typical problems used in industrial practice. In subsequent lectorials, you further discuss the outcomes of the laboratory sessions and discuss and receive technical assistance with computerised analysis and graphing of the data generated in the laboratory. By writing regular practical reports each week (and receiving regular feedback on your work) you'll develop capabilities in observation, deduction, interpretation and written communication which are essential to prepare you for working in industry. In addition, the group activities that you participate in during lectorials will help you develop critical thinking and oral communication skills; as well as reinforcing the theoretical concepts that you're learning.
Towards the end of the semester you will complete either a self-assessment portfolio based upon selected, returned laboratory reports (complete with demonstrator comments and corrections) and selected group activities. In the self-reflective portfolio you will discuss what you learnt during the semester from selected activities and practicals; or an essay discussing the impact and role of automation and artificial intelligence on Analytical Chemistry.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
There will be extensive opportunity to assess your progress in the unit. You will obtain feedback on your laboratory reports, which will be annotated and returned to you. This will be supplemented by the cooperative learning project, which will provide feedback from peers and your instructors
Assessment items, except the final examination, will be returned to you; model answers will be provided on Canvas. Many practice examples and worked solutions, including typical final examination questions, will be available to guide your learning and self-test your progress. All staff in the unit will be available for individual or small group consultation. It is your responsibility and in your best interests to collect and examine your returned assessment items to monitor and document your achievement of the learning outcomes.
Assessment
Overview
The assessment in this unit comprises both formative and summative elements. Formative assessment will take the form of provision of model answers for summative tasks, practice problems with worked solutions, return of your marked and annotated practical reports, and interactive discussions with your laboratory demonstrators. Summative assessment is a combination of problem-solving tasks, the written reports, self-assessment of your learning and a supervised theory examination.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Laboratory/Practical
You will be required to undertake 10 x 2.5-hour sessions of supervised practical work for which you will prepare written reports, comprising both pre-laboratory and post-experiment components. You will submit pre-lab work at the start of each laboratory session, and the post-experiment work on the day.)
Assessment: Portfolio
You select from a number of laboratory exercises carried out in the laboratory sessions and a number of group learning activities that you participated in during the lectorials and assemble them into a self-reflective portfolio to describe what you did and how the laboratory exercise or in-class group activity helped you to learn.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Assessment: Examination
Final Examination (Theory)
The end of semester theory exam will cover content from all theory components of the unit.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Risk Assessment Statement
The professional practice of Chemistry requires the safe handling of Hazardous Substances. A practical laboratory program is an important part of this unit, so you will be required to handle such substances. The chemicals and procedures used in this unit are deemed to be appropriate for students at this level of the course. You will undertake compulsory formal pre-laboratory assessment in Health and Safety matters relevant to the laboratory and QUT buildings in general. Health and Safety information and precautions relevant to the particular experiments are clearly explained in the Practical Manual. Having been provided with this advice, it is your responsibility to comply with all instructions, for the safety of yourself, your fellow students and staff.