UWA Handbooks 2004 - Structure Determination and Physical Chemistry 210

Structure Determination and Physical Chemistry 210 (510.210)

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Credit: 6 points Availability: Semester 1 (See Timetable)

Content: This unit is compulsory for all second-year students taking any major in Chemistry.

It comprises introductory sections of analytical and physical chemistry essential for further study. Emphasis is placed on chemical examples relevant to biological, environmental and materials sciences. Techniques for separation science such as chromatography, gas-liquid chromatography and high performance liquid chromatography are covered as well as techniques for the determination of molecular structure such as mass spectrometry, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and infrared and ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy. Energy transactions involved in chemical reactions and physical transformations are examined. The driving force for chemical change and the position of chemical equilibrium are discussed and the methodology for studying the rates of chemical reactions is introduced. Techniques of applying kinetic data to reaction mechanisms are introduced and a summary of the chemical and physical processes occurring in electro-analytical techniques is covered. Laboratory skills in the operation of instrumentation, the techniques of data analysis, the interpretation of experimental measurements and the evaluation of their reliability are developed.

A knowledge of calculus is not required.

Assessment: This includes an examination (80 per cent) and laboratory (20 per cent).

Unit Co-ordinator(s): Dr Terence Quickenden

Location: UWA, Crawley

Mode: on-campus

Unit Rules:

Prerequisites: Inorganic and Physical Chemistry 101 (510.101) and Organic Chemistry 102 (510.102) (formerly Chemistry 100); or Biological Organic Chemistry 103 (510.103) and Biological Inorganic and Physical Chemistry 104 (510.104) (formerly Chemistry 120); students with a distinction or better in Introductory Chemistry 105 (510.105) and either Biological Inorganic and Physical Chemistry 104 (510.104) or Biological Chemistry 106 (510.106) (formerly Introductory and Biological Chemistry 130) may proceed, with advice, to second-year chemistry units. 12 points of first-year mathematics [other than Mathematics 122 (530.122) and Statistics 123 (530.123)] or Physics 101 (560.101) and Physics 102 (560. 102) (formerly Physics 100); or Physics 141 (560.141) and Physics 142 (560.142) (formerly Physics 140) is required for a Chemistry major.

Contact hours—lectures: 3 per week; labs for each unit: 4 hrs per week for 9 weeks

Books and other material listed may be subject to change. Book lists relating to 'Preliminary Reading', 'Recommended Reading' and 'Textbooks' are, in most cases, available at the University Co-operative Bookshop (from early January) and appropriate administrative offices for students to consult. For first-year units the Bookshop will endeavour to make available photocopies of book lists for individual units.