CHEM 230 –
Chemical Separations
SYLLABUS
Instructor: Roy Dixon
Office:
446C
Lecture
Meeting: Tuesday 5:30 – 8:00 pm,
Tentative
Office Hours: Mon. 12-1, Tues. 4:30-5:30, and Wed. 9:30-10:30
Phone
Number: 278-6893 email:
rdixon@csus.edu
Class
Web Page: http://www.csus.edu/indiv/d/dixonr/C230/C230.htm.
Textbook:
"Chromatography - Concepts and Contrasts", 2nd Edition by James M.
Miller, John Wiley & Sons (2005) Hoboken, NJ.
Additional
reading assignments will be given.
Course Description: Chemical
Separations are used in the isolation and/or analysis of chemicals in a variety
of media for solving numerous problems. This
course will emphasize the theory and some basic applications of methods of
separations. Types of separations
covered will include simple one-step separations, chromatographic separations,
and other advanced types of separation like electrophoresis. The course will include detailed theory of
separations from partitioning across phases to understanding what affects
separation performance in chromatography.
Modern gas chromatography and high performance liquid chromatography,
particularly for analysis of complex samples will be emphasized. A portion of the course will emphasize
student directed learning/teaching.
Tentative Schedule (This may change
somewhat):
Date Main
Subject(s) Text
Pages
Aug. 28 Introduction
/ simple separations 1-30; 387-398
Sept. 4 Liquid-liquid
extractions 398-412
Sept. 11 Advanced
extraction procedures
Sept. 18 Introduction
to chromatography I 35-64
Sept. 18 Quiz 1 (Extractions)
Sept. 25 Theory
of chromatographic separations 64-91;
93-101
Oct. 2 Optimization;
GC 109-115;
117-124; 141-147
Oct. 9 GC 148-176;
423-427
Oct. 9 Quiz 2 (Chromatographic Theory)
Oct. 16 SFC,
LC 124-134;
183-214
Oct. 23 LC 214-258
Oct. 30 Quantitation 277-306
Oct. 30 Quiz 3 (GC/SFC/LC)
Nov. 6 Mass
Spectrometry 309-326
Nov. 13 MS/Electrophoretic
Methods 365-383
Nov. 20 Additional
Topics/Student Presentations I
Nov. 20 Quiz 4 (last topics)
Nov. 27 Student
Presentations II
Dec. 4 Student
Presentations III
Dec. 4 Quiz 5
(Based on Student Presentations I to II)
Dec. 11 Final Exam 5:15-7:15
Grading: Grades will be calculated based on the
following criteria: top 4 out of 5
quizzes (48%), final exam (30%), presentation (8%), applications paper (6%), homework (8%).
Quizzes: There will be five quizzes of 30 min each (during the
first 30 min. of class). Since only the
top 4 out of 5 quizzes will be counted, there will be no make-up quizzes. The quizzes will cover both problem solving
methodology and general knowledge of topics.
The last quiz will cover materials presented by students on special
topics assigned to the class (up to the previous week’s presentation).
Final Exam: The final exam will be comprehensive covering all
topics covered by the instructor and special topics covered in student
presentation. A little more weight will
be given to the topics covered in student presentations given on the last
lecture as these will not be covered in any of the quizzes.
Presentations: The core topics will be taught by the instructor. Students will be sign up to research and
present more specialized separation topics for part or all of the last 3 class
meetings. There will be a list of topics
to choose from. There will be a couple
of specialized separation topics covered by the instructor as examples. Students will work either in pairs to
research topics, come up with a set of readings for the class (e.g. journal
review article), example problems, and a presentation describing the topic. Some time will be reserved for asking
questions and for general discussion of these topics. More specific information will be given on
the presentations at a later date.
Applications Paper: An important part to separations is in its
applications to chemical or related scientific problems. You will be asked to research a specific
research problem of your own choice (e.g. determination of phenols in wine) in
which recent chromatographic improvements are made. You will write a brief report (4 to 5 pages +
figures and references) indicating why the improvements are useful and
providing specific information requested by the instructor. This is meant to be broader in scope than a
homework assignment but less involved than a term paper.
Homework: There will be two types of homework
problems. One type will be for your
benefit for practicing for quizzes.
These problems will be neither collected nor graded. The second type will be more involved. The second type of questions will be
collected and graded.
Assignment of grades: The break-down of grades will depend on the class
average (in other words be curved), but a higher class average will result in
more high grades. The following grading scheme (excluding +’s and –‘s) can be
considered "typical":
A 90 – 100%
B 79 – 90%
C 67 – 79%
D 56 – 67%
Policy on cheating: Cheating will not be tolerated. This includes copying the work of your
classmates, using notes during quizzes and exams, falsifying data, and
plagiarizing others’ work. At a minimum,
cheating will result in a zero grade for that work. Become familiar with CSUS cheating policies
that can be found at: http://www.csus.edu/admbus/umanual/UMA00150.htm.
Special Needs: If you have any special needs regarding the
class, or if a legitimate situation comes up during the semester that might
interfere with the class, please let me know as soon as possible, and I will do
my best to accommodate the situation.