Chemistry 106. Analytical Measurements Laboratory (4) Prerequisites: Chem 102 (with a grade of C or better), Chem 110A and Phys 4C, or permission of the instructor. Principles and methods of analytical measurements of organic and inorganic substances by instrumental and non-instrumental techniques. (2 lecture, 6 lab hours) (Fall Semester)

• Course Syllabus and Schedule for Fall 2004
• This course is now supported on Blackboard. Go there for grades and other information.
• Summary of Core Experiments Fall 2004 . Check here for what is expected on the Core Experiments. Use this as a checklist.
•  Course Syllabus and Schedule for Fall 2001 Includes instructions for the experiments and reports.
•  Common errors on Chemistry 106 Lab reports. Why keep losing those same points time after time on your lab reports? Check out this site for a list of the traditional, time-honored errors.
• Study Guide for the Fall 2004 Final Exam (44KB PDF)

• The Modular Zoo
An overview of instrumentation.
• Gain and Offset Mating instruments and display devices.
• Signals and Noise
including figures of merit for instrumental analysis.
• Standard Addition
Methods and error analysis.
• The Model Least Squares Analysis
Use this spreadsheet as a model for computing errors from working curves.
• Matrix Calculations
Used for multicomponent analyses.
• Advanced Least Squares
Includes errors in the slope and non-linear fits.

• The Chemistry 102 Web site contains material that should be reviewed for Chemistry 106. Topics include statistical analysis -- especially Linear Least Squares with computed errors, Standard Addition, and instructions for use of selected instruments.

Dr. David L. Zellmer
Department of Chemistry
California State University Fresno
david_zellmer@csufresno.edu