Come to lab and repeat your experiment as necessary to get a passing $R^2$ and QC.
Think about what you can do differently. Can you use another QC? Do a better job pipetting your standards? What may have gone wrong to cause your non-passing results?
Complete the data processing for your notebook.
Complete your lab notebook for Lab 2. Please come to your designated lab section to work on this in lab.
- If you turn in your notebook before lab this week and you don’t need to come to lab!
- If you’re having technical difficulties or struggling with Julia/Pluto, this is a great time to come get help!
Begin watching the instrument training videos and taking the quizzes for at least two instruments listed. These must be completed before you can do any work on the instruments. (Look for an email from me this week talking about this.)
Turn In:
You should turn in your weekly progress on the lab when you leave lab this week; your notebook does not have to be complete – this is just to ensure there is a daily record of what you did in the lab.
Turn in your complete notebook for lab 1 next week. This means the data processing, discussion/conclusion, etc. should all be complete. There will be no peer review for this notebook.
Coming Up:
Project labs start next week! (More info to come next week.)
CHEM 370 - Instrumental Analysis I (Laboratory) is an introduction to instrumental analysis in the chemistry lab. We will learn how to use and operate chemical instrumentation and learn how to reproducibly process the data they generate.
CHEM 370 - Instrumental Analysis I (Lecture) is an introduction to common instrumental analysis techniques. Students will study the theoretical, electrical, and mechanical underpinnings of the most common methods of instrumental analysis. Topics covered include spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, separation science, and data interpretation.
I put a lot of trust in you to complete your lab assignments, do them well, and ask questions when you don’t understand something. Many assignments will be “graded” automatically – you will get feedback on screen as you complete them. You may not get a formal grade for these, but neglecting them will certainly have a detrimental effect on your grade later in the semester! Below are lists of the items that will be assessed for a grade.
(Assignment lists may change as needed or if class is moved to an online modality.)
Individual (Lab)
Lab 0 Tutorials (Exercises 0A & 0B)
5 full lab notebooks (1 for each intro labs and 3 for the project lab)
An intermediate lab notebook submitted weekly.
4 instrument quizzes
2-3 peer review assignments
Lab safety & participation
Group participation
Group Assignments (Lab)
1 lab report (plus additional draft assignments)
There are no exams. Lab notebooks consist of data processing completed in a Markdown notebook and a data processing language (e.g. Pluto and Julia, respectively).
Please see the syllabus for a complete explanation of grading schemes.
Lecture Assignments
There will be 4 exams plus a final. Each exam will cover one unit of the course, and the final will be comprehensive. Formats will usually be a mix of multiple choice, short answer, and calculation problems.
There will be additional in class problem sets, homework, and quizzes assigned and graded as needed throughout the semester.
There will be assigned reading associated with every class meeting. Students are strong encouraged to stay on top of reading the textbooks and to take notes while they read!