Undergraduate Course: Chemistry 3 Semester 1 Laboratory Course (Visiting Student) (CHEM09014)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Chemistry |
College |
College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Part-year visiting students only |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Chemistry |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
A 10 week level 9 practical laboratory course for visiting students only comprising a selection of experiments from C3P Practical and Transferable Skills Course (CHEM09007) |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
Purchase of a laboratory coat. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 1, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| King's Buildings | Laboratory | | 1-11 | | 09:00 - 12:00 | | | | | King's Buildings | Laboratory | | 1-11 | | 14:00 - 17:00 | | | | | King's Buildings | Laboratory | | 1-11 | | | 10:00 - 13:00 | | | | King's Buildings | Laboratory | | 1-11 | | | | 14:00 - 17:00 | | | King's Buildings | Laboratory | | 1-11 | | | | | 09:00 - 12:00 | | King's Buildings | Laboratory | | 1-11 | | | | | 14:00 - 17:00 |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| Additional information |
A full-time 10 week practical laboratory course.
Scheduled class hours are: 4 x 3 hour laboratory sessions per week as detailed above dependent on group assigned. |
| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:
- Demonstrate a firm understanding and practical experience of basic experimental techniques used in physical, organic and inorganic chemistry.
- Understand the connection between these experimental techniques and the lecture material presented in Chemistry 3A and Chemistry 3B.
- Work in a chemical laboratory in a safe and responsible manner, both singly and as part of a team.
- Follow a precise set of experimental instructions and present and discuss the results in the form of a clear, concise scientific report.
- Use personal computers for the collection, analysis, processing and presentation of quantitative experimental data, and for a range of molecular modelling techniques.
- Demonstrate an enhanced appreciation of the source of errors in quantitative measurements and the design of experiments to reduce those errors.
- Demonstrate competence at spectral interpretation (IR, UV-vis, NMR, mass spectra), both for confirming the nature of expected reaction products and for identifying unknown materials, and analytical methods such as gas chromatography, high performance liquid chromatography, electroanalysis, radiotracers and magnetic susceptibility balances.
- Demonstrate familiarity with all, and experience of some, of the more complex techniques used in a synthetic laboratory, for example: synthesis under inert atmospheres; Schlenk vacuum line and glove-box techniques; syringe techniques; use of a liquefied gas; isolation by constant extraction; purification by sublimation.
- Locate specific information in the scientific literature and use this information to support experimental results, or present it either in a summarised form, or as a more detailed report.
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Assessment Information
The course is assessed entirely on the basis of coursework.
Final Mark = (0.75 x Practical) + (0.25 x Trans Skills)
Practical = (0.5 x Inorganic Lab) + (0.5 x Organic Lab)
Trans Skills = (0.67 x Oral Presentation) + (0.33 x Abstract) |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Not entered |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords |
C3LabVS1 |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Philip Bailey
Tel: (0131 6)50 6448
Email: Philip.Bailey@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Karen Harris
Tel: (0131 6)50 6451
Email: Karen.Harris@ed.ac.uk |
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