Chem 470: Physical Chemistry Laboratory

Syllabus

(Note: The sequence of the experiments may be altered depending on the availability of equipment. See the Syllabus for ordering and dates of experiments) 

1. Data Handling and Error Analysis (The first two weeks.)

2. Real Gases and Absolute Zero

3. Enthalpy Change: Heat of a Reaction 

4. Electrochemistry 

5. Kinetics: Iodine Clock Experiment 

6. UV-Visible Absorption and Fluorescence Spectroscopy

7. FTIR Spectroscopy

8. Quantum Chemical Calculations - Simulation and Fitting of Ro-vibrational Spectra (two-week experiment)

9. Scattering (two-week experiment)

10. Laser-Monitored Chemical Kinetics 

Previous and discontinued p-chem experiments

• EPR Spectroscopy

• X-ray Crystallography 

Lab Report and Writing Skills