Fall 2017 - CHEM 419 D100
Special Topics in Analytical Chemistry (3)
Class Number: 4756
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Sep 5 – Dec 4, 2017: Tue, Thu, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby -
Exam Times + Location:
Dec 13, 2017
Wed, 8:30–11:30 a.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Byron Gates
bgates@sfu.ca
1 778 782-8066
Office: C9026
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Prerequisites:
CHEM 316.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Principles and applications of emerging techniques in analytical chemistry.
COURSE DETAILS:
This course will discuss advances in the analytical sciences through looking at progress, challenges and opportunities therein as they apply to nanomaterials. We will review and discuss the analytical techniques that are being developed in the areas of air, water and food quality, healthcare management, new electronics technologies, and processes for energy generation, storage and transformation. This study will include an investigation into the state-of-the-art technologies, the demands of each of these fields, and the needs and opportunities for development of new analytical techniques to address these needs. The primary focus for this class will include, but not be limited to, nanoscale materials as these relate to a range of fields of importance.
4 lecture hours/week Lecture Topics:
- Energy generation, storage and transformation processes that require the development of analytical techniques to understand and improve the durability, efficiencies, and overall performance of nanoscale materials.
- Healthcare management requires understanding the properties and behavior of chemical and biochemical species in trace quantities in complex matrices, which needs increasingly sensitive analytical methodologies.
- Micro- and nano-electronics technology advances have depended on equivalent improvements of our understanding of materials on the same scales, requiring the development of new analytical techniques.
- Water quality is also of world-wide importance. New methods are being pursued to monitor quality in both urban and rural settings.
- Air quality analyses for ultra-trace detection of chemical species.
- Food safety requires new analytical techniques to address growing concerns and to equip analytical scientists in the field.
Grading
- In-class participation 10%
- Quizzes 30%
- Homework 20%
- Term presentation and report 40%
NOTES:
Undergraduate students enrolled in this course will be conducting similar presentations, reports, and examinations as graduate students, but the student’s performance at each assessment step will be evaluated at their appropriate standard. In addition, the term presentation and report for undergraduate students can focus on a literature review instead of a proposal.
REQUIREMENTS:
Prerequisite: CHEM 215 and CHEM 316 and the equivalent. A grade of C- or better is required for all prerequisite courses.
Materials
MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:
None.
REQUIRED READING:
Selections of reading will be provided through Canvas throughout the course.
RECOMMENDED READING:
Review your introductory analytical chemistry textbook(s) to be familiar with the terminology and basic principles of historic uses.
Department Undergraduate Notes:
A grade of C- or better is required for all prerequisite courses.
Registrar Notes:
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