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Course Outlines

Summer 2025 - CHEM 216 LA02

Introduction to Analytical Chemistry Laboratory (2)

Class Number: 3524

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Fri, 1:30–5:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    CHEM 122 and CHEM 126, both with a minimum grade of C-. Corequisite: CHEM 210.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Experiments in analytical chemistry, including analysis of solution samples, titrimetric and electroanalytical methods. This course has the same laboratory component as CHEM 215. Students with credit for CHEM 215 may not take this course for further credit. Quantitative.

COURSE DETAILS:

Please note this course outline was accurate at the time of publication but is subject to change.

Mode of Teaching:
4 lab hours/week
Laboratory: In-person at Burnaby campus 

Theory Guides and Experiment Decides

The fundamental principles of analytical sciences are verified in this course. The concepts of sampling, experimental uncertainty, statistical data analysis and calibration covered in the lectures will be put into practice in laboratory sessions. The principles of acid-base equilibria in solution are fully developed throughout the course. Complex reaction equilibria involving metal ions and multidentate ligands are treated from the perspective of individual species measurement. Titrimetric (e.g. acid-base, EDTA) and electroanalytical techniques (e.g. potentiometry and voltammetry) for solution species are performed.

Laboratory Experiments:
Sampling, Calibration, Gravimetry, Thermogravimetry, Titrimetry, Potentiometry, Voltammetry, Atomic Spectroscopy, GC-MS and GC.

Grading

  • Pre-Lab Assignments 10%
  • Midterm Exams 30%
  • Laboratory and Lab Reports 60%

NOTES:

Attendance of In-Person Laboratory Sessions: It is mandatory for students to attend all in-person laboratory sessions. If you are unable to attend an in-person laboratory session due to illness, please contact your instructor as soon as possible to discuss alternative arrangements.

Materials

MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:

Required Materials:

  • Lab coat and safety glasses/goggles
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and COVID-19 Precautions: Lab coats and safety glasses/goggles are mandatory in Chemistry for all in-person laboratory sessions. Additional PPE and precautionary measures may be required during in-person laboratory sessions based on the recommendations of the University and provincial health officials.

REQUIRED READING:

Lab manuals will be distributed before the laboratory sessions.

RECOMMENDED READING:

Daniel C. Harris. Quantitative Chemical Analysis. 10th Edition, 2019. Publishers: W. H. Freeman & Company.
ISBN: 9781319164300

Skoog, West, Holler, Crouch. Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry. 10th Edition, 2014. Publishers: Cengage Learning.
ISBN: 9780357450390

REQUIRED READING NOTES:

Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.

Department Undergraduate Notes:

A grade of C- or better is required for all prerequisite courses.

Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

At SFU, you are expected to act honestly and responsibly in all your academic work. Cheating, plagiarism, or any other form of academic dishonesty harms your own learning, undermines the efforts of your classmates who pursue their studies honestly, and goes against the core values of the university.

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RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION

Students with a faith background who may need accommodations during the term are encouraged to assess their needs as soon as possible and review the Multifaith religious accommodations website. The page outlines ways they begin working toward an accommodation and ensure solutions can be reached in a timely fashion.