Instructor: Dr. Joseph J. Topping
Office: Smith Hall 555
Office Phone: (410) 704-3056
Office Fax: (410) 704-4265
e-mail: jtopping@towson.edu
Office Hours: M, W @ 10:00 – 11:00AM
T, TH @ 9:00 – 9:30AM or by appointment.
Textbook: Quantitative Chemical Analysis by Daniel Harris, 6th ED, Freeman,
ISBN 0-7167-4464-3
Applications of Microsoft Excel in Analytical Chemistry, Crouch & Holler, 1st ED, Thomson/Brooks/Cole,
ISBN 0-0303-5553-2
Laboratory Supplies: Each working laboratory group must have one laboratory notebook that produces a carbon copy.
Each student must have a set of safety goggles.
Lecture Meeting: T, Th. @
9:30 – 10:30am in SM 506.
Laboratory Meeting: Laboratory for Sec. 001, W 1:00 – 2:50pm,
SM554, then, SM509 until 4:50pm
Lecture Outline:
Part I Basics of Spectroscopy;
Exam I (15% of grade)
Part II Applied Spectroscopy;
Exam II (15% of grade)
Part III Electrochemistry;
Exam III (15% of grade)
Part IV Separation Science;
Exam IV (15% of grade)
Final Exam (15% of grade)
Laboratory, two progress reports and final report (25% of grade)