UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

LESSON PLAN: ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (CHM421)

MARCH-AUG2023

Week Date Contents

1 20-24/3 Topic 1: Units for Quantities and Concentration
• Mole and millimole
• Molarity, normality, stoichiometry
• Significant figure and uncertainty
2 27-31/3 Topic 1: Units for Quantities and Concentration
• % concentrations (% w/w, w/v, v/v), ppm and ppb for
solid and liquid
• Density and specific gravity of solution
Entrance Survey
3 3-7/4 Topic 2 : Apparatus & Techniques
• Balances, vvolumetric glassware
• Water for laboratory use, heating apparatus
• Desiccators
• Filtration apparatus & techniques, titration apparatus
& techniques
• Reagents and purification of substance
Entrance Survey
4 10-14/4 Topic 3: Sampling & Evaluation of experimental data
• Sampling Methods
• Reduction to laboratory size sample
• Dissolution of sample, Elimination of interferences

5 17-21/4 Topic 3: Sampling & Evaluation of experimental data

• Error, mean, median.
• Precision and accuracy
• Standard deviation and pooled standard deviation

24-30/4 Mid semester break (Raya Aidilfitri)

6 2-5/5 • Confidence limits

• Significance test
• Q-test
TEST1 (TOPIC 1 & 2)

7 8-12/5 Topic 4: Titrimetric analysis

• Acid-base titrations
• Indicator and choice of indicator
• Quantitative analysis
• Back-titration

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 8 15-19/5 Complexometric titrations
• EDTA
Feedback TEST1

9 22-26/5 Precipitation titrations

• Mohr and Volhard method
TEST2

29/5-4/6 Special break (Cuti Gawai)

10 6-9/6 Redox titration
• Iodimetry and iodometry

11 12-16/6 Topic 5: Gravimetric analysis

• Gravimetric method
• Precipitate and precipitating agents
Feedback Test2
12 19-23/6 Topic 5: Gravimetric analysis
• Conditions for precipitation
• Colloid and crystalline precipitate
• Filtering, drying and igniting precipitate.

26/6-2/7 Special break (Raya Aidil Adha)

13 3-7/7 Topic 6: Conventional separation techniques
• Separation technique
• Planar Chromatography
• Column Chromatography
Exit Survey

14 10-14/7 FINAL TEST

Exit Survey

ASSESSMENT

Test • Test1 (20%) 40%

• Test2 (20%)
Written report 15%
Lab skills 5%
Carry marks 60 %

Final Test 40 %
Total 100 %

LECTURER’S INFO:

ChM Dr Fatimah Salim

Tel: 016 2246395
Email: fatimah2940@uitm.edu.my
Room: D401A, Level 4, Blok SUG, Fakulti Sains Gunaan, UiTM Shah Alam
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