CHEM 3950 - Physical Chemistry Laboratory Techniques

Goals: To provide instruction in some practical skills commonly used by chemists and engineers with an emphasis on techniques used in physical chemistry.

Content: Experimental design, laboratory manipulations, data analysis, searching the scientific literature, preparation and presentation of written lab notebooks, reports and journal articles. Work in the spring term is coordinated with the Physical Chemistry course 3560. This is a writing intensive course. The course laboratories investigate thermodynamic/quantum principles and properties using calorimetry, spectroscopy, conductivity, and computational techniques.

Taught: Annually, spring term.

Prerequisites: CHEM 3550, co-registration with CHEM 3560.

Credits: 2 credits