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. The course laboratories investigate thermodynamic/quantum principles and properties using calorimetry, spectroscopy, conductivity, and computational techniques.

Taught: Every other year, spring term

Prerequisites: CHEM 3550 (grade of C- or better) and co-registration with CHEM 3560

Credits: 2