Chemical principles applied to material, environmental, and life sciences. Must be taken concurrently and in phase with lecture sequence, 1015-1016. In both semesters, experiments illustrate principles covered in lecture. Selected experiments illustrate principles taught in lecture. A first course in analytical chemistry.
Topics covered include volumetric and gravimetric analysis, and elementary spectroscopy.
Compounds of importance to biology and biochemistry stressed. The laboratory accompanies lectures in organic chemistry 2535 and 2536. Structure and reactions of organic compounds, with emphasis on fundamental principles, theories, synthesis, and reaction mechanisms. Variable credit course. The craft and techniques of melting, blowing, and welding of borosilicate glass into laboratory instruments.