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Specific Course Information
Course Area and Number
CHEM 210L
Institution
Hartwick College
Location
Oneonta, NY
Course Meetings and Time
Number of meetings per week
1 meeting / week
Number of weeks
13 weeks
Lab Associated
Yes, required, concurrently
Average Class Size
5 to 15
Typical Student Population
This is a course taken by chemistry, biochemistry, and environmental chemistry majors in addition to students with a chemistry minor.
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Description
Students perform weekly laboratory experiments to explore and apply concepts covered in the lecture
component of the course.
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Learning Goals
The focus of experimental work in this course is designed to familiarize students with basic and advanced
inorganic synthetic and characterization techniques. Students will create a variety of inorganic materials
including coordination complexes, hierarchical inorganic compounds, and nanomaterials. Students will then
evaluate the molecular structure and properties of these compounds using techniques including magnetic
susceptibility, powder X-ray diffraction, and ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy.
How the course is taught
Laboratory
Evaluation
Grading Scheme
Attendance & Participation (10%), Lab Reports x5 (12% each), Literature Project: Mini-Review (30%)
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