Welcome to the resource page of Instrumental Analysis, CEM 333, at Michigan State University. This page is primarily directed at students already enrolled in the course and is intended to supply additional information in a convenient form.

What do you think of the CEM 333 Web site? What would you like to see changed? What would you like to see added? If you have any comments please contact the instructor Simon J. Garrett by e-mail or call (517) 355 9715 ext 208.

*** Congratulations to all those seniors graduating this semester! I hope that you learned something that will be of use to you in your future career. Best of luck out there. To everyone else, well done, take a break (you've earned it) and have a great summer. ***

*** Final grades for the class are here! A complete list of all your grades is available outside my office. Please check that my scores agree with yours. If not, notify me as soon as possible. Any reports, quizzes or exams that you have not picked up are available from your TA. ***

IMPORTANT: The organization of this section may change as more information is added. Please check regularly.

• General information and organization of the course.

• TA contact information.

• Lecture notes available for downloading.

• Example of a past exam with key. Note that some of this material we won't have covered yet.

• Physical constants and periodic table.

• Values of Student's t.

• Glossary of terms we will use during our class.

• A step-by-step guide to basic graphing and linear regression curve-fitting using Excel.

• Techniques for graphing data and determining "best fit" lines for calibration or working curves.

• Visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.

• Update on the DNA fingerprinting of Marie-Antoinette and Louis XVII of France, as described in the introduction to experiment 12.

• Typical concentration ranges of the elements in flame AAS.

• Absorption spectrum of a holmium oxide filter for use in experiment 1 and/or 2.

• Table of Ca emission lines in AES. Note: Intensities are approximate. The wavelengths are listed in Angstroms as due to I (neutral atom), II (Ca⁺) or III (Ca²⁺).

• Energy level diagram for Ca atom. Use in AAS and AES.

• Table of EDTA-metal ion binding (formation) constants for use in experiment 5.

• Pictures of the continuous flow "Z" cell and on-board spectrometer given on page 76 of the manual (Figs. 9.3 and 9.4).

• Internal standard helper for quantitative HPLC calculations involving addition of internal standards.

• Simultaneous equation helper for Beer's Law absorbance measurements of multiple species.

• Microsoft Excel spreadsheet example of calculation of first and second derivatives in potentiometric titrations.

• Article on chemiluminescent light sticks from Chemical and Engineering News, January 18, 1999.

• Made To Measure series of articles published March 1999 by the ACS on the history and future and analytical instrumentation.

• Cautionary tale for those who think units are optional!