6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1015341BNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Students who want to enroll for this course, must have passed for "Chemistry: Structure of Matter and Chemical Reactions I" and "Chemistry: Structure of Matter and Chemical Reactions II".
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences
Department
Chemistry
Educational team
Willy Baeyens
Martine Leermakers (course titular)
Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Lecture
39 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
Course Content

theory and lab courses are defined to following subjects:

- basic statistics: error calculation, determination of accurracy, precision, detection and quantification limits, reference materials, QA/QC protocols

- gravimetric determinations: precipitation reactions, properties and electrolyte solutions

- volumetry: volumetric titrations and reactions (acid/base; precipitation)

-complexometry: complexomtric titrations and reactions

- colorimetry: spectrophotometric reacties, law of Lamber-Beer, UV-VIS

- basic electrochemistry and redox reactions: Nerst's law, applications of electrochemistry (batteries)

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Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Practicasyllabus, Leerplatform
Additional info

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Learning Outcomes

General competences

Goals:

The students gain knowledge in the basic principles of Analytical Chemistry, more specifically in the following topics:

- basic statistics: error calculation, determination of accuracy, precision, detection and quantification limits, reference materials, QA/QC protocols
- gravimetric determinations: precipitation reactions, properties and electrolyte solutions
- volumetry: volumetric titrations and reactions (acid/base; precipitation)
- complexometry: complexometric titrations and reactions
- colorimetry: spectrophotometric reactions, law of Lambert-Beer, UV-VIS
- basic electrochemistry and redox reactions: Nerst's law, applications of electrochemistry (batteries)

Specific competences:

- introduction to the general chemistry principles
- critical interpretation of scientific results
- developing practical skills to work safely in a laboratory

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 50% of the final mark.
PRAC Practical Assignment determines 50% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • mondeling examen theorie with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

    Note: Theorie:
    1ste en 2de zittijd: Het betreft een mondeling examen, maar er is een schriftelijke voorbereiding van ongeveer een half uur. De studenten kiezen zelf (blinde keuze) enkele vragen over de analytische technieken gravimetrie, volumetrie, colorimetrie en electrochemie. Zij moeten aantonen dat ze de theoretische grondslagen ervan begrepen hebben.

Within the PRAC Practical Assignment category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • examen practica with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

    Note: Practica:
    Het eindcijfer voor het practicum wordt bepaald op basis van:
    - inzet tijdens het practicum
    - uitvoering van de verschillende handelingen tijdens het practicum
    - de bekomen resultaten
    - het ingediende eindverslag

Additional info regarding evaluation

50% of the points are attributed to theory and 50% to lab courses

lab courses are evaluated based on work in the lab, results and  lab reports

the theorical exam is based on pure theorical questions and exercises.

the student has to pass on both the theoretical exam and the lab courses to obtain a credit

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Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Teaching in Science and Technology: biologie (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Science and Technology: geografie (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Science and Technology: fysica (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Science and Technology: wiskunde (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Science and Technology: ingenieurswetenschappen (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)