2024 Faculty Courses School of Science Undergraduate major in Chemistry
Laboratory Course in Advanced Physical Chemistry
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Chemistry
- Instructor(s)
- Masashi Kitajima / Shun-Ichi Ishiuchi / Yasuhiro Ohshima / Shinya Koshihara / Kouji Taniguchi / Yoichi Okimoto / Tomoaki Nishino / Masakazu Yamazaki / Tadahiko Ishikawa / Po-Jung Huang / Masaaki Nakamura / Keisuke Hirata / Takuhiro Otsuka / Makoto Harada / Kento Kosugi
- Class Format
- Experiment (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-8 Tue / 5-8 Fri
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- CHM.C305
- Number of credits
- 002
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Laboratory course introducing to modern experimental methods in physical chemistry. Techniques include several types of spectroscopy such as FT-IR, UV-Vis absorption, fluorescence, mass spectrometry, electron spin resonance and nuclear magnetic resonance, together with measurements and analysis of rate constants, radiation measurements, and conductivity measurements of superconductive material.
This course is aiming to allow the students to understand how modern techniques work in experiments on physical chemistry.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will:
1. Understand how modern techniques work in experiments on physical chemistry.
2. Develop the skills of technical report writing.
3. Have developed communication and presentation skills in science.
Keywords
laboratory course physical chemistry
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
The course provides training in basic physical chemistry laboratory techniques. Students will undertake standard experiments, each of which includes discussions on the experimental results and analysis.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Molecular photoabsorption spectra - FT-IR | Understand the basic concepts of measurements and analysis of FT-IR |
| Class 2 | Molecular photoabsorption spectra - UV-VIS spectra | Understand the basic concepts of measurements and analysis of UV-VIS photoabsorption |
| Class 3 | Mass spectroscopy - TOF mass spectrometer | Understand the basic concepts of measurements and analysis of TOF mass spectrometer |
| Class 4 | Mass spectroscopy - Q-mass spectrometer | Understand the basic concepts of measurements and analysis Q-mass spectrometer |
| Class 5 | Superconductivity - sample preparation | Understand the basic concepts of measurements and analysis of conductivity |
| Class 6 | Superconductivity - conductivity measurement | Understand the basic concepts of measurements and analysis of conductivity |
| Class 7 | Radiation measurement - detector | Understand the basic concepts of detection of radiation |
| Class 8 | Radiation measurement - absolute measurement of radioactivity | Understand the basic concepts of radiation measurements |
| Class 9 | dipole moment - measurement | Understand the dipole polarizability of molecules through the measurements of permittivity |
| Class 10 | dipole moment - analysis | Understand the dipole polarizability of molecules through the measurements of permittivity |
| Class 11 | Surface area measurement - measurement | Understand the measurements of surface area |
| Class 12 | Surface area measurement - analysis | Understand the measurements of surface area |
| Class 13 | Introduction to computation - basic concepts | Understand the basic concepts of solving equations by computation |
| Class 14 | Introduction to computation - solving rate equation | Understand the basic concepts of solving equations by computation |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 50 minutes preparing for class and another 50 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Instruction manuals and course materials are provided during class.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Physical Chemistry 8/e (Oxford University Press)
Evaluation methods and criteria
Full attendance and completion of all experiments are compulsory.
Students will be assessed on their understanding and commitment of each experiments, discussion and reports.
Related courses
- CHM.C201 ： Introductory Quantum Chemistry
- CHM.C202 ： Chemical and Statistical Thermodynamics
- CHM.C301 ： Introductory Chemical Kinetics
- CHM.C205 ： Laboratory Course in Basic Physical Chemistry
Prerequisites
No prerequisites are necessary, but enrollment in the related courses is desirable.
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
Masashi Kitajima (mkitajim[at]chem.titech.ac.jp)