2024/25 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

CHEM2415 Laboratory Work 2X

15 Credits Class Size: 10

Module manager: Dr Stephen Gorman
Email: s.a.gorman@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

Pre-requisite qualifications

Suitable qualification from the home institution

Mutually Exclusive

CHEM2410 Laboratory Work 2a
CHEM2420 Laboratory Work 2b
CHEM2690 Laboratory Work 2e

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Objectives

On completion of this module students will be able to:
- undertake a variety of experimental work, with due attention to safety, in the chemical laboratory;
- manipulate a range of apparatus and record data for subsequent analysis;
- synthesise molecules of some complexity;
- determine structural information from spectroscopic data.

Syllabus

The three components of the module comprise:
(i) the preparation and characterisation of a range of inorganic compounds, and the use of spectroscopic techniques;
(ii) the synthesis of a selection of organic compounds, and the identification of molecules using physical techniques;
(iii) a range of physical measurements and appropriate data analysis.

Teaching Methods

Delivery type Number Length hours Student hours
Laboratory 12 3.5 42
Workshop 5 1 5
Computer Class 2 3 6
Supervised Practice 4 2 8
Private study hours 89
Total Contact hours 61
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) 150

Private study

89h (including pre-labs, watching videos, screencasts)

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Marking of laboratory reports on completion of experiments.

Methods of Assessment

Coursework
Assessment type Notes % of formal assessment
Practical Assessment of lab reports and skills plus online exercises 100
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) 100

Students who have completed sufficient laboratory work will be able to submit reports for the summer resit period. Students who have not completed sufficient laboratory work will be given an opportunity to do so over summer but if they have missed too much, they may need to resit the module as an internal student in the following year.

Reading List

There is no reading list for this module

Last updated: 29/04/2024

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