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ECZ2025Analytical Chemistry - I3+0+0ECTS:4
Year / SemesterFall Semester
Level of CourseSecond Cycle
Status Compulsory
DepartmentDEPARTMENT of PHARMACEUTICS
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of Delivery
Contact Hours14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week
LecturerDoç. Dr. Fatma AĞIN
Co-Lecturer
Language of instructionTurkish
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
This course aims to teach how to perform solution calculations, all volumetric and gravimetric titrations, and related calculations.
 
Learning OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
LO - 1 : Performs solution preparation calculations. Uses buffer solutions.1 - 51,
LO - 2 : Learns classical analysis methods (volumetric and gravimetric) and makes calculations.1 - 51,
LO - 3 : Obtains quantitative and qualitative information about the analyte of interest by drawing titration curves.1 - 51,
LO - 4 : Makes and prepares all necessary calculations for all solutions required in experimental studies.1 - 51,
CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome

 
Contents of the Course
Intramolecular and intermolecular bonds; Concentration units; Aqueous solutions and chemical equilibrium (buffers, sparingly soluble salts, activity); Gravimetric analysis methods; Neutralization titrations; Complexation titrations; Electrochemical methods
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1Intramolecular and intermolecular bonds, Concentration units
 Week 2Aqueous solutions, Chemical equilibrium, Ionization of water, Solubility of very and slightly soluble salts
 Week 3Solubility of sparingly soluble salts, Acid-base ionization constants, Buffer solutions
 Week 4Properties of buffer solutions, Alpha values of buffers, Buffer capacity, Preparation of buffer solutions, Effect of electrolytes on chemical equilibrium, Activity, Debye-Hückel equation
 Week 5Effect of foreign ions on poorly soluble salts, Solution of equilibrium problems in complex systems, Mass and charge balances, Problems involving multiple equilibria
 Week 6Controlled selective precipitation, Precipitation gravimetry and calculations
 Week 7Standard solutions, Back titration, Gravimetric titrimetry, Precipitation titration curves
 Week 8Argentometric methods, Neutralization titrations, Acid-base indicators, Strong acid-base titration curves
 Week 9Mid-term exam
 Week 10Weak acid-base titration curves, Co-hydrolysis of anion and cation, Polyprotic acids and buffer solutions
 Week 11Titration curves of polyprotic systems, ionization and titration curve of sulfuric acid, pH calculation of acid solution mixtures
 Week 12Complexation titrations, Formation constants, EDTA and titrations, indicators of EDTA titrations, Water hardness
 Week 13Oxidation/Reduction reactions, Electrochemical cells, Electrode potentials, Nernst equation
 Week 14Calculation of cell potentials, Redox titrations
 Week 15Redox indicators, Potentiometry (Reference and Indicator electrodes), Potentiometric titrations
 Week 16Final exam
 
Textbook / Material
1Analitik Kimya-I Ders Notları
 
Recommended Reading
1D.A. Skoog, D.M. West, F.J. Holler, S.R. Crouch, (Eds. Prof. Dr. E. Kılıç, Prof. Dr. H. Yılmaz), Analitik Kim ya Temel İlkeler, 8. Baskı, Bilim Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2004.
2D.D. Harris, Nicel Kimyasal Analiz, Çeviri: A.R. Türker, Palme Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2015.
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Mid-term exam 9 19/11/2025 2 50
End-of-term exam 16 07/01/2026 2 50
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (hours pw)

No of weeks / Number of activity

Hours in total per term
Yüz yüze eğitim 3 14 42
Arasınav için hazırlık 4 8 32
Arasınav 2 1 2
Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık 4 6 24
Dönem sonu sınavı 2 1 2
Total work load102