Concepts & Calculations in Analytical Chemistry, Second Edition, Featuring the Use of Excel

Using the flexibility and power of Excel, this book offers a novel approach to learning the fundamentals of chemical equilibria. The text allows readers to produce and digest large assemblies of numerical data/calculations while still focusing on the chemistry. It has been designed both as a supplement to an undergraduate quantitative analysis course or as a text in a graduate-level advanced analytical chemistry course. Professional chemists will also find this to be an excellent introduction to spreadsheet applications in the lab and a modern overview of analytical chemistry in a self-study format. The authors include problems at the end of each chapter.

Table of Contents:
Introduction Stoichiometric Concepts Spreadsheets in Chemical Calculations Elemental Excel Operations and Stoichiometric Calculations Chemical Equilibrium Importance of Equilibrium Calculations Reversible Reactions. Free Energy and Chemical Equilibrium Free Energy and the Equilibrium Constant Relation between Activity and Concentration Equilibrium Expression for Various Types of Reactions Factors Affecting Equilibrium Constants The Role of Activity in Equilibrium Calculations Activity and the Equilibrium Expressions The Ionic Strength of a Solution. The Debye-Hückel Theory of Strong Electrolytes Activity Coefficient Corrections. Activity Coefficients of Ions Activity Coefficients of Molecular Solutes Activities and Equilibrium Calculations Acid Base Equilibrium Theories of Acids and Bases Strengths of Acids and Bases The Concept of pH Expressing Concentrations by Means of Fractions of Dissociation Derivation of Expressions Proton Balance Equations Representation of Concentration Graphical-Algebraic Solution of PBEs Acid-Base Equilibrium Calculations with the Spreadsheet The Pointer Function in pH Calculations Metal Complex Equilibria Introduction General Metal-Complexii Effect of pH on Metal-Complex Equilibria Metal Complex Equilibria Involving Several Complexing Agents Conditional Formation Constants Precipitation Equilibria Factors Affecting Electrolyte Solubility Solubility and Solubility Product Factors Affecting Product Constants Rules for Precipitation Quantitative Relationship between Solubility and Solubility Products The Common Ion Effect Selective Precipitation Conditional Solubility Product Constants Calculations in Which pH Not Given Side Reactions Involving the Cation Lewis Bases Other Than the Precipitant Oxidation Reduction Equilibria Half-Cell Reactions Redox Stoichiometry Expressions of Redox Equilibrium Nernst Equation Electrode Potentials, E and pE Types of Half-Cells Electrode Potential Sign Conventions Factors That Affect Electrode Potentials Effect of Concentration on Electrode Potentials pE-Log Concentration Graphs, f, p, and K Formal Potentials Pourbaix Diagrams Titrations I: Bronsted Acids and Bases Nature of Titrations Use of PBE to Derive Titration Curves Weak Acid-Strong Base Curves Weak Base-Strong Acid Curves Calculation of Selected Points on Curve Characterizing Titration Curves Visual Acid-Base Indicators One- and Two-Color Indicators Titration Curve Calculus. Buffer Index Sharpness Index and Titration Errors Locating the Equivalence Point. Gran Method Titrations II: Metal Complex Titrations Derivation of Complexometric Titration Curve Equations Role of pH and Auxiliary Ligands in Complexometric Titrations Calculation of Selected Points on Curves Metallochromic Indicators Locating Endpoints Titrations III: Redox Titrations Derivation of Titration Curve Equations Titrations IV: Precipitation Titrations Titration Curve Equations Mohr Titration Titration of Mixtures of Halides Statistical Treatment of Data Mean, Variance, and Standard Deviation Precision and Accuracy Classification of Errors The Gaussian Error Function Confidence Intervals and Confidence Limits Statistical Analysis of Small Sets of Data Comparison of Two Means Propagation of Errors Noise Function Spectrometry Interaction of Matter and-Electromagnetic Energy Beer-Lambert Law Separation Processes: General Concepts Fundamental Definitions Separation Factor Multistage Separations Solvent Extraction Equilibria Ion Exchange Equilibria Multistage Separation Processes Countercurrent Distribution Chromatography Kinetic Methods in Analysis Experimental Determination of Equilibrium Constants Potentiometric Methods Spectrophotometric Methods Appendix A: Acid Base Equilibrium Constants Appendix B: Metal Complex Formation Constants Appendix C: Solubility Product Constants Appendix D: Standard Oxidation Potentials Appendix E: Summary of Frequently Used Excel Commands Appendix F: "What Do You Want From Me?" An Outline Of Review Of General Chemistry Highlights

About the Author :
Henry Freiser is a Professor Emeritus of at the University of Arizona, Tucson. Monika Freiser is a Consultant in Coral Gables, Florida.