Expressing quantities and concentrations; errors in chemical analysis; statistical analysis; gravimetric methods of analysis; principles of neutralization titrations; acids, bases and the pH of buffer solutions; electrochemistry; electroanalytical methods; gas-liquid and high- performance liquid chromatography; supercritical-fluid chromatography; thermal methods; atomic absorption and atomic fluorescence spectrometry; atomic emission spectrometry; ultraviolet/visible molecular absorption spectrometry; molecular luminescence spectrometry; infrared spectrometry; raman spectroscopy; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; mass spectrometry; surface characterization by spectroscopy and microscopy. Laboratory experiments related to the topics in the course.