Chapter 3: Using Spreadsheets in Analytical Chemistry

CHE 321: Quantitative Chemical AnalysisDr. Jerome Williams, Ph.D.

Saint Leo University

Overview

• Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet Exercise I• Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet Exercise II• Excel for Quant Lab

Microsoft Excel Exercise I

• Basics

– The Spreadsheet– Entering Text & Numbers– Basic Computations: Formulas in Excel– Documentation: How and Why It is Necessary– Saving Work

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Microsoft Excel Exercise 2

• Data Presentation: Adjusting Column Widths • Data Input• Shortcuts: Why Reinvent the Wheel?• Using Excel functions to Perform Calculations

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Excel for Quant Lab

• What your Data File Should Look Like

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Suggested Chapter Problems

• HW Set 1: 3.1, 3.2, 3.5, 3.6

• For problems 3.5 & 3.6 one will use the data set listed (it is also found on the next slide).

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