FOR 414W Chapter 1 Course Introduction

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FOR 414W
Chapter 1
Course Introduction

Jamie Kim
Department of Chemistry
Buffalo State College

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Instructor: Dr. Jamie Kim

Office: SAMC221
e-mail: kimj@buffalostate.edu,
Phone: (716) 878-5114

Lecture (2 cr, 2 hr/week)
1:00 PM – 1:50 PM, MW, SAMC223
Lab & Demo (1 cr, 3hr/week)
2:00 PM – 4:15 PM, M, SAMC223 or SAMC225
Office Hour
10:30 AM– 12:00 PM WF or by Appointment

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Course Description

1. Basic theory of analytical chemistry (concentration, calibration,

2. Proper procedures of laboratory practice will be instrocuded (QA,

etc) will be briefly reviewed.

QC, SOP, GLP, etc).

3. Principles and applications of various analytical techniques used

in forensic laboratory will be introduced.

4. These

techniques may

Chromatography
LC/MS/MS, etc), and so on.

include FTIR, UV/Vis, Raman,
(GC, HPLC, etc), MS (GC/MS, LC/MS,

5. Advantages and disadvantages of individual analytical technique
for quantitative and qualitative chemical analysis will be
discussed.
6. Classifications,

chemistry

forensic

related

laws,

and

of

compounds (alcohol, drugs, etc) will be introduced

7. Selected

applications
conducted/demonstrated
forensic-related samples.

these

of
using either unknown or

techniques

will

be
known

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See Your Syllabus

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Why Forensic Chemistry is
Important?

Forensic investigation via instrumental chemical
analysis is important to crime as well as various
pharmaceutical,
fields
environments,
food, national security safety,
energy, etc.

including

health,

pharmaceuticals

forensics

health

national
security

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Drug-Related Crime Statistics

Est. 1,745,712 (2004)

Federal drug control spending:
$8,179M (FY 1988) and $11,679M (FY 2004)

About 10,000 new job within 10 years estimated
by the American Academy of Forensic Sciences
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(AAFS)

Application of Forensic Chemistry: Drug Test

a. in the laboratory
samples
(urine, blood, hair, etc)

gas chromatography-
mass spectrometry (GC-MS)

qualitative and quantitative
analysis

b. on site

GC

MS

color change

drug test kit

saliva, urine, sweat,
hair, nail, or blood test

protein and drug complex
formation on the surface

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Goals in Forensic Chemical
Analysis (e.g. Blood Test)

 Qualitative analysis: the determination of identities of
drugs (or their metabolites) that are present in a blood
sample.

 Quantitative analysis: the determination of the amount

(concentrations) of drugs in a sample.

What drugs are in it? : cocaine and/or
benzoylecgonine, etc

How much? : cocaine: 2 mg/mL,
benzoylecgonine: 3 mg/mL, etc

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