[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text]Forensic Chemistry > The Job of The Forensic Chemist is to Identify Materials And Trace Their Origins[/cs_text][cs_text style=”color: #800000;font-family: “Oxygen”,sans-serif;”]The job of the forensic chemist is to identify materials and trace their origins[/cs_text][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][cs_section parallax=”false” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/2″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text]Students learn to:
- outline precautions that may be necessary to ensure accuracy and prevent contamination of samples for analysis
- distinguish between organic and inorganic compounds
- explain that there are different classes of carbon compounds including:– hydrocarbons– alkanols– alkanoic acidswhich can be identified by distinguishing tests
- explain that the inorganic chemical properties of soils and other materials may be useful evidence
- discuss, using a recent example, how progress in analytical chemistry and changes in technology can alter the outcome of a forensic investigation
[/cs_text][/cs_column][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/2″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text]Students:
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- solve problems and use available evidence to discuss the importance of accuracy in forensic chemistry
- solve problems and use available evidence to discuss ethical issues that may need to be addressed during an analytical investigation
- identify data, plan and perform first-hand investigations to determine a sequence of tests to distinguish between organic and inorganic compounds
- gather and process information from secondary sources to present information summarising a series of distinguishing tests to separate:
– the groups of hydrocarbons
– acids, bases and neutral salts
in the school laboratory and in the forensic chemist’s laboratory
[/cs_text][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][cs_section parallax=”false” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text]Extract from Chemistry Stage 6 Syllabus (Amended October 2002). © 2009, Board of Studies NSW.[/cs_text][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][/cs_content]