ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 2
The achievement of the second year course of Analytical Chemistry I is required. Knowledges deriving from the first year courses of chemistry, mathematics and physics are required. Basic knowledges about the utilisation of electronic spreadsheet is required.
The exam of this course will feature a written test and two oral examination. The written test includes two question on topics discussed during theoretical lectures, one exercise related to the elaboration of the results of one of the determinations seen during the laboratory practice, plus an exercise of statistics. The oral examination of the theoretical part will concern two questions about all issues discussed during the theoretical lectures. The oral examination of the laboratory part will concern two questions about all issues discussed during the lectures of the laboratory module.
The final mark of the whole course will be the average of the marks gained in the written test, in the two oral examinations and in the evaluation of the laboratory activities.
The goal of this course is to furnish theoretical knowledges about instrumental analytical chemistry. Moreover the course is expected to furnish technical knowledges about instrumental analytical chemistry, through laboratory practice. The student will acquire theoretical knowledges in the following fields:
a)evaluation of the performances of analytical protocols;
b)instrumental calibration methods;
c)atomic absorption and atomic emission spectroscopy;
d)mass spectrometry;
e)gas-chromatography;
f)hyphenated techniques such as GC-MS, ICP-MS, LC-MS.
Concerning the laboratory practice of this course, the student will acquire knowledges in the following fields:
Activities of this module are strictly related to the topics treated in Module A.:
a)calibration of analytical instruments;
b)extraction and pre-concentration methods;
c)wet digestion methods for solids;
d) GC-FID, GC-ECD, GC-TCD, GC-MS determinations;
e)HPLC-UV/Vis determinations;
f)ETAAS and ICP-MS determinations;
g)FTIR determinations.
The skills the student is expected to acquire relates to the deep understandings of the theoretical basis of hardware organization for the above mentioned instrumentations and also knowledges on how to handle and process data coming from instrumental determinations.
The theoretical module will be taught during 48 h of lectures. The laboratory module will be taught during 12 h of lectures and 60 h of laboratory practice
Modules
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Credits: 6
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Credits: 6