ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY: LABORATORY

Degree course: 
Corso di First cycle degree in CHEMICAL AND INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2019/2020
Year: 
2
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2020/2021
Course type: 
Basic compulsory subjects
Credits: 
5
Period: 
First Semester
Standard lectures hours: 
108
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Laboratory (60 hours)
Requirements: 

Knowledge of general and organic chemistry; basics of math and physics. Fundamentals of General Chemistry and Complements of General Chemistry are prerequisites for this exam.

At the end of any lab practice, students will produce a small document including the results obtained. At the end of the Lab course, the documents will be evaluated and the note will account for the 1/3 of the global note. The other 2/3 of the global note will come from a test in which the student will resolve statistics and stoichiometric calculations and theoretical questions concerning the lab practices.
statistics and stoichiometric calculations

Assessment: 
Voto Finale

The course will provide the theoretical background and the practical information related to analytical chemistry. The student will acquire knowledge in the following fields:
a) The analytical process, from the formulation of the analytical problem to the expression of the results;
b) Solving complex equilibria in solution;
c) Volumetric and gravimetric methods of analysis and their application;
d) Principles, hardware and application of the instrumental techniques presented during the course;
e) Quality in analytical chemistry and how to measure it;
f) Figures of merit of analytical methods;
g) Major operations in the analytical laboratory.
The skills the student is expected to acquire include:
a) Correct operation of the apparatus in the analytical laboratory (glassware, balance, pHmeter, instrumentation)
b) Applying a simple method for the determination of an analyte (limited to the methodologies presented during the course);
c) Problem solving ability for uncomplicated analytical issues.

General guidelines and mandatory behaviors for the safety in the lab - good laboratory practice
Introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics
Laboratory experiments:
Volumetric methods of analysis: acid-base titrations, complexometric titrations, redox titrations, precipitation titrations.
Instrumental methods of analysis: potentiometry – Ion Selective Electrodes (quantitative analysis), spectrophotometric analysis (UV-VIS and IR - quantitative and qualitative analyses), chromatographic analysis (HPLC - quantitative and qualitative analyses).

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The following textbook is recommended for the course:
Daniel C. Harris, Chimica Analitica Quantitativa, Zanichelli 2017
The following textbook may be also useful:
James F. Holler, Stanley R. Crouch, Fondamenti di Chimica Analitica, Edises 2015

Module B will be held in two portions: the lecture portion (20 hours) and the laboratory portion (40 hours), closely coordinated between them and with compulsory attendance.

Office hours by appointment: please contact prof. Damiano Monticelli (damiano.monticelli@uninsubria.it) or prof. Barbara Giussani (Barbara.giussani@uninsubria.it) by email.