| Laboratory practice |
They will consist on the determination of some analytes at trace levels in samples gathered from real problems (environmental samples, foodstuff, clinic mixtures, etc.). The practices emulate a comprehensive problem: from sampling to sample treatment, separation of the analyte, measurement and data interpretation. The student must deliver a laboratory notebook.
In addition to laboratory practices where analytical instrumentation will be handled by students, other practices will be carried out on computers to study the chemometric concepts (mainly, the multivariate data analyses techniques).
At the end of the laboratory work the student will deliver a report of the work done with a critical and detailed analysis. |
| Seminar |
They are intended to reinforce the understanding of several concepts given at the theoretical lessons. Numerical exercises will be solved by the students. A comparison of the results generated in the laboratory practices will be made with other values gathered from other students. From the discussions, common sources of errors will be visualized. The student should perceive the difficulties inherent to the analyses of trace amounts of substances.
Studies will be also made using computers to discuss a real multivariate dataset derived from environmental studies. |
| Guest lecture / keynote speech |
The teacher will develop and explain the basic contents of each chapter. Some documents will be delivered to the students before the classes and they should have been reviewed before attending them. Audiovisual media will be employed throughout. Open dialogue will be empowered sometimes to solve doubts and improve the understanding of some basic issues. |
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