Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Science |
Grao en Química |
Subjects |
Instrumental Analytical Chemistry 1 |
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Identifying Data | 2022/23 | |||||||||||||
Subject | Instrumental Analytical Chemistry 1 | Code | 610G01013 | |||||||||||
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Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
Graduate | 1st four-month period |
Third | Obligatory | 6 | ||||||||||
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Topic | Sub-topic |
1. Principles of instrumental analysis |
Resolution of analytical problems. Figures of merit of the instrumental techniques. Calibration. Characteristics and classification of the instrumental techniques. Basic components of the instruments. Signals and noise. |
2. UV-VIS spectroscopy |
Fundamentals. Instrumentation. Aplications. Derivative spectroscopy. |
3. IR spectroscopy |
IR absorption spectroscopy: fundamentals, instrumentation, practical aspects and applications. IR reflectance spectroscopy. |
4. Molecular luminescence spectroscopy | Fundamentals. Variables affecting fluorescence. Relation between concentration and fluorescence. Emission and excitation spectra. Aplications. Phosphorescence. |
5. Mass spectrometry | Fundamentals. Instrumentation. Aplications. |
6. Atomic absorption spectrometry | Fundamentals. Flame atomization, electrothermal atomization, vapour generation: Instrumentation. Aplications. |
7. Atomic emisión spectrometry | Fundamentals. Plasma sources. Instrumentation. Aplications. ICP-MS. |
8. Atomic X Ray spectrometry | Fundamentals. Fluorescence, absorption and difraction spectrometry. Analytical and operational considerations. Instrumentation. Sample preparation. Aplications. |
Experimental work | Experiment 1.- Evaluation of the presence of interferents and determination of binary mixtures by UV-VIS spectroscopy. Experiment 2.- Identification of plastics by FT-IR spectroscopy. Experiment 3.- Determination of PAH by molecular fluorescence spectroscopy. Experiment 4.- Determination of Zn in water by flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS). Study of interferences in the determination of Zn and Ca. Experiment 5.- Determination of K in marine water by flame atomic emission spectrometyy (FAES). Experiment 6.- Study of the experimental conditions in electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry: optimization of the atomization program and use of modifiers. |
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