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| CHIM0015-4 | Analytical chemistry II, physical methods
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| Duration : | 30h Th, 115h Pr, 15h QA Sess. |
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| Holder(s) : | Gauthier Eppe |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | 1st part: electrochemical methods of analysis. Basic Concepts; potentiometry, membrane electrodes ; electrolysis, coulometry, polarography: classical, differential and anodic stripping; amperometry.
Second part: spectral methods of analysis. General devices: sources of light, dispersive systems and FourierTransform systems, detectors. Emission spectrometry: flame, ICP and ICP-MS. Atomic absorption. Molecular, UV-Visible and Infra-red absorption. Raman scattering. X-rays spectrometry. Assessment of analytical data, Quality Insurance. Comparison and application of the various methods. |
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| Course objective : | To present with some details, the most current methods of analysis, based on physical processes. The aspect mainly developed is the quantitative aspect with an introduction to Quality assurance. This course however does not approach neither the mass spectrometry analysis , nor NMR, matters which belong to other courses |
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| Prerequisites : | Good knowledge of the basic concepts of electrochemistry, atomic and molecular spectroscopy. |
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| Workshops : | See below |
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| Organization : | Theoretical course (30h): 1st semester.
1st part: Electrochemical methods of analysis: 10 hours; Second part: spectral methods of analysis: 20 hours. Laboratory work and rehearsals (115h + 30h). The Laboratory wpork (115 H) are divided into two parts:
1st part: electrochemical methods: classical, pulsed and anodic stripping polarography ; coulometry; amperometry.
2nd part:
- spectral methods of analysis: atomic absorption; molecular absorption 1) UV-Visible, 2) Infra-red; analysis by emission (identification of elements) - initiation to gas chromatography and titrations in non-aqueous solvents.
The rehearsals concerns certain parts of the theoretical course, illustrated by exercises. The subject covered during the rehearsals is mainly electrochemistry. The problems arising from the superposition of bands in molecular spectroscopy are also tackled. |
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| Written notes : | - Full notes were written and are available for the electrochemistry part and the spectral methods of analysis. They present the basic concepts which will be exposed.
- Moreover, the course is presented via many comprehensive transparencies. These transparencies, at the disposal of the students, are extremely usefull: 1) they constitute a structured summary of the topics presented, 2) since they are updated each year, they include certain recent analytical developments which are not proposed in the notes.
- There is also a booklet of laboratory work
- The students can obtain additional information, in particular in the excellent work: ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY by SKOOG, WEST and HOLLER, DeBoeck University, (1997) |
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| Assessment : | The evaluation includes: 1) an interrogation on some topics of the previous year (generally in October) (written interrogation) 2) an interrogation with possible exemption on electrochemistry ( in January), (written interrogation) 3) an examination on laboratory work (written examination) 4) the general examination in June (one hour of written preparation followed by an oral defense).
The distribution of the scores on the final score is as follows: - for the oral examination: 1/3 for electrochemistry, 2/3 for the spectral part; - 65% for the oral examination, 30% for laboratory work, 5% for the examination on practical work.
Note: when the score of the oral examination is lower than 10, the results of laboratory work are not taken into account. |
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