Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Master in chemical and materials engineering (120 ECTS) | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Introduction to quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC), Validation of analytical methods Tome I: Electrochemical methods of analysis. Basic Concepts; potentiometry, membrane electrodes ; electrolysis, coulometry, polarography: classical, differential and anodic stripping; amperometry. Tome II: Introduction to mass spectrometry and hyphenated techniques GC-MS and LC-MS Tome III: 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. Comparison and application of the various methods.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
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 NMR, matters which belong to other courses
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Good knowledge of the basic concepts of electrochemistry, atomic and molecular spectroscopy.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
See below
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Theoretical courses (30h): 1st quadrimester. Face to face. Copies of lecture slides are available. Short movies of analytical methods have been recorded and are available on the plateform e-campus. A selection of analytical methods (polarography, GC-MS, ATR-FT-IR, Raman) are directly showed in live during the course to illustrate the theoritical concepts.
The rehearsals (bloc 3 Chemistry) concerns certain parts of the theoretical course, illustrated by exercises. The subject covered during the rehearsals is mainly electrochemistry. Quantitative approaches by internal standard and isotope dilution are also discussed.
Recommended or required readings
- 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 a powerpoint provided to the students.
- There is also a booklet of laboratory work (TPs)
There is also a booklet of exercices work (TDs)
- The students can obtain additional information, in particular in the excellent work: ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY by SKOOG, WEST and HOLLER, DeBoeck University, 3rd edition (2015)
Assessment methods and criteria
The evaluation includes:
1) an exam in January : written part on electrochemistry (exercises + theory); AND oral exam on Mass Spectrometry and Spectroscopic analytical methods (one hour of written preparation followed by an oral defense).
The first exam session is in January, the second is in August/September
2) an examination on laboratory work (written examination in December) and an oral presentation of the method developed based on peer reviewed publication (by group of two, in December)
The distribution of the scores on the final score is as follows: -
for the exam in January: 70% written (30%) and oral (40%) parts-
for the laboratory work (only bloc 3 in Chemistry): 30% including the examination on practical work and the oral presentation.
From year to year, students who graded with minimum 10/20 for their TPs do not have to repeat the practical work if their global grade is lower than 10/20.
Work placement(s)
pas de stage
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Pr. Gauthier Eppe
Institut de Chimie, Bat B6c, Local 1/9A
Tel. +32-4-366.3422
e-mail. g.eppe@uliege.be
Assistant : Gauthier Emonds-Alt
Préparateur : Stéphane Luts