CHEM 102 ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Extraction; basic principles of chromatography, gas, liquid chromatography and HPLC; electromagnetic radiation and interaction with matter; spectroscopic analysis methods, instrumentation, AAS and AES, X-ray methods, Mass spectrometry; data analysis and reliability in chemical analysis.

Laboratory exercises: Regulations of Analytical Chemistry Laboratory and basic instrumentation; measurement of pH of weak and strong electrolyte solutions, preparation of buffer solutions and comparison; titration analysis, neutralisation titration, blank estimation, equivalent point, complexation titration and water hardness; introduction to chromatographic techniques; cation separation by ion-exchange and strong acid management; techniques based on the interaction of electromagnetic radiation with matter; photometric analysis of solutions; X-ray fluorescence.