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Terminated in academic year 2014/2015

Instrumental Methods of Analysis I

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 546-0335/02
Abbreviation IMA I
Course title Instrumental Methods of Analysis I
Credits 8
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Mgr. Eva Pertile, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Defining the problem. Basic concepts. Processes of obtaining information. The basic division of analytical methods.
2. Basic units and concentration calculations. Types of interactions. Chemical equilibrium in analytical chemistry. Appraisal reactions.
3. The process of analysis - the general outline: the role of formulation and solution design, sampling, sample treatment before analysis, separation and concentration steps, their measurement, evaluation of measurement of results of analysis, design work resulting from the data obtained.
4. Sampling, sampling guidelines. Standard operating procedures for sampling, system QA / QC.
5. Basic parameters of sampling abiotic and biotic matrices. Sampling of air, including passive sampling.
6. Sampling of drinking and surface water, sediment sampling, groundwater and waste watersampling, sampling of sewage water, sampling of pedosphere.
7. Sampling of biotic matrices. Waste sampling.
8. Sample treatment prior to analysis. Non-destructive analytical methods. Destructive analytical methods: dissolution of samples and sample analysis, agents of mineralization.
9. Separation and concentration steps: elimination of interferents with chemical methods (masking) and physical separations. Separation methods: extraction, ion-exchange. The effectiveness of a separation process.
10. Evaluation of analytical results and procedures and expressing analytical results. Proposal for actions arising from the data obtained. Principles of good laboratory practice. Introduction to chemometrics.
11. Basics of qualitative analysis: classical system of separation of cations - hydrogen sulphide system, analytical classes of anions. Other criteria for determining anions. Evidence of hetero-organic substances.
12. Overview of basic analytical methods and their general characteristics: methods based on weighing, measuring volume. Gravimetric analysis: the principle of gravimetry, analytical use. Basic steps of analysis: sample preparation, precipitation, aging of the precipitate, washing and filtration, drying and annealing, weighing
clots calculating the concentration.
13. Quantitative chemical analysis. Volumetric analysis (volumetry): general procedure for determining, detecting the end point of the titration, titration curves, the calculation of the analyte from the titration data. Types of volumetric determinations and their applications: acid-base titration, precipitation titration, complexometric titration, redox titration. The principle analytical use.
14. Trends in analytical chemistry - mobile analytics.

Exercises syllabus:
Laboratory exercises supplies lectures and accentuates the acquisition of basic
operations of chemical analysis. All laboratory work must be carried out
safely, that is why students will get familiar with the labour safety in the laboratory at the beginning of the course. The objective of exercises is to acquaint students with classical methods of quantitative analysis.

Literature

PERTILE, E. Instrumental Methods of Analysis. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2017. ISBN 978-80-248-4124-3 .
CHANG R. Chemistry. 10th Edition. McGraw-Hill: New York, 2010. 1170 p. Available from: https://archive.org/details/Chemistry_10th_Edition_Raymond_Chang.
GRANGER, B. New developments in analytical chemistry research. New York: Nova Publishers, 2015. Chemistry research and applications series. ISBN 1634634276 .
ANDRADE G., J. M. A. CARLOSENA ZUBIETA, M. P. GÓMEZ-CARRACEDO, M. Á. MAESTRO SAAVEDRA, M. C. PRIETO-BLANCO and R. M. SOTO-FERREIRO. Problems of instrumental analytical chemistry: a hands-on guide. New Jersey: World Scientific, 2017. Essential textbooks in chemistry. ISBN 978-1-78634-179-2 .

Advised literature

Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry [online]. 2018, 17-20(4). ISSN 2214-1588 . Dostupné z: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/trends-in-environmental-analytical-chemistry.
HANRAHAN, G. Key concepts in environmental chemistry. Burlington: Elsevier Science, 2011. ISBN 9780080961705 . Dostupné z: http://booksite.elsevier.com/samplechapters/9780123749932/Front_Matter.pdf.
AHUJA, S. Chemistry and water: the science behind sustaining the world's most crucial resource. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2017. ISBN 978-0-12-809330-6 . Dostupné z: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780128093306.
PETROZZI, S. Practical instrumental analysis: methods, quality assurance and laboratory management. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, c2013. ISBN 978-3-527-32951-9.