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Instrumental Methods of Analysis

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 546-0354/09
Abbreviation IMA
Course title Instrumental Methods of Analysis
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Mgr. Eva Pertile, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Defining the issue. Information retrieval processes. Evaluation of analytical results and procedures, expression of analysis results. Statistical processing of results. Proposal of activities resulting from the obtained data. GLP principles.
2. Sampling, general principles of the source of errors. Standard Operating Procedures for Sampling; QA / QC system.
3. Sample preparation before analysis. Non-destructive methods. Destructive methods. Separation and concentration steps.
4. Basics of qualitative analysis
5. Overview of basic analytical methods and their general properties: methods based on weighing, on volume measurement. Principles of individual methods; instrumentation; applications in the analysis of environmental components; Advantages, disadvantages.
6. Electroanalytical methods based on voltage and current measurements. Applications in the analysis of environmental components; Advantages, disadvantages.
7. Overview of separation methods: application in the analysis of environmental components; Advantages, disadvantages.
8. Column chromatography: GC + HPLC. New trends: UHPLC, GC / MS, HPLC / MS. Applications in the analysis of environmental components; Advantages, disadvantages.
9. Electrophoresis. Mass spectrometry. Applications in the analysis of environmental components; Advantages, disadvantages.
10. Overview of optical methods. Optical spectral instruments. Applications in the analysis of environmental components; Advantages, disadvantages.
11. Emission atomic spectral analysis. Flame photometry. Atomic absorption spectrometry. UV / Vis spectrometry. Applications in the analysis of environmental components; Advantages, disadvantages.
12. IR spectrometry. Raman spectra; X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. Applications in the analysis of environmental components; Advantages, disadvantages.
13. New trends in instrumental methods with application in the analysis of environmental components

Literature

CHANG R.: Chemistry. 10th Edition. McGraw-Hill: New York, 2010. 1170 p. Dostupné z: https://archive.org/details/Chemistry_10th_Edition_Raymond_Chang
PERTILE, E. Instrumental Methods of Analysis. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2017. ISBN 978-80-248-4124-3 

Advised literature

ROUESSAC Francis and ROUESSAC, Annick: Chemical Analysis Modern Instrumentation Methods and Techniques. March 2007. 600 pp. ISBN: 978-0-470-85903-2 
NOLLET M., L., Chromatographic Analysis of the Environment, Chromatographic Science Series, Volume 93, 1297 s. 2006, ISBN 0-8247-2629-4