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Analytical Chemistry

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 9360-0122/03
Abbreviation CH-AN
Course title Analytical Chemistry
Credits 3
Coordinating department CNT - Nanotechnology Centre
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Vladimír Tomášek, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction, sampling, sample preparation.
2. Gravimetric analysis. Required laboratory equipment, overview of gravimetric methods, application.
3. Volumetric analysis. Required laboratory equipment, overview of volumetric methods, application.
4. Introduction to electrochemical methods. Conductometry, potentiometry, theoretical foundations. Using for direct measurement and for determination of end of titration.
5. Voltammetry, principle. Polarography, voltammetry on solid electrodes. Instrumentation, applications.
6. Electrogravimetry and coulometry, principle. Instrumentation, applications.
7. Introduction to separation methods, theoretical foundations. Extraction, distillation, membrane separation.
8. Introduction to spectral analysis, theoretical foundations. Overview of spectral methods.
9. X-Ray spectral analysis, theoretical foundations, methods of excitation of X-rays. X-Ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF), construction of spectrometers, examples of use.
10. Atomic emission spectrometry (AES), principle. Spark and arc excitation and excitation in glowing discharge. AES with inductively coupled plasma (ICP).
Instrumentation, application.
11. Atomic absorption spectrometry, principle. Flame and electrothermal atomization, hydride generation, cold vapor mercury. Instrumentation, application.
12. Molecular absorption spectrometry, principle. Interaction of electromagnetic radiation with molecules. Spectrometry in visible and near ultraviolet range. Instrumentation, application.
13. Mass spectrometry. Radio-analytical methods. Electron spectrometry (Auger electrons, X-ray photoelectrons-XPS), secondary ion mass spectrometry. Instrumentation, application.

Literature

KENKEL, John. Analytical Chemistry for Technicians. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2002. ISBN 978-1-4398-8105-7.
MERMET, Jean-Michel, OTTO, M., VALCÁRCEL, M. Analytical chemistry, a modern approach to analytical science. Wiley - VCH, 2004. ISBN 3-527-30590-4 

Advised literature

KELLNER, R., MERMET, M., OTTO, M. and WIDMER, H. M. Analytical Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, 1998. ISBN 3-527-28881-3