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Instrumental Methods of Analysis I

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Course Unit Code546-0335/06
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Optional
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionEnglish
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
PER34doc. Mgr. Eva Pertile, Ph.D.
SHA0033MSc. Samaneh Shaghaghi
Summary
The aim of the course is to broaden and deepen knowledge of chemical laboratory techniques including gaining practical skills. The aim of the course is to deepen students' readiness to solve analytic problems by selected instrumental methods. Provide an overview of selected analytical methods and procedures used to analyze real environmental samples and chemometric evaluation of analytical results.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The main objective of lectures is to create a compact picture about modern analytical chemistry. Lectures are conceived so that students get an overview of general parts of analytical chemistry, which serves as a necessity to understand the laws of chemistry and reaction analysis and then is followed with an overview of various groups of practical activities, leading to the determination of the reference analyte.
Course Contents
1. Definition of issues. Basic concepts. Information retrieval processes. Basic division of analytical methods with focus on environmental analysis.
2. Analysis process - general curriculum: problem formulation and solution design, sampling of environmental components (water, soil, air, waste, green matter, PM etc.), sample preparation before analysis, separation and concentration steps, and the expression of the results of the analysis, the design of the activity resulting from the data obtained.
3. Sampling, sampling, error sources. Standard operating procedures for sampling; QA / QC system.
4. Basic parameters of sampling of abiotic and biotic matrices of the environment. Air sampling, including passive sampling; sampling PM.
5. Sampling of drinking and surface water; sampling of sediments; sampling of underground and waste water; sampling of sludge from sewage treatment plants; sampling of the pedosphere.
6. Sampling of biotic matrices. Waste sampling
7. Modify the sample before analysis. Nondestructive methods. Destructive methods: dissolution and decomposition of samples, mineralizers.
8. Separation and concentration steps: elimination of interferences by chemical means and physical separation. Separation methods: division according to principle and experimental arrangement. Extraction. Separation on ion exchangers. Effectiveness of the separation process.
9. Evaluation of analytical results and procedures and expression of analysis results. Statistical processing of results. Activity design resulting from the data obtained. Principles of Good Laboratory Practice. Fundamentals of chemometry.
10. Fundamentals of qualitative analysis: classical system of cation division - hydrogen sulfide system, analytical classes of anions. Additional criteria for determining anions. Evidence of heteroatoms in organic matter.
11. Overview of basic analytical methods and their general properties: methods based on weighing, volume measurement. Degradative analysis - gravimetry: gravimetry principle, analytical utilization. Basic steps of analysis: sample preparation, precipitation, clot maturation, washing and filtration, drying and annealing, clot weighing, concentration calculation. Applications in environmental component analysis; Advantages, disadvantages.
12. Quantitative chemical analysis. Volumetric analysis: general assay procedure, determination of the end point of titration, titration curves, calculation of analyte content from titration data. Types of measurement and their application: acidobase titration, precipitation titration, complexometric titration, redox titration. Principle, analytical use.
13. Development trends in analytical chemistry - mobile analytics.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
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.
PERTILE, E. Instumentální metody analýzy I, multimediální učební text, CD FRVŠ/VŠB TUO, 2005. aktualizace 2018. 151 s.
PERTILE, E. a D. SUROVKA. Učební texty k praktiku IMA, multimediální učební text, CD, VŠB TUO 2016. 97 s.
ZÁRUBA, K. Analytická chemie. Praha: Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická v Praze, 2016. ISBN 978-80-7080-950-1. Dostupné z: https://vydavatelstvi.vscht.cz/katalog/publikace?uid=uid_isbn-978-80-7080-950-1.
PERTILE, E. Instrumental Methods of Analysis. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2017. ISBN 978-80-248-4124-3.
Recommended Reading:
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.
KOTEK, J. Laboratorní technika. Karolinum 2007. 104 s. ISBN: 9788024614410. Dostupné z: https://web.natur.cuni.cz/anorchem/LabTech/Text/LT.pdf.
JANKŮ, J. a J. ČERMÁK. Vzorkování odpadů. VŠCHT Praha, 1. vyd. 107 s. 2006. Dostupné z: https://uchop.vscht.cz/files/uzel/0011054/Vzorkovani_070104_4.pdf?redirected.
NESMĚRÁK, K. Praktikum z klasických metod analýzy. 11. vydání. Praha: UK Přírodovědecká fakulta, 2016. Dostupné z: https://web.natur.cuni.cz/~analchem/nesmerak/pka_scriptum_11.pdf.
VOLKA, K., M.TKADLECOVÁ a K. ZÁRUBA. Příklady z analytické chemie pro bakaláře. Vyd. 2., rozš. Praha: Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická v Praze, 2010. ISBN 9788070807439. Dostupné z: http://147.33.74.135/knihy/uid_isbn-80-7080-610-9/pages-img/001.html.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Experimental work in labs, Other activities
Assesment methods and criteria
Tasks are not Defined