Instrumental Chemical Analysis

General

• Code: TΑBO-44-Δ4
• Semester: 4th
• Study Level: Undergraduate
• Course type: Special Background
• Teaching and exams language: Greek
• Teaching Methods (Hours/Week): Lectures (2) / Laboratory (2)
• ECTS Units: 5
• Course homepage: https://eclass.emt.ihu.gr/courses/FD333/
• Instructors: Alexandropoulou Ioanna, Balkatsopoulou Paschalia

Course Contents

• Introduction to Instrumental Chemical Analysis.
• Sampling- Preparation of sample for analysis.
• Extraction techniques.
• Distillation techniques.
• Chromatographic analysis techniques.
• Gas Chromatography (GC).
• High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC).
• Spectroscopic analysis techniques.
• Ultraviolet-Visible Spectrophotometry (UV-Vis).
• Infrared Spectroscopy (IR).
• Raman spectroscopy.
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (NMR) (1H, 13 C NMR).
• Mass Spectrometry (MS).
• Exercises.

Educational Goals

The objective of the Instrumental Analysis course is to acquaint the students with the modern methods of instrumental chemical analysis at a theoretical and practical level. More specifically, in the theoretical traditions, emphasis is placed on the principle of each method, on its organization, on the interpretation of the graphs or spectra provided each time, as well as on the processing of the results for qualitative and quantitative measurements. Special emphasis is given at the end for choosing a method/or and  methods for solving specific analytical practical problems from research or from industrial practice.

The purpose of the workshop is to familiarize students with the organization and applications of Instrumental Analysis Methods (which are usually used in research laboratories, in public or private control laboratories, while at the same time it aims to:

• The direct connection of theoretical knowledge with practical application.
• Learning how to properly prepare the sample before analyzing it.
• The understanding of the basic operational parameters on which each method of instrumental analysis depends.
• Learning the correct process of measuring, receiving, processing the data and estimating the final result.
• At the same time as the previous ones, students are trained in writing laboratory reports.

General Skills

• Autonomous Work.
• Decision making.
• Generation of new research ideas.
• Production of free, creative and inductive thinking.

Teaching Methods

• In the classroom: face to face.

Use of ICT means

• Use of Powerpoint slides. Communication with students via e-mail.
• Learning process support through access to the e-class, online databases, etc.

Teaching Organization

Students Evaluation

I. Final written exam in the theory of the course which includes:

• Short Answer Questions (40%)
• Evaluation of theory elements (40%)
• Problem Solving (20%)

II. The examination in the laboratory part of the course consists of:

• the students’ participation in the workshop:
  • oral exams before and during the exercises (25%)
  • evaluation of laboratory reports, processing laboratory results (25%)
• final written exam (50%).
  Final exam in the laboratory part of the course which includes:
  • Short answer questions
  • Multiple choice test

Recommended Bibliography

1. [68380342]: Αναλυτική Χημεία, Αναλυτική Χημεία, Θεμελής Δημήτριος Γ., Ζώτου Αναστασία – Στέλλα.
2. [102076784]: Principles of Instrumental Analysis, Skoog Holler Crouch.
3. [102076868]: Instrumental chemical analysis, Bratakos M.
4. [22702833]: INSTRUMENTAL CHEMICAL ANALYSIS, I. PAPADOGIANNIS-B. SAMANIDOU.
5. [94643529]: Instrumental Analysis, Granger II M. Robert, Yochum M. Hank, Granger N. Jill, Sienerth D. Karl.
6. Principles of Instrumental Analysis. D. A. Skoog, F. James Holler, T. A. Nieman (Translation: M. I. Karagiannis, K. I. Efstathiou, N. Haniotakis).
7. Analytical Chemistry, G. Christian, P. Dasgupta, K. Schug, Odysseus Publishing Ltd.
8. Ενόργανη Χημική Ανάλυση, Π. Α. Ταραντίλης, Μ. Πολυσίου, Χ. Παππάς, Πανεπιστημιακές σημειώσεις.