Course finder

Semester 2

Analytical Chemistry Level 10 (CHEM10012)

Subject

Chemistry

College

SCE

Credits

20

Normal Year Taken

4

Delivery Session Year

2023/2024

Pre-requisites

Course Summary

This course covers both the theory and application of a number of techniques in analytical chemistry, as well as instruction in the general principles of sampling and analysis and in the statistical presentation and testing of data. The course comprises individual component lecture courses and associated tutorials or workshops.

Course Description

The course includes the following content:- different strategies for sampling - quality assurance procedures in support of an analytical measurement - calibration curves and statistical procedures to extract quantitative information from a measurement - basic parametric and non-parametric significance tests on data - introduction to the theory underpinning chromatographic separation and analyte resolution - optimisation and application of a range of different chromatographic techniques - the principles of different types of ion sources (e.g. MALDI, electrospray ionisation) and mass analysers in modern mass spectrometry - analytical methods which employ mass spectrometry to identify and quantify the abundance of molecular species - modern techniques for determination of isotopic elemental composition, including isotope ratio quantification and accelerator mass spectrometry, and their application to understanding environmental processes

Assessment Information

Written Exam 100%, Coursework 0%, Practical Exam 0%

Additional Assessment Information

One degree exam of 3 hours.(Visiting Student Variant AssessmentOne degree exam of 3 hours at the end of Semester 1.)

view the timetable and further details for this course