Instrumental Analysis

Catalog description

Instrumentation and laboratory techniques that are used in the modern analytical laboratory are discussed. The lecture presents the phenomenological basis for the techniques, applicability of the technique, and the instrument design. The laboratory demonstrates the use of some of the instruments. Some of the techniques that are discussed are: ultraviolet and visible, fluorescence and phosphorescence, flame emission and atomic absorption, infrared and Raman, X-ray, nuclear magnetic resonance, and mass spectroscopy. Chromatography and electroanalytical methods are also discussed. Prerequisites: CHEM 340 -340L with a minimum grade of C or consent of the instructor.