Standard syllabus
Analytical chemistry · Undergraduate · Chemistry
Topics
Measurement fundamentals
- Significant figures and reporting numerical results
- Accuracy, precision, and types of error
- Random error, systematic error, and bias
- Standard deviation, variance, and confidence intervals
- Propagation of uncertainty in calculations
- Calibration curves and linear regression
- Detection limits: LOD and LOQ
- Quality assurance and quality control in analytical labs
- Standard reference materials and traceability
- Good laboratory practice and documentation
Gravimetric and volumetric analysis
- Gravimetric analysis: precipitation and filtration
- Digestion, washing, and ignition of precipitates
- Volumetric analysis: titration principles
- Primary and secondary standards
- Acid-base titrations: strong and weak systems
- Polyprotic acid and base titration curves
- Complexometric titrations with EDTA
- Redox titrations: permanganate, dichromate, iodometric
- Precipitation titrations: Mohr, Volhard, Fajans methods
- Back-titration strategies for insoluble analytes
Spectroscopic and electroanalytical methods
- Electromagnetic radiation and interaction with matter
- UV-Vis spectrophotometry and Beer–Lambert law
- Deviations from Beer–Lambert law
- Atomic absorption and emission spectroscopy (intro)
- Fluorescence and phosphorescence (overview)
- Potentiometry: reference and indicator electrodes
- pH measurement and glass electrode
- Ion-selective electrodes
- Voltammetry: polarography and cyclic voltammetry (intro)
- Conductometry and conductivity cells
Separation methods
- Chromatography fundamentals: plate theory and resolution
- Gas chromatography: columns, detectors, and applications
- High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
- Ion chromatography and size-exclusion chromatography (intro)
- Thin-layer chromatography and retention factors
- Capillary electrophoresis (overview)
- Sample preparation: extraction, SPE, derivatization
- Method validation: specificity, linearity, robustness
- Hyphenated techniques: GC-MS, LC-MS (introduction)
- Choosing an analytical method for a given analyte
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