Analytical Chemistry

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Describe the principles and selection of sample preparation methods including preparation of standard solutions, liquid and solid phase extraction, and chromatographic separations.
• Explain the principles of a range of analytical techniques including IR, NMR, and Raman spectroscopies and mass spectrometry.

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Select, use, and evaluate data sets using appropriate statistical methods.
• Interpret and evaluate data from a variety of analytical chemistry techniques

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Select the appropriate analytical methods to evaluate a sample.

Introduction – setting analytical chemistry in context

Introduction to analytical methods and statistics, precision and accuracy, standard deviation, error treatment, least squares, limits of detection and quantification.

Sample preparation and chemical separations – partitioning between phases, liquid extraction, solid phase extraction, chromatographic separations (TLC, HPLC, and GC), plate theory, and detectors.

Mass spectrometry and coupling these to chromatographic techniques – introduction to mass spectrometry, ionisation, high- and low- resolution modes, precise molecular weights, resolution and isotopes, instrumentation.

Spectroscopic techniques for chemical identification – IR, Raman, and NMR. Instrumentation, data collection, and interpretation in an analytical chemistry context.

Case studies – examples from research and industrial laboratories.

Teaching and learning methods

Lectures, problem-solving workshops, and online exercises.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External