Course Details
Course Information Package
Course Unit Title | ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY | ||||||||
Course Unit Code | PHA106 | ||||||||
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Number of ECTS credits allocated | 7 | ||||||||
Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||||||
Prerequisites | PHA101 | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||||
Recommended optional program components | NONE | ||||||||
Course Contents | · Acid-base and oxidation-reduction reactions. · Chemical equilibrium, weak acid-base dissociation, hydrolysis of salts. · Heterogeneous (solubility products) and redox systems. · Methods and Techniques in qualitative and quantitative chemical analysis. · Reactions, separation, identification of cations and anions. Analysis of cations and anions in mixtures. Analysis of unknown samples, including alloys and/or minerals. Identification of halogens, sulfur and nitrogen atoms covalently bonded in organic compounds. Laboratory procedures and safety in laboratory practice. · Chemometrics and performance characteristics. Sampling techniques. Physicochemical processes, gravimetric analysis. Acid-base, complexometric, precipitation, redox titrations. Electrochemical analysis. Non aqueous titrations. Laboratory practice. · Introduction to instrumental analysis. Spectroscopic analytical techniques (UV-vis, 1H-NMR, atomic absorption spectrometry). Introduction to separation techniques using chromatography (flash-column, thin layer chromatography, HPLC, GLC). Introduction to electrophoresis. Errors in chemical analyses, statistical processing of analysis data. Laboratory work: Preparation of solutions of defined concentrations, Identification of cations, Identification of anions, Separation and identification of a mixture of ions, Separation and identification of a mineral, Separation and identification of an alloy, Gravimetric analysis (e.g. of sulphates), Titrimetric analysis (e.g. acids, bases, chloride), Iodometry (e.g., Fe3+, As5+), Complexometry (e.g. Pb2+), Spectrophotometric determinations (e.g. CuSO4, methylene blue). | ||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods | The taught part of course is delivered to the students by means of lectures, conducted with the help of computer presentations. Lecture notes and presentations are available through the web for students to use in combination with the textbooks. Lectures are accompanied with tutorials and laboratory work which is carried out in the chemistry laboratory. | ||||||||
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Language of instruction | Greek | ||||||||
Work placement(s) | NO |