Diploma in Pharmacy / Бакалавр (Diploma) в Области Фармацевтического Дела

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Course Information Package

Course Unit TitleANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Course Unit CodePHA106
Course Unit Details
Number of ECTS credits allocated7
Learning Outcomes of the course unitBy the end of the course, the students should be able to:
  1. Explain qualitative determinations of common ions and analyse unknown samples.
  2. Analyse various substances, e.g. ions, of particular interest in Pharmacy and Toxicology, such as heavy metals.
  3. Analyse the purity of samples, particularly solvents and reagents used in industry and laboratories.
  4. Employ gravimetric, titrimetric and complexometric analyses.
  5. Employ quantitative analyses based on spectrophotometric techniques.
  6. Employ chromatographic as adjunct methods in quantitative analysis.
  7. Apply the correct ways of sampling and perform analysis of simple pharmaceuticals.
  8. Apply safe laboratory practice.
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
PrerequisitesPHA101Co-requisitesNONE
Recommended optional program componentsNONE
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).
Recommended and/or required reading:
Textbooks
  • Ι.Ν. Παπαδογιάννης, Α.Σ. Ζώτου, Ποιοτική Χημική Ανάλυση, Πήγασος, Θεσσαλονίκη, 2003
  • Θ.Π. Χατζηιωάννου, Χημική Ισορροπία και Ανόργανη Ποιοτική Ημιμικροανάλυση, Αθήνα, 2003.
References
  • G. Svehla, Vogel's Qualitative Inorganic Analysis, Prentice Hall, 7 edition, 1979.
  • J. Mendham, R.C. Denney, J.D. Barnes, M.J.K. Thomas, Vogel’s Quantitative Chemical Analysis, Pearson Education, GB, 1989.
Planned learning activities and teaching methodsThe 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.
Assessment methods and criteria
Laboratory20%
Tests20%
Final Exam60%
Language of instructionGreek
Work placement(s)NO

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