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Instrumental analysis · Undergraduate · Chemistry
Learning objectives from the Instrumental analysis syllabus, grouped by unit. Click an objective for study materials.
Learning objectives
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Instrumentation fundamentals
- Signal and noise in analytical measurements — Signal and noise in analytical measurements
- Analog-to-digital conversion and data acquisition — Analog-to-digital conversion and data acquisition
- Calibration, drift, and instrument maintenance — Calibration, drift, and instrument maintenance
- Figures of merit: sensitivity, selectivity, dynamic range — Figures of merit: sensitivity, selectivity, dynamic range
- Sampling systems and sample introduction — Sampling systems and sample introduction
Spectroscopic methods
- UV-Vis and diode-array spectrophotometry — UV-Vis and diode-array spectrophotometry
- Atomic absorption and emission spectroscopy — Atomic absorption and emission spectroscopy
- ICP-OES and ICP-MS (introduction) — ICP-OES and ICP-MS (introduction)
- Fluorescence and phosphorescence spectroscopy — Fluorescence and phosphorescence spectroscopy
- IR and FTIR spectroscopy — IR and FTIR spectroscopy
Chromatography and separations
- Theory: van Deemter equation and resolution — Theory: van Deemter equation and resolution
- Gas chromatography: capillary columns and detectors (FID, TCD, ECD) — Gas chromatography: capillary columns and detectors (FID, TCD, ECD)
- GC-MS: ionization, fragmentation, library matching — GC-MS: ionization, fragmentation, library matching
- HPLC: reversed-phase, normal-phase, ion-pair — HPLC: reversed-phase, normal-phase, ion-pair
- UHPLC and method transfer considerations — UHPLC and method transfer considerations
Electroanalytical and thermal methods
- Potentiometry: ion-selective electrodes — Potentiometry: ion-selective electrodes
- Voltammetry: linear sweep, differential pulse, stripping — Voltammetry: linear sweep, differential pulse, stripping
- Amperometry and biosensors — Amperometry and biosensors
- Conductometry and impedance spectroscopy — Conductometry and impedance spectroscopy
- Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) — Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)
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Study units
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- Instrumentation fundamentals
Signal and noise in analytical measurements
Coming soon - Spectroscopic methods
UV-Vis and diode-array spectrophotometry
Coming soon - Chromatography and separations
Theory: van Deemter equation and resolution
Coming soon - Electroanalytical and thermal methods
Potentiometry: ion-selective electrodes
Coming soon
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