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Instrumental analysis laboratory · Undergraduate · Chemistry
Learning objectives from the Instrumental analysis laboratory syllabus, grouped by unit. Click an objective for study materials.
Learning objectives
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Instrument operations
- Startup, warm-up, and shutdown checklists — Startup, warm-up, and shutdown checklists
- Wavelength/mass calibration checks — Wavelength/mass calibration checks
- Blank, standard, and QC sequence order — Blank, standard, and QC sequence order
- Logbooks for instrument performance — Logbooks for instrument performance
- Recognize common fault symptoms — Recognize common fault symptoms
Chromatography labs
- GC and/or HPLC teaching labs — GC and/or HPLC teaching labs
- Optimize injection and mobile/carrier parameters — Optimize injection and mobile/carrier parameters
- Integrate peaks and calculate amounts — Integrate peaks and calculate amounts
- Assess resolution and retention reproducibility — Assess resolution and retention reproducibility
- Troubleshoot tailing and baseline drift — Troubleshoot tailing and baseline drift
Atomic and molecular spectroscopy labs
- AA/ICP or UV-Vis/IR labs as available — AA/ICP or UV-Vis/IR labs as available
- Build calibration for an analyte — Build calibration for an analyte
- Evaluate detection limits qualitatively — Evaluate detection limits qualitatively
- Matrix effects and standard additions (intro) — Matrix effects and standard additions (intro)
- Compare techniques for the same analyte — Compare techniques for the same analyte
Method development basics
- Choose wavelength, column, or mode for a goal — Choose wavelength, column, or mode for a goal
- Validate linearity, precision, and recovery (teaching scope) — Validate linearity, precision, and recovery (teaching scope)
- Write an SOP-style procedure — Write an SOP-style procedure
- Document system suitability — Document system suitability
- Present method rationale to peers — Present method rationale to peers
What each unit includes
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- Study guide
- Exam Strategy
- Common Mistakes
- Worksheets
- Word problems
- Mixed Practice
- Multi-Unit Problems
- Review
- Practice test
- Answer key
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