ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY - COMMON TOPICS

Lecture 1 - Introduction to analytical chemistry, Aim and scope of analytical chemistry, Analytical procedure, Sampling methods, Classification of analytical methods.

Lecture 2 - Sample preparation methods - Dilution, Preconcentration, Decomposition, Derivatisation.

Lecture 3 - Tools of the trade

Lecture 4 - Wet methods I. - Gravimetry, Volumetric methods.

Lecture 5 - Wet methods II. - Acid-base titrations, calculation of pH value of aqueous solutions of weak acids and bases, Titration curves, Acid-base indicators, pH at the equivalence, Buffers, Titration of polyprotic acids, Primary Standards in acidimetry and alkalimetry

ANALYTICAL ELECTROCHEMISTRY - INTRODUCTION

Lecture 6 - Introduction to electrochemistry, charge, potential, current, conductivity, mobility, resistance, electrochemical cells, EMF, anode, cathode, Gibbs free energy and EMF, the Nernst equation, equilibrium constant, standard reduction potential, Potentiometry, Reference electrodes, membrane electrodes, glass pH electrode, direct potentiometry, potentiometric titration

Lecture 7 - Wet methods III. - Redox titrations

Lecture 8 - Conductometry, molar conductivity, weak and strong electrolytes, direct conductometry, conductometric titrations, introduction to voltammetric methods and electrochemical reactions

DATA ANALYSIS - CHEMOMETRICS

Lecture 9 - Basic statistics, Univariate methods, data, errors, probability distributions, mean, standard deviation, variance, relative standard deviation, standard error of measurement, confidence intervals, order statistics, median, quartiles, boundaries, box graph, outliers, skewness, curtosis

Lecture 10 - Calibration, Bivariate data, Linear Regression, slope, intercept, Non-Linear Regression, least squares method, analysis of residuals, regression model, heteroscedasticity, correlation coefficient, coefficient of determination, iteration, convergence

Lecture 11 - Statistical testing
 

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