.- Analytical Chemistry
PROF. GIAN MARIA BEONE
COURSE AIMS
The primary objective is for students to gain a theoretical grounding in the methods for designing
and performing chemical analyses. This will be achieved by illustrating the main analytical
techniques and the various operations necessary for their correct application.
COURSE CONTENT
ECTS
CREDITS
The analysis process
Classification of analytical methods, stages of a chemical analysis, selection of the
analysis method. Laboratory equipment. Analytical chemistry calculations.
Processing of analytical data and quality control in the chemistry lab. Sources of
error, precision and accuracy, systematic and random errors, validation of a
method. Sampling. Fundamental analytical operations.
Practical work
Volumetric analysis
Chemical equilibrium. Systematic treatment of equilibrium. Acid-base
equilibrium, solubility products and complex formation. Applications in analytical
chemistry. Examples of volumetric analysis, standard solutions and indicators.
Practical work
Electroanalytical methods.
Electrochemistry. Standard potentials. Oxidation-reduction reactions. Types of
electrodes. Potentiometry and measurement of pH.
Spectroscopic methods:
Electromagnetic radiation, radiation-matter interaction. Absorption, emission,
luminescence. Beer-Lambert Law. Qualitative and quantitative analysis. Principal
spectrometric techniques. Instrumentation. Sources, wavelength selectors,
containers for samples, detectors. Molecular absorption spectroscopy in the UVvisible and infrared range. Atomic absorption and emission spectroscopy.
Practical work
Chromatographic techniques
Chromatography methods, classification and separation mechanisms,
performance efficiency. Gas chromatography and high performance liquid
chromatography. Instrumentation, columns, stationary and mobile phases,
detectors. Qualitative and quantitative analysis.
Practical work
READING LIST
D.A. SKOOG-D.M. WEST-F.J. HOLLER, Fondamenti di chimica analitica, EdiSES, Napoli, 2005.
D.A. SKOOG-D.M. WEST-F.J. HOLLER, Chimica Analitica – una introduzione, EdiSES, Napoli, 1996.
D.A. SKOOG-F.J. HOLLER-S.R. CROUCH, Chimica analitica strumentale, EdiSES, Napoli, 2009.
K.A. RUBINSON-J.F. RUBINSON, Chimica Analitica Strumentale, Zanichelli, Bologna, 2002.
TEACHING METHOD
Lectures and laboratory work.
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ASSESSMENT METHOD
There will be practical, written and oral evaluations.
NOTES
Attendance at the laboratory sessions is strongly recommended.
Prof. Gian Maria Beone is available to meet with students on Friday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Institute of
Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry.