Overview
Lecturer
Simona Camelia Varvara
Seminar tutor
Roxana Nadina Bostan
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
English
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Environmental Engineering
Field of study
Environmental Engineering
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Lecture, conversation, exemplification, laboratory work.
Entry requirements
Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry
Aims
Acquiring and understanding the basics of instrumental analysis in order to apply them in environmental issues.
Developing the students’ scientific thinking and cognitive skills in order to find correct solution to specific problems related to environmental engineering.
Use of appropriate methods of analysis to characterize environmental factors
Course contents
COURSE
1. Introduction to instrumental analysis. Methods of instrumental analysis. Classification. Benefits. limitations
2. Principles of instrumental analysis. Calibration curve. Analytical sample, standard and reference samples. Statistical evaluation.
3. Spectrometric methods. Properties of electromagnetic radiation. Electromagnetic spectrum. Types of interactions of electromagnetic radiation with the substance.
4. Classification of spectrometric methods.Emission, absorption and fluorescence
5. UV and VIS molecular absorption spectrometry. Origin and characteristics of the molecular spectrum in UV-Vis. Lambert-Beer Law.
6. Instrumentation in UV-Vis. Single beam, double beam and diode array spectrometers. Quantitative analysis. Applications.
7-8. Introduction to atomic spectrometry. Atomic absorption spectrometry in flame and graphite furnace. Principles. Instrumentation. Applications in the field of the environment
9-10. Flame emission spectrometry and ICP-MS. Specific instrumentation in atomic emission spectrometry in flame and ICP-MS. Sequential spectrometers and simultaneous spectrometers. Applications in the environmental field
11-12. X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. Principles. Applications of X-ray fluorescence spectrometry in the field of the environment
13-14. Potentiometry. Standard electrode potential. Potentiometric cell. Reference electrodes. Metal indicator electrodes (redox, species I, species II a and with selective ion membrane). Potentiometric titration. Electrodes with liquid membrane. Electrodes sensitive to gases. Enzyme electrodes.
Learning outcomes
1. Characterization and interpretation of environmental factors by analysing physico-chemical and biotic characteristics.
- Description of environmental factors and their interaction with natural phenomena and man-made that affect the quality
- Interpretation of the mechanisms by which natural and anthropogenic factors leads to environmental deterioration
- Configuring methodologies that enable completion of a full investigation process environmental samples
- Using appropriate methods of analysis to characterize the environmental factors.
Assessment
A one-hour written examination (60% of the final grade). The examination of the practical abilities acquired in the laboratory (40% of the final grade).
Recommended reading
Practical Instrumental Analysis: Methods, Quality Assurance and Laboratory Management, Wiley, 2012
S. Petrozzi
Wiley, -, 2012
Principles of Instrumental Analysis
D. A. Skoog, F. J. Holler, S. R. Crouch
Cengage Learning; 7 edition, -, 2018
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