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Course code: BBS20177o15Semester: 2015/2016 winter
Name: Analytical Chemistry
Major: Biology
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 1
ECTS points: 5
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 15 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. Paweł Pawłowicz
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Knowledge: Student: W1 – has general knowledge about instrumental analytical chemistry and covers the principles of its most important techniques [KB2_W01, KB2_W01_BT]; W2 – understands the strengths and weaknesses of a technique together with its principles of operation [KB2_W03]. Skills: Student: U1 - is able to design and make the measurements so as to be both relevant to the problem being studied and reliable in themselves [KB2_U01, KB2_U02, KB2_U01_BT, KB2_U02_BT ], U2 – uses available sources of information [KB2_U06]; U3 – is able to oral presentation in Polish [KB2_U05].
Competences: Personal and social competences (attitudes and behaviors): Student: K1 - understands the limitations of analytical methods and are able to comment on the unrealistic expectations which people often have about the results of this kind of analysis [KB2_K03]; K2 – has mastered the method of group work and have learned how to care and take responsibility for the facilities available in the laboratory [KB2_K03].
Prerequisites: inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, physics, mathematics
Course content: Optical methods: ultraviolet and visible spectrophotometry, infrared spectrometry. Atomic absorption spectrometry. Emission spectrometry. Refractometry. Polarimetry. Mass spectrometry. Electroanalytical techniques: potentiometric techniques, electrogravimetry, coulometry, polarographic analysis, voltammetric techniques. Amperometric titration, dead stop point titration. Conductometry. Chromatography: fundamentals, characteristics of chromatographic techniques, mechanisms of retention. Gas chromatography, high performance liquid chromatography.
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Assessment methods: Oral examination, reports of laboratory experiments
Comment: specialization: Laboratory Techniques in Biology