Course code:
1314H		 Course name:
Analysis of Real Samples

Academic year:

2012/2013.

Attendance requirements:

1302H + 1303H

ECTS:

8

Study level:

basic academic studies

Study program:

Chemistry: 4. year, winter semester, elective (1IP4H) course

Teachers:

Snežana D. Mandić, Ph.D.

Rada M. Baošić, Ph.D.
full professor, Faculty of Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, Beograd

Assistant:

Aleksandar Đ. Lolić, Ph.D.
full professor, Faculty of Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, Beograd

Hours of instruction:

Weekly: four hours of lectures + four hours of labwork (4+0+4)

Goals:

Training students for sampling, preparation and analysis of real samples (ores, alloys, minerals, plant materials, food, water, soil, etc).

Outcome:

A student is qualified to take a representative sample, prepare and analyze it.

Teaching methods:

Lectures, seminar works and labwork.

Extracurricular activities:

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Coursebooks:

Main coursebooks:

  • J. Wang: Analytical Electrochemistry, VCH, New York, 1994.
  • D. A. Skoog, J. J. Leary: Principles of Instrumental Analysis, fourth edition, Saunders College Publishing, New York, 1992.

Supplementary coursebooks:

  • D. Harvey: Modern Analytical Chemistry, McGraw-Hill, Boston, 2000.
  • M. Radojevic, V. Baskhin: Practical environmental analysis, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 1999.
  • M. Csuros: Environmental sampling and analisys for technicians, Lewis publishers, USA, 1994

Additional material:

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  Course activities and grading method

Lectures:

10 points (4 hours a week)

Syllabus:

  • Significance analysis of real samples, raw materials and industrial products.
  • Sampling of solid, liquid and gaseous samples.
  • Analytical separations.
  • Sample preparation for analysis (decomposition and dissolution, extraction, mineralization, supercritical extraction, extraction of the solid phase etc).
  • Methods for analysis of cement, minerals, alloys.
  • Analysis of water, plant material, soils and food.
  • Selection of appropriate method for analysis.
  • Reference material.
  • Interpretation of analytical data.

Labwork:

20 points (4 hours a week)

Syllabus:

  • Determination of fluoride in pharmaceuticals (ISE).
  • Determination of iodide and bromide in drugs and food (FIA).
  • Determination of metal and metalloids in artificial fertilizers, plant material, soil and food (FAAS and ETAAS).
  • Extended chemical analysis of drinking water (gravimetry and volumetry, UV/VIS spectrophotometry, GC, IC and HPLC).
  • Determination of alkaline in silicate materials and biological samples (FEAS).
  • Determination of sulphides in waste water (FIA).

Semester papers:

20 points

Oral exam:

50 points