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Course title Analytical Chemistry
Course code KCH/ANLCH
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hrdlička Jan, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1st lecture General characteristics, basic concepts, utilisation of analytic chemistry. Summary of analytical features and their utilisation in chemical and instrumental analysis. Requirements for analytical methods in qualitative and quantitative analysis. 2nd lecture + 3rd lecture Theoretical fundamentals of chemical analysis methods. Solutions. Protolytic equilibrium in analytic chemistry. Major types of acid-base reactions. Hydrolytic equilibrium. Calculations of pH. Coagulation balance. Conditions of coagulum elimination and its properties. Colloidal dispersions in analytic chemistry. Redox reactions. Standard and formal redox potentials. Influence of conditions on the course of redox reactions. Catalytic reactions. Induced reactions. Complex-forming reaction. The most important inorganic complexes in analytic chemistry. Chelate complexes. Functional analytical groups. Analytical systems and their link with the periodic system. 4th lecture Basic procedures for chemical quality analysis. Division in chemical analysis. Significant group and selective reactions in inorganic chemical analysis. 5th lecture Qualitative analysis of organic substances. General principles of quantitative chemical analysis. Gravimetry, requirements for gravimetric methods. Basic procedures and gravimetric analysis operations, calculations. 6th lecture Principles and basic concepts of volumetric analysis. General procedures and volumetric analysis operations, indicators, titration curves. Calculations of volumetric analysis. 7th lecture Titration curves, methods of indication and choice of major methods of acid-base, coagulative, complex-forming and redox titration. 8th lecture Fundamentals of chemical quantitative analysis of organic compounds. 9th lecture Titration with an instrument indications. Potentiometric, conductometric, polarometric, biamperometric titration. Overview of the most important electrochemical methods. Potentiometry with ISE. Direct conductometry, dielektrimetry. Elektrogravimetry. Polarographic methods. Coulometry. 10th lecture Interaction of substance and radiation and its analytical utilisation. Spectral and non-spectral optical methods. Refractometry, interferometry, polarimetry. Atomic emission spectroscopy. Atomic absorption spectroscopy. Spectroscopy of X-ray radiation. Molecular spectroscopy in the VIS, UV, IR. Photoluminescence methods. Nephelometry, turbidimetry. 11th lecture Mass spectrometry. Radiometric analysis. Thermal analysis. Gas analysis. 12th lecture General fundamentals of separation methods and the overview. Fundamentals of chromatographic methods. Gas chromatography. Overview of liquid chromatography methods. Evaluation of analytical results. Automation in analytic chemistry.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Interactive lecture, Seminar
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 60 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to describe relationships for the calculating the amount of substance, the concentration, the composition of the solution
To describe the calculation procedure of the amounts of reactants from the chemical equation
to define different ways of composition of the solution
to describe the properties and reactions of groups of elements in relation to the periodic law
Skills
use the mixing equation
calculate with logarithms
apply basic chemical calculations
link the position of an element in a table with its properties
to quantify the chemical equation
to calculate the amount of substance, the concentration, the composition of the solution
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to define the basic concepts of analytical chemistry
to describe basic procedures for qualitative chemical analysis
describe titration curves and general mercury analysis procedures
describe the principle of gravimetric determination
to list basic types of volumetric analyzes
to describe basic principles of instrumental methods
Skills
calculate solution pH, solubility of poorly soluble substance
Apply calculations of titration and gravimetric assays to specific cases
evaluate titration curves by titration with instrumental determination of the equivalence point
create a calibration dependency data, and use its equation to determine the content of the analyte
teaching methods
Knowledge
Interactive lecture
Seminar
assessment methods
Combined exam
Skills demonstration during practicum
Recommended literature
  • OPEKAR, F. Základní analytická chemie. Karolinum Praha, 2010. ISBN 978-80-2461-775-6.
  • SKOOG, D. A., WEST, D. M., HOLLER, F. J., CROUCH, S. R. Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry. Andover, Cengage Learning, Inc., 2012. ISBN 978-0-495-55828-6.
  • Volka, K.; Tkadlecová, M.; Záruba, K. Příklady z analytické chemie pro bakaláře. Praha: VŠCHT, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7080-743-9.
  • Záruba Kamil a kol. Analytická chemie 1. díl. VŠCHT Praha, 2016. ISBN 978-80-7080-950-1.
  • Záruba Kamil a kol. Analytická chemie 2. díl. VŠCHT Praha, 2016. ISBN 978-80-7080-951-8.


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University of West Bohemia, date of update: 26.07.2024 23:53. Data created for academic year 2024/2025