| Lectures and exercises |
hours |
| Topics |
Specific contents |
|
| Temperature measurement |
Introduction, filled bulb and glass-stem thermometer, bimetallic thermometers, thermocouples, thermistors, resistance temperature detectors, radiation and infrared pyrometers |
4
|
| Pressure Measurement |
Introduction, mechanical, pneumatic and electronic pressure sensors, manometers, vacuum sensors |
2
|
| Flow measurement |
Introduction, elbow taps, flow tubes, Venture tubes, Pitot tubes, rotameters, thermal mass flowmeters , magnetic flowmeters |
3
|
| Level Measurement |
Introduction, displacer level devices, float level devices, differential pressure level devices, bubblers, resistance level sensors, conductivity level sensors, ultrasonic level detectors, optical level sensors, radiation level sensors, density/weight level sensors |
2
|
| Introduction to the Spectrometric Methods |
General properties of electromagnetic radiation, wave properties of electromagnetic radiation, wave parameters, the electromagnetic spectrum, diffraction of radiation refraction of radiation, reflection, scattering, polarization of radiation, quanto-mechanical properties of radiation, duality wave-particle, the photoelectric effect, interaction radiation–matter,energy stats of chemical species, emission spectra, adsorption spectra, relaxation processes. |
4
|
| Instrumentation for the spectrometric analysis |
Components of instruments, sources of radiation, continuum sources, laser, wave selectors, interference an absorption filters, grating and prism monochromators; radiation transducers: photon and thermal transducers (photocells, phototubes, photomultiplier tubes, thermocouples, balometers.
UV- visible Spectroscopy: nature of electronic transitions, (s, p, ,n, d, f, charge transfer), types of instrumentations, the magnitude of molar absorbitivities, Lambert-Beer’s low. Laboratory practice: determination of Ammonia and nitrates in waste waters. |
4
|
| IR Spectroscopy |
Theory of infrared absorption Spectrometry, dipole change, types of molecular vibrations, mechanical model of vibration in diatomic model, quantum treatment of vibrations, vibration modes, infrared sources and transducers, infrared instruments, dispersive instruments, Fourier Transform Spectrometers, instruments for analysis of gaseous mixture. Laboratory practice. |
4
|
| Chemiluminescence Spectroscopy |
Fluorescence and Phosphorescence Spectrometry. Fundamentals of theory and instrumentation. |
1
|
| Atomic Absorption Spectrometry |
Theory and application,instrumentations. |
2
|
| Mass Spectrometry |
Theory, instrumentation, applications, practice. |
4
|
| Separation Methods |
Theory and applications, gas chromatography and high performance liquid chromatography. Instrumentation: injectors, columns, and detectors. Quanatitative analysis. Laboratory practice on analysis of gaseous mixtures |
4
|
| Electrochemical methods |
pH sensor |
2
|
| Total hours for lectures and exercises |
36 |
| for exercises only |
36 |
|
Further educational activities
|
hours
|
| Labs |
6 |
| Tutorials / Seminars |
|
| Workshops |
|
| Guided tours |
|
| |
|
| Total hours for further educational activities |
6 |
| Total hours |
42
|