| Lectures and exercises |
hours |
| Topics |
Specific contents |
|
| Chemical Industrial Instrumentation |
Steps of an instrumental measurement. Choice and evaluation of an instrument. Examples of instrumental control in the industrial processes (quality of waters, quality of exhaust gases, ammonia production) |
2
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| Fundamentals of Chemiometry |
Definitions: accuracy, precision, sensibility, signal/noise ratio. Calibrations of instruments(primary and secondary standards. Calibrations for chemical analysis (standards addition method, internal standard method, external standard method). |
2
|
| Electroanalytical Methods |
Electrochemical cells. Potentials in electroanalytical cells and electrode potentials. Reference electrodes, Instruments for measuring cell potentials |
2
|
| Potentiometry |
Direct potenthiometric measurements. Membrane indicator Electrodes. The glass electrodes. Ion selective field effect transistors. Molecular selective electrodes Practical lesson: Potentiometric pH measurement with a glass electrode |
2
|
| Conductometry |
Experimental determination of electrolyte conductivity. Measure of concentration from conductivity measurements. Practical lesson: determination of conductivity of water. |
1
|
| Introduction to the Spectrometric Methods |
Electromagnetic radiation. The electromagnetic spectrum. Diffraction, refraction, reflection, scattering, polarization of radiation. Interaction radiation–matter. Emission spectra, Adsorption spectra, Relaxation processes. |
2
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| Techniques of Spectroscopic Analysis |
Components of instruments: sources of radiation, wave selectors, filters, monochromators, radiation transducers.
UV- Visible Spectroscopy: Description of instrumentation. Lambert-Beer’s low. Practical lesson: determination of ammonia and iron in water.
IR Spectroscopy: Theory and Instrumentation. Practical lesson
|
5
|
| Chromatografic Separation Methods |
Theory and applications. Gas chromatography and High Performance Liquid Chromatography. Component of a gaschromatograph: injectors, columns and detectors. Quantitative analysis. Practical lesson: chromatographic analysis of a gas mixtures; instruments for liquid chromatography . |
3
|
| Atomic Absorption and Mass Spectrometry |
Theory and applications. Instrumentation. |
2
|
| Temperature Measurement |
Introduction. Filled bulb and glass-stem thermometer. Thermocouples, Thermistors, Resistance temperature detectors. Radiation and infrared pyrometers |
3
|
| Pressure Measurement |
Introduction. Mechanical, pneumatic and electronic pressure sensors, Manometers. Vacuum sensors. |
3
|
| Flow Measurement |
Introduction, elbow taps, flow tubes, venture tubes, pitot tubes, rotameters, thermal mass flowmeters, magnetic flowmeters. |
2
|
| 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
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| Total hours for lectures and exercises |
31 |
| for exercises only |
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|
Further educational activities
|
hours
|
| Labs |
9 |
| Tutorials / Seminars |
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| Workshops |
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| Guided tours |
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| Total hours for further educational activities |
9 |
| Total hours |
40
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