| Department of Natural Sciences
80 % Department of Food Science 10 % Department of Agricultural Sciences 10 % | |||||||||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | BSc. 2 year to MSc. 1 year | ||||||||||||||||
| Duration | One block | ||||||||||||||||
| Credits | 7.5 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||||
| Course Level | Joint BSc and MSc | ||||||||||||||||
| Examination | Final Examination written examination Written Exam in Lecturehall All aids allowed Description of Examination: Written exam 3hour and a final project report incl. presentation. Weight: The written exam 2/3. The project report incl. presentation 1/3. 13-point scale, internal examiner Dates of Exam: 06 April 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
| Requirement For Attending Exam | Reports from the different exercises and the project work needs to be accepted by the course teacher before final examination. 4 out of 5 needs to be accepted. | ||||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | The teaching comprises lectures, seminars, theoretical exercises and laboratory exercises. A larger laboratory project and a one-day excursion will be included. | ||||||||||||||||
| Block Placement | Block 3 Week Structure: C One afternoon per week | ||||||||||||||||
| Teaching Language | English | ||||||||||||||||
| Restrictions | 30 studerende | ||||||||||||||||
| Areas of Competence the Course Will Address | |||||||||||||||||
| Competences obtained within basic science: Comprehends the use of most common extraction, separation, and preconcentration techniques as well as the most common instrumental methods Knowledge of statistical sound handling of analytical chemical data Knowledge of the planning of experimental work involving quantitative analytical chemistry Understand identification and evaluation of the variables which are critical to the accuracy of analytical chemical methods Competences obtained within Ethics and Values: Is aware of critical evaluation of analytical chemical data in the literature Is aware of how to apply quality control / quality assurance measures | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Objectives | |||||||||||||||||
| The course objective is to introduce the participants to modern instrumental techniques and analytical approaches within environmental- and soil chemistry, food chemistry and plant biology. Basic skills are obtained for developing, validating and applying analytical methods to real world problems. Furthermore, the participants become familiar with methods for data processing, data analysis, statistical evaluation as well as quality control / quality assurance (QA/QC) measures. | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Contents | |||||||||||||||||
| The course topics include: An introduction to analytical chemistry: choice of analytical methodology, sampling, sample handling and preservation. Extraction methods such as liquid-liquid extraction, solid phase extraction, super-critical fluid extraction and accelerated solvent extraction. Cleanup and fractionation methods. Classical gravimetric and titrimetric methods of analysis. Separation methods. General theory of chromatography. Applications: thin layer chromatography (TLC), high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC), gas chromatography (GC) and capillary electrophoresis (CE). Detector types with focus on mass spectrometry and hyphenated techniques such as GC-MS and LC-MS. Introduction to spectroscopic methods (UV-VIS, IR, X-ray, atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) and inductive coupled plasma spectroscopy). Colorimetric and electrochemical methods. Introduction to data processing, errors in chemical analyses, statistical analyses (including chemometrics) and data presentation. Method development, evaluation, validation and QA/QC measures. Compulsory laboratory exercises comprise projects which involve sampling, extraction and cleanup, methods of analysis, data processing and data evaluation. | |||||||||||||||||
| Teaching And Learning Methods | |||||||||||||||||
| Lectures and theoretical exercises: The lectures will present the general chemical background of the measurement principles and instrumental techniques as well as theory on sampling, data processing, data analysis, quality assurance and method validation. Theoretical exercises: These exercises will train the students to carry out calculations on the data produced from different instrumental techniques including statistical analyses, reporting and QA/QC. Laboratory exercises: Laboratory exercises represent the heart of the course. Here, the participants train the different instrumental techniques and get used to analytical work in the laboratory. The laboratory exercises comprise 6 compulsory themes (first 6 weeks) plus one larger project. The subject of this project is selected by the students in collaboration with the course teachers (2 following weeks). The project is chosen in order to fulfil the interests and individual aims of the students. Theoretical and laboratory exercises are performed by groups of 2 - 3 students. Seminars: The seminars are used by the students for presentation of experimental projects. Seminars will be held at the end of the course. A 1-day excursion to a larger accredited laboratory is included in the course. | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Litterature | |||||||||||||||||
| Skoog D.A. et al. (newest edition): Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry. Course teachers: Study manuals for theoretical exercises and laboratory exercises Guidelines for method development, optimisation and validation. | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||||
| Jan H. Christensen, jch@life.ku.dk, Department of Basic Sciences and Environment/Soil and Environmental Chemistry, Phone: 35332456 Søren Husted, shu@life.ku.dk, Department of Agricultural Sciences/Plant and Soil Science, Phone: 35333498 Lars Nørgaard, lan@life.ku.dk, Department of Food Science, Phone: 35333212 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Study Committee LSN | |||||||||||||||||
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