| Department of Natural Sciences
80 % Department of Food Science 5 % Department of Agricultural Sciences 15 % | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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 and oral examination Written Exam in Lecturehall All aids allowed Description of Examination: 3 hours written examination and 15 - 20 min oral examination of practical aspects of analytical chemistry. The latter is based on laboratory exercises Weight: The written exam 2/3. Oral examination of practical aspects 1/3. 7-point scale, internal examiner Dates of Exam: 11 April 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Requirement For Attending Exam | Minimum 75% of the reports from the laboratory exercises need to be accepted by the course teacher before final examination. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | The teaching comprises lectures (28 h), seminars (8 h) theoretical exercises (28 h) and laboratory exercises (24 h). A one-day excursion will be included (8 h). | ||||||||||||||||||
| Block Placement | Block 3 Week Structure: C Wednesday afternoons (week 1 - 6) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Teaching Language | English | ||||||||||||||||||
| Restrictions | 30 students | ||||||||||||||||||
| Areas of Competence the Course Will Address | |||||||||||||||||||
| Competences obtained within basic science: Comprehends the important parameters for developing, validating and applying new analytical methods in different fields of research Comprehends the use of solid data processing and evaluation of analytical data Knowledge of sampling techniques, sample preparation and preconcentration Knowledge of the chemical theory behind and use of modern instrumental techniques for quantitative chemical analysis 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 assessment and quality control measures | |||||||||||||||||||
| Course Objectives | |||||||||||||||||||
| The course objective is to give the participants a general understanding of analytical chemistry. The participants are introduced to modern instrumental techniques and analytical approaches within e.g. environmental and 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 and quality assurance | |||||||||||||||||||
| Course Contents | |||||||||||||||||||
| The course topics include: An introduction to analytical chemistry: choice of analytical methodology, sampling, sample preparation, chemical analysis, tools for quantitative chemical analysis, quality assurance. Extraction methods such as liquid-liquid extraction, solid phase extraction, super-critical fluid extraction and accelerated solvent extraction. Cleanup and fractionation methods. Introduction to Chromatography, high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC), gas chromatography (GC) and other chromatographic methods. 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 mass spectrometry). 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. Theoretical and laboratory exercises are performed by groups of 2 or 3 students. A 1-day excursion to a larger accredited laboratory is included in the course. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Learning Outcome | |||||||||||||||||||
| Stipulated in "Areas of Competence the Course Will Address" | |||||||||||||||||||
| Course Litterature | |||||||||||||||||||
| Daniel C. Harris (seventh edition): Quantitative Chemical Analysis. Course teachers: Compendium for laboratory exercises and handouts | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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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