Class Analysis Instruments and Methods

The main objective of the UC Instrumental Methods of Analysis is to provide students with knowledge within the scope of the main analytical methodologies used in the laboratory, enabling them to understand the fundamentals for the operation of these methodologies as well as the interpretation of the results obtained.

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Analytical Process. Objectives and methods. Uncertainty in the results. Types of errors. Estimate of the standard deviation. Methods of detection and minimization of systematic errors. Sampling. Introduction to instrumental methods. Calibration. Beer's Law and Deviations. Interference. Spectrophotometric methods. Molecular absorption in the UV / Vis. Atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Atomic emission spectrometry. Applications. Chromatographic methods. Fundamentals. Gas chromatography with ECD, FID and MS. High performance liquid chromatography with detection by UV / VIS and fluorescence. Applications. Conductimetric methods. Fundamentals. Equivalent conductance, conductance (or conductivity) ion equivalent. Ionic conductance equivalent to infinite dilution. Conductimetric titrations. Applications. Potentiometric methods. Reference electrodes, membrane and metal indicators. Calibration. Interference. Applications.

In this Curricular Unit, several laboratory activities will be carried out which, despite not being, in themselves, contemplated as innovative teaching methodologies, allow the consolidation of contents and the acquisition of practical skills. These activities allow the application of innovative teaching methodologies such as Problem Based Learning, which will be applied at the UC. Additionally, it is intended to use methodologies such as the Flipped Classroom.

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