Instrumental Methods of Analysis

Objectives

The curricular unit aims to provide the fundamentals in the field of  analytical chemistry techniques commonly used in the laboratory: spectroscopy, spectrometry and electrochemistry, but sometimes only in optics user. It is thus intended that the student understand the phenomena in its origin enabling them to intervene in the future, both in terms of technical development or in the interpretation of experimental data.

As specific objectives: i) the concept of electromagnetic radiation interaction with matter;  ii) fundamentals of atomic and molecular spectroscopy with a focus on UV-Vis, IR and Fluorescence iii)  basics of espectrophotometry, graphite furniture, flame, icp iv) fundamentals of electrochemical methods; v) Mass Spectrometry; VI) Other modern techniques as confocal and electronic microscopy.