Analytical Techniques
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The official GTU curriculum for Analytical Techniques (subject code 2133502) as prescribed for Env. Sci. Tech · Semester 3 divides the course into 6 units, covering 49 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2133502)Unit 1 Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry
- Concept of quality: Definition of quality
- Quality control & assurance, TQM
- Correlation between quality & analysis
- steps & types of chemical analysis
- Stoichiometry & expression of concentration
Unit 2 Theory of errors
- Sources & classification of errors
- Statistical treatment of analytical data & presentation of result
- Sampling of solids
- liquids & gases
- Evaluation & validation of analytical methods
- Good laboratory practices
Unit 3 Chromatographic methods
- Introduction & classification of chromatography
- instrumentation & applications of the following chromatographic techniques: (i) Column chromatography (ii) TLC (iii) Paper chromatography (iv) GC (v) HPLC
Unit 4 UV-Visible Spectroscopy
- Theory of UV- Visible Spectroscopy & colourimetry
- Beer Lambert law, Deviation from Beer Lambert law
- Infrared Spectroscopy: Introduction
- Infrared radiation & its interaction with organic molecules
- vibrational mode of bonds
- instrumentation & applications
- interpretation of IR spectra
- Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy: Introduction
- Theory & Instrumentation
- chemical shift concept
- spin spin coupling
- isotopic nuclei
- reference standards & solvents
- Mass spectrometry: Basic principles & brief outline of instrumentation
- Ion formation
- molecular ion, meta stable ion, fragmentation process in relation to molecular structure & functional groups
Unit 5 Volumetric analysis
- Acid base titrations: Indicators
- Oxidation-reduction titrations
- Complexation using ligands
- complexometric titration with EDTA
- metal ion indicators
- simple calculations
- analysis of Na2CO3
- Solder etc
Unit 6 Quantitative analysis. Precipitation, types of precipitates,
- co precipitation
- conditions for precipitation
- precipitation from homogeneous solution
- Gravimetric determination of Fe, Ni & Cu, calculations.TGA ReferenceBooks: 1
- Instrumental Methods of Chemical Analysis, E
- McGraw Hill
- NewYork. 4th Ed, 1975 2
- Instrumental Methods of Analysis, B
- Goel Publishing house. 3
- Elementary Organic Spectroscopy
- S.Chand & company Ltd
- New Delhi 2008
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