COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SAMPLE PREPARATION TECHNIQUES IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KIM 5081 SAMPLE PREPARATION TECHNIQUES IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MELEK MERDIVAN

Offered to

Chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry

Course Objective

This course aims to inform the importance of accurate sample preparation techniques. Selected components will be analyzed in the matrix analysis technique has to be properly prepared. Therefore, depending on the course, extraction techniques for organic and inorganic analytes, sample pretreatment in microscopy, surface enhancement as a sample preparation tool in Raman and IR spectroscopy and related topics will be discussed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to learn sample preparation methods for metals and organic compounds in solid and liquid matrices, sampling in Raman and IR spectroscopy.
2   To be able to classify the extraction and enrichment methods and develop the analytical abilities and criticize arguments.
3   To be able to explain the measurement process, errors in quantitative analysis, method validation, quality control in sample preparation.
4   To be able to analyzed components selected in the matrix and interpreted the results from the analysis.
5   To be able to discuss the extraction techniques for organic and inorganic analytes, sample pretreatment in microscopy.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Measurement process, qualitative and quantitative analysis, errors in quantitative analysis
2 Method performance and method validation, preservation of samples
3 Extraction and enrichment in sample preparation, principles of extraction, liquid-liquid extraction
4 Liquid-solid extraction, solid phase extraction
5 Sorbent selection and recovery and recent advances in solid phase extraction
6 Solid phase microextraction, sorbents, sorbent selection, recent advances in techniques
7 Method comparison I
8 Method comparison II
9 Extraction of semivolatile organic compounds from solid matrices
10 Extraction of volatile organic compounds from solids and liquids
11 Preparation of samples for metal analysis
12 Sample preparation for microscopic and spectroscopic characterization of solid surfaces and films
13 Surface enhancement by sample preparation techniques in infrared spectroscopy.
14 Surface enhancement by sample preparation techniques in raman spectroscopy.

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Sample Preparation Techniques in Analytical Chemistry, Edited By: Somenath Mitra, John Wiley and Sons, 2003
2. Sampling Techniques, W. G. Cochran, John Wiley & Sons, 1963
3. Sampling Problems for the chemical analysis of sludge, soils, & plants, Elsevier, 1986

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, class presentation and discussion format. All class members are expected to attend and both the lecture and seminar hours and take part in the discussion sessions. Besides the taught lecture, group presentations are to be prepared by the groups assigned for that week and presented to open a discussion session.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to at least 70% for the lectures is an essential requirement of this course and is the responsibility of the student. It is necessary that attendance to the lecture and homework delivery must be on time. Any unethical behavior that occurs either in presentations or in exams will be dealt with as outlined in school policy. You can find the undergraduate policy at http://web.deu.edu.tr/fen

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

DEU Science Faculty Chemistry Deparment
e-mail: melek.merdivan@deu.edu.tr
Tel: 0 232 3018693

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 40 40
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for Final Exam 1 50 50
Mix-term 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 208

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.13
LO.25
LO.34
LO.44
LO.53