CHEM13027  Analytical Instrumentation

Offered Autumn term every odd year.

The following analytical techniques are studied: X-ray fluorescence; source applications, sample preparation; electroanalytic techniques; cells, potentials, reference electrodes, electrode types, ion-selective electrodes: chromatographic techniques; HPLC, ion chromatography, gas chromatography theory and practice, identification by gas chromatography, analysis of variance, regression, optimisation methods: computing and computer control of instrumentation. Distance education students will be required to attend a residential school for this course.