Analytical Chemistry I

COURSE CURRICULUM 

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Course title

ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY I

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Code

HM-302

3.

Study curriculum

All study programs in chemistry

4.

Organizer of the curriculum (institute, department)

Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

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Degree (BSc, MSc, PhD)

BSc

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Academic year/semester

II/III

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ECTS points

8

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Lecturer

Prof. Dr. Jasmina Petreska Stanoeva

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Prerequisites

General chemistry

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Course objectives (competences):
Through the lectures students should become familiar with the theoretical foundations of analytical chemistry; through the lab and numerical exercises students should acquire a solid knowledge, laboratory skills and ability for qualitative analysis of unknown components (cations and anions) in solutions and solid samples with different composition, as well as for various theoretical calculations.

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Course content:
–    Introduction: analytics, classification, objectives, methods, steps of an analysis, handling with chemicals and equipment;
–    Qualitative analytical chemistry: classification of methods, sample preparation for analysis (turning into a solution), performing a complete qualitative analysis (preliminary tests, cation analysis, anion analysis)
–    Measurement of mass and volume and basic tools of analytical chemistry: numbers, units of measurement, significant figures;
–    Analysis, determination, measurement: techniques, methods, procedures, protocols
-       selection of an analytical method (accuracy, precision, sensitivity, selectivity, robustness, operation interval, equipment, time, cost)
-       developing a procedure (removal of Interferences, calibration and standardization, sampling, validation)
–    Аnalytical data analysis: characterization of measurements and results, characterization of experimental error, transfer of uncertainty
–    Fundamentals of chemical equilibrium: reversible reactions and chemical equilibrium, thermodynamics and equilibrium chemistry, using equilibrium constants, equilibrium constants for chemical reactions
–    Acid–base equilibria: theories of acids and bases, equilibria of monoproton and polyproton systems in water, activity, buffers, biological significance of buffers.
–    Sampling and sample preparation for analysis: draft sampling plan and its application, separation of analyte from interferences, general theory of separation efficiency, classification of separation techniques, liquid-liquid extractions
–    Gravimetric methods of analysis: overview of gravimetry, precipitation gravimetry, volatilization gravimetry, particulate gravimetry

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Teaching methods: lectures, laboratory classes, problem solving

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Total available time

240

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Time distribution

3+1+4 hours weekly (lectures: 45 hours;
problem solving: 15 hours; laboratory classes: 60 hours)

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Teaching methods distribution

15.1.

Teaching - lectures

45 hours

15.2.

Practicals (laboratory, problem solving), seminars, team work

75 hours

16.

Other activities

16.1.

Projects

10 hours

16.2.

Independent work

30 hours

16.3.

Homework

80 hours

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Grading methods

17.1.

Tests

80 points

17.2.

Seminars/projects (written/oral presentation)

/ points

17.3.

Activity

 20 points

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Grading scale (points/mark)

< 50 points

5 (five) (F)

51 to 60 points

6 (six) (E)

61 to 70 points

7 (seven) (D)

71 to 80 points

8 (eight) (C)

81 to 90 points

9 (nine) (B)

91 to 100 points

10 (ten) (A)

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Criteria for taking the final exam

Attendance at lectures and completed lab exercises

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Course language

Macedonian, English

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Teaching quality control

Anonymous surveys, questionnaires

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Literature

22.1.

Compulsory

No.

Author

Title

Publisher

Year

1.

D.A. Skoog, D.M. West, F.J. Holler, S.R. Crouch

Analytical Chemistry: An Introduction

Prosvetno delo, Skopje

2009

2.

D. Harvey

Modern Analytical Chemistry

Prosvetno delo, Skopje

2009

3.

Jasmina Petreska Stanoeva, Miha Bukleski, Marina Stefova

Numerical problems in analytical chemistry and instrumental analysis (in Macedonian)

UKIM

2020

22.2.

Additional

No.

Author

Title

Publisher

Year

1.

I. Donova, S. Petrovska-Jovanovikj, V. Trajkovska

Qualitative analytical chemistry – Practicum (in Macedonian)

PMF, Skopje

2010

2.

S. Petrovska-Jovanovikj, V. Trajkovska, V. Pavlova

Qualitative analytical chemistry – Practicum (in Macedonian)

PMF, Skopje

2010

3.

S. Petrovska-Jovanovikj

Analytical chemistry, theoretical foundations (in Macedonian)

PMF, Skopje

2009