Selected Chapters of Instrumental Analysis

COURSE CURRICULUM

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Course title

SELECTED CHAPTERS OF INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS

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Code

HM-802

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Study curriculum

Applied Chemistry

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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

IV/VIII

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ECTS points

6

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Lecturer

Prof. Dr. Igor Kuzmanovski

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Prerequisites

Instrumental analytical methods

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Course objectives (competences):
Obtaining profound knowledge of instrumental techniques studied in previous courses of instrumental analysis and introducing new techniques used for qualitative and quantitative chemical analysis.

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Course content:
Infrared spectroscopy, Near infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, atomic absorption spectroscopy, atomic emission spectroscopy with inductively coupled plasma, X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, atomic fluorescence spectrometry, molecular fluorescence and phosphorescence spectroscopy.

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Teaching methods: lectures, laboratory classes, problem solving

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Total available time

180

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Time distribution

2+1+3 hours weekly (lectures: 30 hours;
problem solving: 15 hours; laboratory classes: 45 hours)

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Teaching methods distribution

15.1.

Teaching - lectures

30 hours

15.2.

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

60 hours

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Other activities

16.1.

Projects

30 hours

16.2.

Independent work

30 hours

16.3.

Homework

30 hours

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Grading methods

17.1.

Tests

70 points

17.2.

Seminars/projects (written/oral presentation)

10 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.

Frank Settle (ed.)

Handbook of Instrumental Techniques for Analytical Chemistry

Prentice Hall

1997

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

Analytical Chemistry: An Introduction (in Macedonian)

Prosvetno delo, Skopje

2009

3.

D. Harvey

Modern Analytical Chemistry
(in Macedonian)

Prosvetno delo, Skopje

2009

22.2.

Additional

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Author

Title

Publisher

Year

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