Courses & Units

Instrumental Chemistry KRA306

Launceston

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Introduction

This is a Semester 2 unit conducted as an introduction to the fundamentals of instrumental analytical chemistry. The unit will be taught over 13 weeks in 2015 to give a total of about 26 lectures and 4 less-formal teaching sessions. Thirteen lectures are allocated to instrumental techniques that focus primarily on organic analysis (gas chromatography and high performance liquid chromatography, including ion chromatography) and thirteen lectures focus on trace analysis of metals in solution (electrochemical and atomic spectroscopic techniques).

Summary

Unit name	Instrumental Chemistry
Unit code	KRA306
Credit points	12.5
College/School	College of Sciences and Engineering School of Natural Sciences
Discipline	Chemistry
Coordinator	Professor Michael Breadmore
Available as student elective?	Yes
Level	Advanced

Availability

Location	Study period	Attendance options		Available to
Launceston	Semester 2	On-Campus		International	Domestic

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Key Dates

Study Period	Start date	Census date	WW date	End date
Semester 2	11/7/2022	9/8/2022	29/8/2022	16/10/2022

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Learning Outcomes

demonstrate an understanding of the chemical principles and theory of a number of methods of contemporary instrumental analysis, and, for each technique, be able to describe its instrumentation and methodology; its uses and applications; its advantages, disadvantages, limitations, sources or error, accuracy, sensitivity and sample requirements.
demonstrate basic practical expertise in the use of a number of instrumental techniques for quantitative and qualitative analysis.
select a particular technique, method or instrument capable of solving a given problem taking into account the complexity of the materials to be analysed, the concentration of the species of interest, the number of samples and the accuracy required.

Field of Education	Commencing Student Contribution ¹	Grandfathered Student Contribution ¹	Approved Pathway Course Student Contribution ²	Domestic Full Fee
010599	$1,002.00	$1,002.00	not applicable

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Requisites

Prerequisites

KRA201 OR KRA223

Teaching

Teaching Pattern	2 x 1-hr lectures weekly, 1 x 1-hr tutorial weekly, and 1 x 4-hr practical weekly (11 weeks)
Assessment	Lab reports (30%)\|Test (10%)\|Examination (60%)
Timetable	View the lecture timetable \| View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required	Required readings will be listed in the unit outline prior to the start of classes.
Links	Booktopia textbook finder

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