3 ECTS credits
90 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 1010509BNR for all students in the 1st semester
at
a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.
- Semester
- 1st semester
- Enrollment based on exam contract
- Impossible
- Grading method
- Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
- Can retake in second session
- Yes
- Enrollment Requirements
- Students who want to enroll for this course, must have passed for "Analytical chemistry I".
- Taught in
- English
- Faculty
- Faculty of Science and Bio-engineering Sciences
- Department
- Chemistry
- Educational team
- Martine Leermakers
Marc Elskens
(course titular)
- Activities and contact hours
- 26 contact hours Lecture
- Course Content
Content (7 modules of 2 hrs)
- Performance Characteristics of instruments
- An introduction to spectrometric methods
- An introduction to chromatographic separations (Gas, Liquid and Supercritical Fluid chromatography)
- An introduction to Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS)
- An introduction to Isotope ratio Mass Spectrometry (IRMS)
- An introduction to Atomic X-Ray Spectrometry (XRF)
- An introduction to bioanalytical methods
This course is closely related to ‘Practicum Analytische Chemie’ (3 ECTS) en 'Projectwerk in Analytische Chemie en milieu (3 ECTS)
- Course material
- Digital course material (Required) : Alle ppt-files van de colleges zijn beschikbaar voor de studenten, Learning platform
Practical course material (Required) : Er worden enkele verwijzingen gemaakt naar tekstboeken die in de bibliotheek beschikbaar zijn
Digital course material (Required) : Alle pdf-files van wetenschappelijke artikels zijn beschikbaar voor de studenten, Learning platform
- Additional info
Notes consisting of the slides shown during the lectures and specific research papers
will be available via the learning platform (VUB)
Complementary study material
Books available in the library of AMGC research unit: Principles of Instrumental Analysis ISBN-13: 978-0495012016; Chemical Analysis: Modern Instrumentation Methods and Techniques DOI: 10.1021/ed085p373
For further information please contact Marc Elskens (melskens@vub.be)
- Learning Outcomes
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General competences
It is our objective that this course gives the student an introduction to the principles of spectroscopy chromatography and bioanalytical methods of analysis. With careful and thorough study, the student will discover the kinds of instruments that are commonly used in the fields of analytical and geochemistry, as well as their strengths and limitations.
- Grading
-
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
- Oral exam
with a relative weight of 1
which comprises 100% of the final mark.
Note: Het examen is een mondelinge ondervraging van 20 tot 30 minuten, waarvoor de studenten hun antwoorden schriftelijk hebben kunnen voorbereiden gedurende 30 minuten.
Tijdens het mondeling deel worden er meestal conceptuele verduidelijkingen gevraagd en soms bijkomende vragen gesteld.
- Additional info regarding evaluation
Oral assessment after written preparation of the answers.
Additional questioning during the oral part is possible
- Allowed unsatisfactory mark
- The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.
Academic context
This course offer isn't part of a fixed set of graduation requirements. Hence, it is a free elective.