Course Content (Syllabus)
Types and composition of samples. Sampling, sample preservation, loss of sample ingredients. Sample pretreatment techniques. Wet digestion techniques with acids and mixtures. Fusion, dry ashing, oxygen plasma ashing. Effect of microwaves and radiation. Special devices for the dissolution of solid and liquid materials. Methods for chemical analysis of water (drinking, seawater), minerals and rocks (limestone, chromite), siliceous materials (ceramics, glass, cement), metals and alloys (brass and steel). Applications of separation, spectroscopic, electrochemical and automatic techniques in chemical analysis of various materials and substrates, and laboratory exercises.