Automation in Chemical Analysis 1200-1ZMACHW6
The lecture covers the following topics:
* Non-analytical automation (pre- and post-analytical).
* Role of mechanization and automation of analytical processes in modern chemical analysis (mainly in the case of clinical analysis, environmental protection and food quality control).
* Presentation of the concept and theoretical principles of flow, discrete and centrifugal analyzers as well as dry chemical analyzers. Various designs of measuring equipment (including detection systems) and applications in various areas of chemical analysis.
* Concept of analytical procedures miniaturization.
* Robotization in the analytical laboratory.
Type of course
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Learning outcomes
After finishing the course student:
- analyzes a possibilities of improvment of analytical procedures for routine applications of chemical analysis,
- recognizes possibilities of the use of different desings of mechanized instrumentation for analytical purposes,
- designs measuring systems for flow analysis with various detection methods,
- estimates possibilities and limitations of different concepts of improvments of analytical measurements.
Assessment criteria
Exam covers the following topics:
* The concept of mechanization and automation of analytical processes (advantages and disadvantages, possibilities of their implementation, impact on analytical parameters).
* Pre- and post-analytical automation
* Discrete and centrifuge analyzers: basics of operation, design solutions, examples of applications, advantages and disadvantages of use.
* Theoretical principles of flow analysis: the concept of dispersion and its model description (dimensionless parameters, Ramsing equation, Taylor convection-diffusion equation).
* Types of flow techniques (basic elements of construction, detection methods).
* Possibility of processing samples in discrete and flow analyzers
* Main features of analyzers intended for clinical, food and environmental analysis.
Practical placement
Professional training outside of the University is not needed for this course
Bibliography
1.M. Trojanowicz "Automatyzacja w analizie chemicznej" WNT, 1992.
2.B. Karlberg, G. E. Pacey "Wstrzykowa analiza przepływowa dla praktyków", WNT, 1994.
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