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 13386 (v.3) Analytical Chemistry 114
 
	| Area: | Department of Applied Chemistry |  
	| Credits: | 12.5 |  
	| Contact Hours: | 4.0 |  |  |  
	| ** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. ** |  |  |  
	| Lecture: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |  
	| Laboratory: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |  |  |  
	| Syllabus: | Spectrophotometry. Electromagnetic radiation - energy levels, absorption of radiation. Quantitative applications of visible spectrophotometry - complexation reactions, indirect methods. The spectrophotometer - radiation sources, intensity control, wavelength control, sample holders, detectors. Lambert-Beer Law - linearity, deviations, sample calculations, two component systems. Introduction to chromatography - partition and adsorption processes. Column chromatography - solvent polarities (elutropic series). Paper chromatography - Rf value, two-dimensional paper chromatography. Thin layer chromatography (TLC) - advantages over paper, spot visualisation. Gel permeation. Ion exchange chromatography. Gas chromatography - basic relationships and instrumentation. Sampling procedures. Column efficiency - theoretical plates, resolution, HETP and effect of carrier gas flow rate methods of improving column efficiency. effect of temperature. The column - packed and capillary columns - liquid phase requirements, selection. Detectors - mode of operation, sensitivity, stability, selectivity and linearity of flame ionisation, thermal conductivity and electron capture detectors. Qualitative and quantitative analysis. |  |  |  
	| ** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. ** |  |  |  
  | Field of Education: | 010500 Chemical Sciences  (Narrow Grouping) |     | Funding Cluster: | 08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying |     | SOLT (Online) Definitions*: | Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
 |     | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |  
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		| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Partially Online Internal | Area External | Central External | Fully Online |  
		| 2005 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y |  |  |  |  |  
	
		| Area External
 | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research. |  
		| Central External
 | refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |  
		| Partially Online
 Internal
 | refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External |  
		| Fully Online
 | refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External |  |  
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