BPS2031 · Analytical methods 1: Principles and applications

Overview

Analytical Methods lays a foundation of knowledge for the analytical identification and quantitation of chemical entities used in the pharmaceutical and manufacturing industries. The unit provides the participant with basic principles and concepts of chemical equilibria, classical (titrimetric) methods of analysis, atomic and molecular spectroscopy (spectrochemical methods of analysis) and analytical separation (chromatographic) methodologies.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook lists an examination for this unit.

Final assessment (50%) and in-semester assessment (50%)

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Describe the analytical process and fundamental analytical concepts (e.g., selectivity, experimental error) and apply them to practical analytical measurements.
2. Quantitatively determine the chemical composition of aqueous electrolyte solutions using gravimetry and titrimetry and interpret the results in terms of theoretical models of chemical solution equilibria.
3. Explain the physical principles and instrumental characteristics of selected spectroscopic analytical techniques.
4. Apply theoretical principles of separation processes and chromatography to predict and rationalise the outcome of practical analytical separations;
5. Safely and competently conduct analytical measurements in the laboratory.

Workload

• Twelve 1-hour online preparation modules (discovery) • Twenty-four 1-hour lectures (online modules) • Twelve 2-hour Q&A sessions • Six 2-hour workshops • Six 4-hour laboratory classes • Eight hours of scheduled assessment

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.