schedule

14-03-11         Introduction on molecular spectroscopy and separation methods. Electronic spectroscopy. UV-visible absorption spectroscopy. Basic instrumentation of UV-vis spectroscopy.

21-03-11         Applications of UV-vis spectroscopy. Beer's law and quantitative analysis. Absorption in the visible. Colored compounds. Fluorescence spectroscopy. Fluorescent compounds and their detection.

28-03-11         Fourier Transform Infra Red (FTIR) spectroscopy. Harmonic oscillator model of molecular vibrations. Stretch and bending vibrations.

04-04-11         Shape of IR bands and their interpretation. Instrumentation in FTIR. Sampling techniques in FTIR: reflection spectroscopy, ATR, diamond cell.

11-04-11         Mass spectromentry (MS). Basic MS ionization modes: electron impact, chemical ionization, electrospray. Detection of molecular ion and fragmentation modes.

18-04-11         Easter Holidays

25-04-11         Easter Holidays

02-05-11         Study of crystalline solids with X-Ray Diffraction (XRD). Crystallographic directions and planes. Miller indices.

09-05-11         The diffraction phenomenon. Bragg's law. Shape and interpretation of X-Ray spectra.

16-05-11         Scanning Electronic Microscopy (SEM). Backscattered and secondary electrons. Image formation. Elemental analysis with SEM-EDAX.

23-05-11         Identification of compounds with combined spectroscopic techniques. Specific problems applied on materials of museum objects.

30-05-11         Separation Techniques. Chromatographic analysis. Stationary and mobile phases. Classification of chromatographic techniques.

06-06-11         Gas chromatography (GC). Column types and temperature programming. Detectors in GC. GC-MS

13-06-11         Liquid chromatography. HPLC. Column and pump types. Detectors in  HPLC. Plane chromatography. Thin layer and paper chromatography.

Instrumental Chemical Analysis

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Materials Science ΙΙ

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