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CHEM 3AA3

INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS

Undergraduate

Winter 2025 · C01

Topics

  • environmental sampling and sample preparation
  • quality assurance / quality control
  • molecular optical spectrometry: UV-Vis absorbance and fluorescence
  • atomic optical spectrometry: absorption and emission
  • mass spectrometry (MS): atomic/molecular MS, ion sources, mass analyzers
  • separation theory: introduction
  • gas chromatography and GC-MS
  • liquid chromatography and LC-MS
  • analytical chemistry and environmental justice
  • group project—mapping environmental pollution across Hamilton

Readings

  • Quantitative Chemical Analysis
    Daniel C. Harris and Charles A. Lucy · Required
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