CHEM 411
Advanced Analytical Chemistry
Fall 2026 · ENCH 411
Topics
- Advanced analytical instrumentation
- calibration strategies
- coupling to liquid chromatography
- mass-spectrometer components and analyzers
- isotope abundances and elemental composition
- GC–MS and LC–MS
- EI, chemical ionization, ESI and MALDI
- ambient ionization
- mass-spectrometry imaging.
Readings
- Recommended: Daniel C. Harris and Charles A. Lucy, Quantitative Chemical Analysis, 11th edition, W. H. Freeman & Company; previous editions acceptable. Course slides, practice problems and past-exam answers are supplied through onQ.
Fall 2022 · ENCH 411
Topics
- Chemical vaporization
- Hyphenation to liquid chromatography
- Mass spectrometry instrumentation (Weeks 7-8)
- ICP spectrometry and mass spectrometry applications: Oral presentations (Weeks 11-12)
- Analytical chemistry
- Learning
- Attention
Readings
- Recommended: Quantitative Chemical Analysis, 9th Ed., Daniel C. Harris, Freeman & Company (or other editions)
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Syllabus / course outline ↗Fall 2026
- Syllabus / course outline ↗Fall 2022
- Fall 2026. Recommended-text status and allowance for previous editions preserved.