Course content

Quantitative chemical analysis, acid-base and pH, solubility, chemical complexes, electrochemistry including potentiometry (on-selective electrodes, ISE) and photometry

Optics: Light, waves and energy, wave optics, optical instruments

Electronics: general electrics, semiconductors, circuitry

Uncertainty in quantitative analyses

Calibration of analysis

Learning outcome

Knowledge

The candidate has knowledge of * chemical and physical principles that underlie key methods in quantitative chemical analysis such as acid /base/pH, electrochemistry and photometry * electromagnetic radiation and optical components * instrumentation that is important for chemical analysis and medical laboratory technology * simple circuits * Sensitivity, uncertainty, accuracy and precision of analytical methods * how to find calculation formulas for calculating concentrations from measurements.

Skills

The candidate: *can carry out quantitative calculations in chemical analysis *can explain and interpret results from electrochemical instruments *is able to apply knowledge and make calculations on electromagnetic radiation and optical components and evaluate them *can perform calculations on simple circuits *can work accurately with chemical techniques, especially in quantitative analysis *can assess the sensitivity, uncertainty, accuracy and precision of analytical methods *can find and apply calculation formulas which includes measurement data.

General competence

The candidate has insight into chemical theory and the physical principles that are behind analytical methods used in laboratories, and can discuss the results probabability and reliability obtained from such.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures, laboratorycourses, theoretical and practical excercises with tutors. Total workload for each student will be about 200 hours. There will be about 80 scheduled hours with lectures, laboratorycourses and exercises.

Compulsory assignments

• Laboratory course
• Exercises

Specific conditions

Recommended previous knowledge

General Chemistry (TKJE1016)

Required previous knowledge

This course is restricted and reserved for registered students at the Bachelor program in Biomedical Laboratory Sciences, Trondheim.

Course materials

Electronic Version; Harvey, D.: Analytical Chemistry 2.1 Print Version; Harvey, D.: Analytical Chemistry ISBN 0-07-237547-7, McGraw-Hill Companies Tietz Fundamentals of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, 8th 2019 ISBN 978-0-323-53044-6, Elsevier, St Louis. Older editions can be used. Aylward & Finley; SI Chemical Data, 7.ed. J.Wiley&Sons Course material in optics og electronics will be published at the start of the semester

Credit reductions