Principles of Instrumentation
Principles of electrical measurements, elementary electronics, operational amplifiers, devices for measurement of current and voltage, transducers, design of digital and analog instruments, signals to noise ratio and signal enhancement techniques.
Complex Chemical Equilibria
Acid-base equilibria in polyprotic systems, buffer systems, metal-ligand complexes; theoretical equilibrium models, formation constants and analytical applications, design of reagents and speciation.
Analytical Separations
Separation equilibria and operational aspects of separation, solvent extraction, ion exchange chromotography; gas chromatography, liquid chromatography, high performance liquid chromatography and electrophoresis.
Electroanalytical Techniques
Coulometry; electrogravimetry, potentiostatic and amperostatic coulometry, polarography; DC polarography, pulsed polarography, cyclic voltammetry, amperometric techniques, potential sweep and step methods, controlled current techniques and hydrodynamic methods.
Analytical Spectroscopy
Molecular ultraviolet and visible absorption spectroscopy, molecular fluorescence, phosphorescence and chemiluminescence spectroscopy, atomic absorption, emission and fluorescence spectroscopic techniques based on flame and furnance atomization, arc, spark and plasma atomization, X ray spectroscopy, Fourier transformed spectroscopy.
Thermal Methods of Analysis
Thermogravimetry, Differential thermal analysis and differentiated scanning calorimetry, Thermochemical Analysis
Kinetic Methods of Chemical Analysis
Methods based on chemical kinetics, Radiochemical Methods of Analysis, Flow injection Analysis