Analytical Chemistry

This course allows the student to acquire specific knowledge regarding the use of complex instruments for general use in all chemical analysis laboratories, learning to manage analytical instruments of different complexity. The student will acquire the principles of good laboratory practice and quality management and control, as well as the main rules regarding the validation of analytical methodologies and protocols.
Experience will also be gained in planning (through experimental design) and in the subsequent development of analytical methodologies for different applications such as the study of materials, environmental and cultural heritage protection, life sciences. The student will also be able to discuss the analytical results also on the basis of the statistical analysis of the results, through chemometric techniques. Finally, the student will develop teamwork skills, dividing tasks and responsibilities; will operate in the laboratory according to safety standards; will solve the problems inherent in experimental studies; will be able to compare different methods in order to choose the most appropriate one in relation to the sample to be analysed; will respect the protocols and schedules established for the laboratory activity.

- Solving problems inherent to the sampling and pre-treatment of the matrices to be analysed.
- Acquiring detailed specific knowledge regarding the characteristics and functioning of complex analytical instruments used in chemical analysis laboratories, for the characterization of different matrices and for the identification of pollutants present even at the trace level.
- Using statistical and IT methods for Quality Control, Experimental Design, Chemometric techniques.
- Comparing different methods in order to choose the most appropriate one in relation to the sample to be analysed.
· Formulating analyses' protocols.