301619 VO Analytical Chemistry 1 for Biologists (2024S)

Aim of the lecture course: Understanding the principles on qualutative and quantitative analytical chemistry: This includes mastering stoechiometry and quantitative thinking (handling numerical quantities!) in chemistry. Many instrumental methods and techniques are based on simple physical and chemical principles, including acid-base reactions, redox-chcemistry, electro-chemisty or optical absorbtion/emission. Understanding and mastering these principles should allow students to recognize advantages and dis-advantages of such methods as well as their limitations. They should understand why a particular technique is well-suited or unsuited for a specific problem and be able to apply the knowledge acquired in the lecture course to similar problems.
Contents:Principles of Analytical Chemistry e.g. Quantitative Chemistry (quantities AND their units), Stoechiometry, Chemical Equilibria, Acid-base and redox-reactions and their application in Analytical Chemistry, Fractionation and Separation methods and their importance in chromatography and electrophoresis, Instrumental methods: UV/Vis, IR, Raman, MassSpectrometry and NMR, Statistics, calibration and propagation of errors.