Instrumental Analysis

Professor Salim. M. Diab

SPRING 2002

Introductions to the Most Common Methods of Instrumental Analysis
Overview of Spectroscopy:
http://www.chem.vt.edu/chem-ed/courses/spec/intro.html

Overview of the course:
http://www.chem.vt.edu/chem-ed/ac-meths.html

Table of Contents:
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Data Acquistion and Electronics - Introduction to DAQ and basic electronic components.
Data Handling - Error, calibration, and statistics.
Electrochemistry - Potentiometry and voltammetry.
Imaging - Optical, electron, and scanning microscopies.
Mass Spectrometry - Ionization techniques and mass analyzer designs.
Materials & Surface Analysis - Cross index of methods.
Optics - Basic optics.
Sensors - Cross index.
Separations - Extraction, chromatography and electrophoresis.
Spectroscopy - Theory and instrumentation.
Thermal Methods - Definitions of TG, DTA, and DSC.
Wet Methods - Gravimetry, titration, and standards.

1. Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR):

http://www.astronomynotes.com/

2. UV/VIS and IR Spectroscopy

http://web.chem.ucla.edu/~harding/cfqpp/IR/IR.html#Practice%20Problems
http://chipo.chem.uic.edu/web1/ocol/spec/IR.htm (tutorial)
3. NMR Spectroscopy
http://www.wfu.edu/~ylwong/chem/nmr/h1/(H-NMR)
http://www.wfu.edu/%7Eylwong/nmr/c13/ (carbon NMR)
http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/local/nmr/ (H-NMR, IR, MS Tutor)
http://www.cis.rit.edu/htbooks/nmr/nmr-main.htm (FT-NMR)
http://science.widener.edu/svb/nmr/nmr.html (NMR General)
FT-NMR.html.ppt
http://chipo.chem.uic.edu/web1/ocol/spec/NMR.htm(tutorial)

4. Mass Spectrometry

http://chipo.chem.uic.edu/web1/ocol/spec/MS.htm (tutorial)
http://ull.chemistry.uakron.edu/gcms/ (tutorial)

5. Separations

http://ull.chemistry.uakron.edu/chemsep/index.html (Great Tutorial on Separation techniques)
http://members.kr.inter.net/guesu/ (GC )
High-performance liquid hromatography(HPLC)
http://kerouac.pharm.uky.edu/ASRG/HPLC/hplcmytry.html(HPLC)
 
  • Notes on how to write a laboratory notebook.

    • EXERCISES
    http://www.chem.wisc.edu/~concept/spectro.html (quiz in NMR)
    http://www.chem.vt.edu/chem-ed
    http://www.chem.uic.edu/web1/OCOL-II/WIN/SPEC.HTM (organic IR,NMR,MS)
    http://www.chem.ucla.edu/~webspectra/ (NMR)
    http://www.nd.edu/~smithgrp/structure/workbook.html (organic Structure Elucidation)
    http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/name-ser.htm (NIST database search)
    http://www.shu.ac.uk/schools/sci/chem/tutorials/ (Spectroscopy tutorial/exercises)
    http://www.chem.uni-potsdam.de/tools/index.html (Spectral Tools)
    http://rainier.chem.plu.edu/fid_archive.html (FT-NMR Free Induction Decay Archive)
    http://www.aist.go.jp/RIODB/SDBS/menu-e.html (Integrated Spectral Data - Excellent Search site)

    RESOURCES
    http://www.sci.ouc.bc.ca/chem/c_links/orgspectro.html
    http://www.galactic.com/spconline
    http://www.anachem.umu.se/cgi-bin/pointer.exe?Courses

    Interactive Tutorials:(Animations, Videos, and Gifs)
    http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/tutorials/index.html
    http://www.shsu.edu/~chm_tgc/sounds/sound.html


    e-mail:  sdiab@stfrancis.edu