Instrumental Methods of Chemical Analysis Syllabus for VTU BE/B.Tech Petrochem Engineering third sem complete syllabus covered here. This will help you understand complete curriculum along with details such as exam marks and duration. The details are as follows.
| Subject Code | 15PC34 | IA Marks | 20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Lecture Hours/Week | 04 | Exam Marks | 80 |
| Total Number of Lecture Hours | 50 | Exam Hours | 3 |
CREDITS – 04
COURSE OBJECTIVES: The students will
- The various modern analytical techniques like IR spectroscopy, AAS, Flame photometry, Radiochemical, Electrophoretic, Polarography, different chromatographic methods and other important topics are taught to enable the students to understand and apply the principles involved in the determination of different bulk drugs and their formulation. In addition to the theoretical aspects, the basic practical knowledge relevant to the analysis is also imparted.
| Content | Contact Hours | Blooms Taxonomy |
|---|---|---|
| Module -1 | _ | |
| General Introduction To Spectroscopy – Define Spectroscopy, Types of spectroscopy, Absorption spectrum, Emission spectra, Wave length and Wave number, Electromagnetic radiation, Visible spectrum, Stokes’s shift, Hypochromicity, transmittance. Introduction, basic principles and instrumentation – Infrared Spectroscopy, Flame Photometry, Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry | 10 Hours | L1, L2, L3 |
| Module -2 | _ | |
| 10 Hours | L1, L2, L3 | |
| Module -3 | _ | |
| Polarography: Principles of polarographic measurements, polarograms, Description and working of dropping mercury electrode. Current and concentrations relationship. Supporting electrolyte. Limiting current, half wave potential. Factors affecting half wave potential. Migration current, Residual current and diffusion current. Modes of operation. Rapid scan polarography, differential pulse polarography, sinusoidal a.c. polarography. Applications of polarography-Identification and determination of concentration of analyte. | 10 Hours | L1, L2, L3 |
| Module -4 | _ | |
| Introduction to Chromatography: Classification – Theory – distribution coefficient, rate of travel, retention time, retention volume, adjusted retention volume, specific retention volume, column capacity, separation number, peak capacity, shapes of chromatic peak, column efficiency, resolution, optimization of column performance, Chromatogram, Void volume. Thin Layer Chromatography: Stationary phase, mobile phase, sample application, development techniques – evaluation and documentation, advantages and disadvantages of TLC. | 10 Hours | L1, L2, L3 |
| Module -5 | _ | |
| Gas Chromatography: Principle, carrier gas, stationery phase, instrumentation, sample injection, column detectors (TCD, FID, ECD), effect of temperature on retention, qualitative and quantitative analysis. High Performance Liquid Chromatography: Principle, instrumentation, column, sample injection, detectors (absorbance, refractive index, electrochemical), mobile phase selection, ion pair chromatography. | 10 Hours | L1, L2, L3 |
Course Outcomes: At the end of the course students are able
- To apply their knowledge in developing the new methods for the determination and validate the procedures.
- The appreciable knowledge will be gained by the students in the Modern Analytical Techniques and can apply the theories involved in the Analysis of various bulk drugs and their formulations.
Graduate Attributes (as per NBA)
- Engineering Knowledge
- Problem Analysis
- Design/development of solutions (Partly)
- Interpretation of data.
Question paper pattern:
- The question paper will have Ten questions in total
- Each full question consists of 16 marks.
- There will be 2 full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
- Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a module.
- The students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each module.
Text Books:
- Spectrometric Identification of organic compounds, R.M. Silverstein and W.P. Webster, 6th Edition, Wiley & Sons, 1999.
- Instrumental Methods of Analysis, H.H.Willard, L.L. Merritt and J.A. Dean and F. A. Settle, CBS Publishers, 7th Edition, 1988.
Reference Books:
- Instrumental methods of Chemical Analysis, G.W. Ewing, 5th Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1988.
- Principles of Instrumental Analysis, Skoog, D.A, S.J. Holler, T.A. Nilman, 5th Edn., Saunders college publishing, London, 1998.
- Instrumental Methods of Chemical Analysis, Chatwal Anand, 3rd Edition ,Himalaya Publishing House,1986.
- Principles of Electroanalytical Methods, T. Riley and C. Tomilinsom, John Wiley and Sons, 2008.
- Instrumental Methods of Chemical Analysis, K. Sharma, Goel Publishing House Meerut 2000.
For all other BE/B.Tech 3rd Sem Subject syllabus do follow VTU 3rd Sem BE / B.Tech Syllabus CBCS (2015-16) Scheme for Petrochem Engineering Group.
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