Unit 1
Error Analysis and Sampling: Accuracy – Precision – Classification of Errors – Minimization of errors – Standard deviation – Coefficient of variance – F-test – t-test – Significant figures. Sampling – Basis of sampling, Sampling and physical state – Safety measures of sampling.
Separation Techniques: Brief out line of column, paper and thin layer chromatography – Ion exchange methods – principle and application – HPLC.
Unit 2
Gas chromatography – principle and applications – gel chromatography.
Electroanalytical techniques: Potentiometry – Potentiometric titration – determination of equivalence point – acid base, complexometric, redox and precipitation titrations – merits and demerits. Voltammetry – Cyclic voltammetry – basic principle and application – Polarography – introduction – theoretical principles – migration current – residual current – half wave potential – instrumentation – analytical applications.