Progression to level 5 award.

Library, standard lecture/tutorial room, laboratory equipped with large range of modern chemical analysis equipment. Laboratory practical schedules and module handbook.
Blackboard VLE

Minimum:
Chemical Analysis: Modern Instrumentation Methods and Techniques, Francis Rouessac and Annick Rouessac, Wiley 2007

1. DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE THEORY AND LIMITATIONS OF A WIDE RANGE OF MODERN ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT
Analysis
Enquiry
Subject Specific 2
Knowledge & Understanding
Problem Solving

2. OPERATE A WIDE RANGE OF MODERN ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT AND INTERPRET, CRITICALLY EVALUATE AND REPORT EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS
Communication
Enquiry
Problem Solving

3. WORK EFFECTIVELY AS PART OF A TEAM AND REFLECT ON SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
Communication
Learning
Reflection

In this module you will build on and expand your knowledge of analytical chemistry gained at Level 4. You will learn the principles that underpin a wide range of instrumental analytical techniques such as chromatography, atomic and molecular and atomic spectroscopy, infra-red and Raman spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, X-ray methods, thermal methods and electrochemical methods. In the laboratory sessions you will have the opportunity to apply your knowledge and understanding to the practical analysis of samples. In the lectures, and more especially in the practical sessions, conscious effort will be made to include subject specific applications”.

Students will be required to sit two chemistry exams (each weighted at 25% of the module), one taken at the end of each teaching block (LO1).
In the laboratory all work is to be recorded in a laboratory notebook (15%) of contemporaneous notes, observations, data collection and exercises. To supplement teaching in the laboratory students will be required to complete a laboratory report (1500 words) in semester two covering aspects of synthetic and/or analytical chemistry (LOs 1-2)

A demonstrator review of practical skills (10%) considering apparatus set-up, teamworking, communication, chemical understanding and approach to tasks. This will be undertaken on set practical sessions over the year.
(LOs 2-3)

- 52 x 1h lectures or tutorials to deliver and revise the core material
- 12 x 4h practical sessions to provide hands-on experience of the use of analytical instrumentation. Students will work in groups of about 4.
- 200 hours of independent study for guided reading, literature searching including electronic sources, gathering of material for the production of and writing of laboratory reports, and revision.

Chemical analysis is a critical skill - this module will introduce you to the state-of-the-art in analytical techniques and develop skills in analysing a range of forensically useful evidence.