Atomic and Molecular Absorption Spectrometry for Pollution Monitoring

Overview

The course materials consists of Introduction to Molecular Absorption Spectroscopy, Theoretical Principals of Absorptions Chromophotometric Contributions, Instrumentation, Optical benchmarking ,Practice of Spectrophotometry, Derivative Spectroscopy, Applications of Absorption Spectrometry to Real Systems, Ambient Air Monitoring, Industrial Effluents, Metal Ions, Continuous Monitoring and Bio Chemical Analysis.

Syllabus

Week 1 : Introduction to Atomic Structure and Periodic table
Week 2 : Interaction of matter with electro magnetic radiation, Types of Spectra
Week 3 : Theory of Spectrophotometry and Instrumentation
Week 4 : Quantitative analysis, photometric titrations, Turbidimetry and Nephelometry
Week 5: Fluorescence , phosphorescence , chemiluminescence
Week 6: Complementary Techniques for spectrophotometric finish
Week 7: Determination of B, F, Ca, Phenols, As, Hg, Mg, Fe, PO4, Nitrite
Week 8: Cd, Pb, Zn, Al, Cyanide, Sulphate, Ammonia