Syllabus - Analytical & Industrial Instrumentation (EI 701)

Introduction to Chemical instrumental analysis, advantages over classical methods, Classification: Spectral, electro analytical and other separation methods, Laws of photometry (Beer and Lambert's law), Basic Components of analytical instruments.

Chromatography: Classification, Gas chromatography: principle, constructional details, GC detectors, Estimation of oxygen, hydrogen, methane, carbon dioxide, CO, etc. in binary or complex gas mixtures. Zirconia-probe oxygen analyser. Paramagnetic oxygen meters.

Colorimeters, spectrophotometers (UV-Visible), monochromators, filters, grating, prism, dual wavelength spectrophotometers. and double monochromator spectrophotometers, scanning systems, rapid IR

Flame Photometry: Principle, constructional details, flue gases, atomizer, burner, optical system, recording system. Atomic absorption spectrophotometers: Theoretical concepts, instrumentation: hollow cathode lamps, burners and flames, plasma excitation sources, optical and electronic system

Measurement of pH, Conductivity, particle counting, detection on the basis of scattering- Nephalometer, Laboratory Instruments: Centrifuge, oven, water bath, Incubators, stirrers, Densitometer

Mass Spectrometer (MS): Principle, ionization methods, mass analyzer types – magnetic deflection type, time of flight, quadruple, double focusing, detectors for MS, applications X-ray spectrometry: Instrumentation for X-ray spectrometry, X-ray diffractometer.