The course focuses on the description and application of fundaments on analytical methodology and reasoning, together with some instrumental techniques. Lectures aim to build up analytical chemical knowledge with basic theory. In the laboratories, the student gains practical experience in the use and handling of instruments for measurements with potentiometry, spectroscopy, chromatography and mass spectrometry. The content of the course is also applied in an environmental chemistry laboratory project that includes sampling, sample preparation and analysis using various analysis techniques (voltammetry, chromatography and spectroscopy). In the project, aspects of sustainable development will also be discussed. Special emphasis is placed on how experimental data is processed and presented in diagrams and how the results are described linguistically in a technical report.
CK1290 Analytical Chemistry 4.0 credits
The course focuses on the description and application of general analytical methodology and reasoning, together with some instrumental techniques. Lectures aim to build up analytical chemical knowledge with basic theory. In labs, the student gains practical experience in the use and handling of instruments for measurements with potentiometry, spectroscopy, chromatography and mass spectrometry. The content of the course is also applied in an environmental chemistry laboratory project that includes sampling, sample preparation and analysis using different analytical techniques (voltammetry, chromatography and spectroscopy). In the project, aspects of sustainable development will also be discussed. Special emphasis is placed on how experimental data is processed and presented in diagrams and how the results are described linguistically in a technical report.
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Information for Spring 2025 Start 17 Mar 2025 programme students
- Course location
KTH Campus
- Duration
- 17 Mar 2025 - 2 Jun 2025
- Periods
- P4 (4.0 hp)
- Pace of study
25%
- Application code
60106
- Form of study
Normal Daytime
- Language of instruction
Swedish
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Course syllabus CK1290 (Autumn 2023–)Content and learning outcomes
Course contents
Intended learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student should be able to:
- Describe and apply the techniques of spectroscopy, chromatography, mass spectrometry and electroanalytical methods for chemical analysis.
- Be able to carry out sampling and sample preparation and choose the right analytical methodology for a given problem related to sustainable development, as well as generate, describe and discuss experimental results in a written report.
Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites
Basic eligibility: Upper secondary school before 1 July 2011 and upper secondary adult education before 1 July 2012
Special eligibility: Mathematics E, Physics B and Chemistry A. In each of the subjects, the grade Pass or 3 is required.
Upper secondary school from 1 July 2011 and upper secondary adult education from 1 July 2012 (Gy2011)
Special eligibility: Physics 2, Chemistry 1 and Mathematics 4. In each of the subjects, a minimum grade of pass is required.
Recommended prerequisites
Equipment
Literature
Examination and completion
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Grading scale
Examination
- LAB1 - Laboratory work, 1.0 credits, grading scale: P, F
- PRO1 - Project, 1.0 credits, grading scale: P, F
- TEN1 - Written exam, 2.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
Opportunity to complete the requirements via supplementary examination
Opportunity to raise an approved grade via renewed examination
Examiner
Ethical approach
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.