Who Should Attend
This two-day course is designed for anyone whose job involves making chemical measurements and is relevant to many types of people in various of industries. The course is well suited to people who are new to making chemical measurements or who don’t have formal training in analytical chemistry. Managers and supervisors that need to better understand the chemical measurements taking place in their labs will find this course a useful refresher.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, attendees will:
- Learn how to make your analyses faster, better, and cheaper
- Advance your career by learning how to become a chemical problem solver
- Learn the 3 variables used to optimize analyses
- Learn how to quantitate and minimize measurement error
- Understand how to develop quality calibrations and apply them properly
- Learn how a chromatograph works, and how to improve your separations
- Discover how spectrometers analyze for atoms and molecules and how to use them to solve industrial problems
- Learn how to use a spectrometer to quantitate the concentrations of atoms and molecules in samples
Course Description This course is an introduction to the science of chemical measurements. Participants will learn how to properly make measurements and record them, see how to measure the important physical and chemical properties of samples and learn how to quantitate and minimize measurement error. These important ideas are then used to teach you how to obtain accurate calibrations and use them properly.
The balance of the course is an introduction to instrumental methods. Attendees will discover how chromatographs purify and quantify gas and liquid samples, and how the techniques of Infrared spectroscopy, UV/Vis spectroscopy, and Mass Spectrometry are used to identify and quantitate molecules in samples. Additionally, participants will learn how to perform elemental analyses via Atomic Absorption and Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) spectrometry. The course wraps up with strategies for choosing the right technique for a given analysis. In-class exercises and homework will be used to increase the retention of knowledge.