🌟 Analytical Chemistry (2025–2026 Edition)

This university-level book offers a complete syllabus for students & educators seeking a detailed understanding of analytical principles, techniques, and modern applications. Designed for academic learning, this app provides unit-wise content, MCQs, & quizzes for better exam preparation.

🌟 Unit 1: Introduction to Analytical Chemistry
• Definition, scope & branches of analytical chemistry
• Classical vs modern analytical techniques
• Applications
• Role in QC & process monitoring
• Analytical chemistry in research & innovation
• Basic principles of measurement & observation
• Limitations & challenges
• Future trends & emerging methods

🌟 Unit 2: Sampling and Sample Preparation
• Importance of representative sampling
• Types of sampling: random, systematic, stratified
• Sample preservation & storage techniques
• Homogenization, grinding, & sieving
• Dissolution & extraction methods
• Pre-concentration techniques
• Separation methods prior to analysis
• Avoiding contamination & degradation
• Quality control in sampling

🌟 Unit 3: Errors and Evaluation of Analytical Data
• Types of errors: systematic, random, gross
• Accuracy, precision, & reproducibility
• Significant figures
• Calibration and standardization
• Statistical treatment of data
• Confidence intervals & error propagation
• Evaluation of method performance
• Detection & quantification limits
• Common pitfalls in data analysis

🌟 Unit 4: Volumetric Analysis
• Principles of titrimetric methods
• Acid-base titrations & indicators
• Redox titrations
• Complexometric titrations
• Precipitation titrations
• Back titration and applications
• Selection of titration methods
• End-point determination techniques
• Sources of error in volumetric analysis

🌟 Unit 5: Gravimetric Analysis
• Principles of gravimetric methods
• Types of precipitates & their properties
• Filtration & washing techniques
• Drying and ignition of precipitates
• Calculation of analyte from precipitate
• Factors affecting precipitate formation
• Purification of precipitates
• Common gravimetric methods & applications
• Advantages & limitations

🌟 Unit 6: Electroanalytical Methods
• Principles of electrochemistry in analysis
• Potentiometry & ion-selective electrodes
• Voltammetry & polarography
• Coulometry & amperometry
• Conductometric titrations
• Electrochemical sensors & biosensors
• Applications
• Advantages & limitations
• Instrumentation & setup for electrochemical analysis

🌟 Unit 7: Spectroscopic Methods
• Principles of spectroscopy
• UV-Visible spectroscopy & Beer-Lambert law
• Infrared spectroscopy (IR) & functional group analysis
• Atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS)
• Fluorescence spectroscopy
• Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy
• Mass spectrometry in analytical chemistry
• Applications in qualitative/quantitative analysis
• Limitations & troubleshooting in spectroscopy

🌟 Unit 8: Chromatographic Techniques
• Principles of chromatography
• Thin-layer chromatography (TLC) & applications
• Column chromatography & packing techniques
• High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
• Gas chromatography (GC) & detectors
• Ion-exchange chromatography
• Size-exclusion & affinity chromatography
• Applications in separation & purification
• Optimization & validation of chromatographic methods

🌟 Unit 9: Thermal and Miscellaneous Analytical Methods
• Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)
• Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
• Differential thermal analysis (DTA)
• Calorimetric methods in analysis
• Radiochemical methods
• Microscopy-based analysis
• Applications in materials and polymers
• Advantages & limitations of thermal methods
• Integration with other analytical techniques

✨This app is inspired by the authors:

G. D. Christian, G.D. Tuli, James Nolan, Maria Silva, and Kenji Ito, Sara Khan, Adeel Ahmad

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