This course provides a comprehensive introduction to various characterisation methods that are applied to inorganic chemical systems. This course examines the characterisation of molecular structures in solution by different experimental techniques. These techniques include: Thermogravimetry Analysis (TGA), Differential Thermal Analysis (DTA) and
Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Separation Methods (Solvent Extraction,
Column,TLC and Ion Exchange Chromatography), Potentiometry, Conductometry.

Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) measures changes in weight of a sample with increasing temperature. Measurements are used primarily to determine the composition of materials and to predict their thermal and oxidative stability. Also the technique is used to estimate the lifetime of a product, decomposition kinetics, moisture/volatile content, melting point, glass transition, heat capacity, crystallinity and purity.

This course provides an introduction to column, TLC and ion exchange chromatography. The scope of the course is to provide insight into the chromatographic theory with special emphasis on the determination and use of different parameters in chromatography, and especially on an understanding of these parameters in optimal chromatographic separations. Also illustrated how the experimental techniques can be used for investigating the mechanism of solvent extraction, conductometery and potentiometery processes.

Credit Hours: 03

Recommended Books
1. Huheey, J.E., Keiter, E.A. and Keiter, R.L., “Inorganic Chemistry: Principles of
Structure and Reactivity”, 4 ​th​ Ed., Harper and Row, New York, (2001).
2. Jordan, R.B., Reaction Mechanisms of Inorganic and Organometallic Systems, 2​nd
Edition, Oxford University Press, UK (1998).
3. Kotz, J.C. and Treichel, P. Chemistry and Chemical Reactivity, 4​th Edition, Saunders
College Publishing, NY (1999).
4. Angelici, R.J. Synthesis and Technique in Inorganic Chemistry, I ​st Edition, University
Science Books, CA (1986).