CHEM 727/7270 - Separations
Semester: Winter 2023
Professor: J. Pawliszyn | Discipline: Analytical | Campus: WaterlooDescription
Material to be covered will be drawn from the topics outlined below:
SEPARATIONS IN ENGINEERING AND ANALYTICAL PROCESSES
UNIT PROCESSES:
(Distillation, Extraction, Membrane Separation, Intermolecular Interactions)
SAMPLE PREPARATION TECHNIQUES: LLE, SPE, SPME, SFE
MEMBRANE SEPARATIONS
CHROMATOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES
Gas (GLC, GSC); Liquid (LLC, LSC, GPC, IEC, Affinity);
Supercritical Fluid Chromatography (SFC)
PHYSIOCHEMICAL APPLICATION OF CHROMATOGRAPHY
ELECTROPHORESIS TECHNIQUES: Gel, Capillary, Moving Boundary, Zone, Isotachophoresis.
CAPILLARY SEPARATIONS
DETECTION METHODS
GC-MS, LC/MS, CE/MS
MULTIDIMENSIONAL SEPARATIONS
FLOW FIELD FRACTIONATION
Materials
TBA
Evaluation
Assignments 10%
Quizzes 10%
Project Report 40% (Paper and Presentation)
MIDTERMS 40% (Feb 23 and March 30)
During the course students will be asked to complete a literature project regarding the method of analysis of a chosen group of environmentally or biologically important substances which utilize analytical separations. There are two parts of the project – 10-page (single spaced) description (plus figures) and the 30 minutes presentation (April 6, 2023).
Lab/Project
TBA
Schedule
- Thu: 7:00 pm - 9:20 pm in EIT 2053
