Aims

This analytical chemistry course gives a general introduction to the main instrumental methods. The emphasis is put on the principles, application ranges, possibilities and limitations of each techniques. The formation should allow the student to direct an analysis towards the most appropriate solutions but does not correspond to a specialisation in the fields covered by this course.

Main themes

- Thermal analysis: thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), thermodifferential analysis (TDA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
- Surface techniques: surface analysis (XPS, SIMS, BET) and microscopies (SEM, TEM, AFM, …)
- Mössbauer spectroscopy
- Magnetochemistry techniques: EPR, Faraday method, SQUID

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