Teaching
1. 748001 VO/5 Chemical Ionisation Mass Spectrometry and applications to analytical chemistry
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christopher A. Mayhew
LV 748001
Type/Hours: ECTS-AP: 5
Rhythm: wöch
Repetition frequency: semestral
Language: english
Learning Outcome: To appreciate and understand the fundamentals and applications of spectroscopic measurements and soft chemical ionisation processes for use in analytical chemistry.
Contents:
Fundamentals of ion-molecule chemistry, planetary and interstellar chemistry, plasma chemistry. Analytical techniques: ESI-MS, PTR-MS, SIFT-MS APCI-MS, and IMS. Thermodynamics and kinetics, reaction coefficients, distribution of productions, experimental components and fundamentals: ion extraction and ion optics, ionization sources, drift and flow paths, mass spectrometry and ion detectors. Applications: environmental, medical, food and security Research.
Consisting of six Workshops:
Workshop 1: An introduction to Chemical Ionisation Mass Spectrometry for use in analytical chemistry
Workshop 2: An introduction to Mass Spectrometry
Workshop 3: Principles of Soft Chemical Ionisation Mass Spectrometry
Workshop 4: Analytical applications of Soft Chemical Ionisation Mass Spectrometry
Workshop 5: Ion Mobility Spectrometry
Workshop 6: Experimenten
Methods: Lecture with experiments