Syllabus

Course Code: M-FSC 102    Course Name: Instrumental Analysis- I

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 Microscopy: Principles and techniques of Microscopy: Light Microscope, Phase contrast, Fluorescence, stereomicroscope, polarizing, comparison and Electron Microscope (Scanning, Transmission), Forensic application of microscopy. Microspectrophotometry
2 Chromatography: Basic principles, types of chromatography. Thin Layer Chromatography- Theory and Instrumentation of TLC, HPTLC, stationary phases, visualization methods, densitometer, applications.
Gas chromatography: Principle and Instrumentation of GC, types of GC ( GLC, and GSC) and column types and structure, Detectors for GC -TCD,FID, ECD, NPD etc, and evaluation of chromatogram; Pyrolysis GC, GC-MS; applications.
High Performance liquid chromatography: Principle and Instrumentation of HPLC, injection system, column structure, detectors for HPLC, advantage and limitations of HPLC; applications.
3 Spectroscopy: Basic concept, property of EMR, interaction of radiation with matters, components of optical spectroscopy, source of radiations, wavelength selector, optical detectors. UV-Visible, IR and Raman spectroscopy: Principles, instrumentation, single beam and double beam spectrophotometer, interpretation of spectra, qualitative and quantitative analysis. Atomic absorption/ emission spectroscopy: Principle, Instrumentation; types of AAS, ICP-AES, quantitative and qualitative analysis, advantage and limitations of AAS and AES, their Forensic applications.
4 Mass Spectroscopy: Principle, instrumentation, ion sources, type of mass anlyser- quadrupole, time of flight, double focusing, tandem mass spectroscopy, detectors for mass spectroscopy ; their applications.
NMR Spectroscopy, Neutron Activation Analysis: Principle, techniques and Forensic application. X-rays spectroscopy: Principles of X ray diffraction and X ray florescence technique, their forensic applications.
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