Qualitative analysis and the periodic system of the elements
The periodic table. Properties and characteristics of the inorganic compounds: chemical bonds and color. Solutions.
Chemical equilibria in water solution
Acid-base, solubility, redox and coordination equilibria.
General aspects of the laboratory procedures
Semimicro analysis techniques: evaporation and boiling, calcination, melting, filtration, centrifugation, washing of precipitates.
Safety rules in the chemistry lab
The Italian and European Pharmacopeia.
Analysis of cations and anions by analytical groups and by Ph. Eu. and FU
Preliminary assays. Flame test.
Analysis of cations of I, II, III, IV, V e VI analytic group.
Analysis of anions: carbonate, oxalate, sulfate, iodide, bromide, chloride, phosphate, nitrate, acetate, tartrate, borate.
Identification assays and limit test of cation and anion species, described in the Pharmacopeia.
Cations and anions of pharmaceutical and toxicological interest
Biochemical, pharmaceutical and toxicological aspects of the inorganic substances.
Purification methods
Chromatography: general aspects. Ion exchange chromatography.
Spectroscopic methods of analysis
General aspects; Atomic absorption and emission spectroscopy. ICP-AES and ICP-MS.
Lab experiences
Fundamental procedures: precipitation, filtration, centrifugation.
Flame test.
Separation and identification of cations and anions as by systematic analysis and as by Pharmacopeia.
Separation of ionic species through ion exchange chromatography.
