Upon the successful completion of this course, the participants will have an understanding of Principles and practices of the modern instrument’s technique AAS with different methods of calibration, standardization, and blank correction for analytical instruments.

The course creates for chemists, laboratory technicians, instrument engineers and supervisors who work in laboratory.

Day 1

•  Analytical Chemistry Historical and review
• Basic Principle and theory of Analytical Chemistry
• Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Analysis
• Type of Chemical Analysis Methods
  • Classical Methods
  • Instrumental Methods
    • Spectroscopic Instrumental Analysis
• How to prepare tender for new instrument and consumable
• Choosing the Right Instrument

Spectroscopic Instrumental Analysis

• Historical and review
• Basic Principals
• Electromagnetic Spectrum
• Beer–Lambert Law

Day 2

• AAS Instrumentation:
  • Atomization
    • Flame AAS
    • Graphite Furnace AAS
  • Radiation Sources
    • Hollow-Cathode Lamps (HCL)
    • Electrodeless Discharge Lamps (EDL)
  • Optical System
    • Single beam
    • Double beam
    • Monochromator
  • Detector
    • Photomultiplier tube (PMT)
    • Charged Coupled Device (CCD)
  • Computer interface
• Sampling , Preparation and Treatment
  • Liquid Samples
  • Solid Samples
• Analysis Technices
  • Trace Metals analysis
  • Hydride and Cold Vapour analysis Techniques

Day 3

• AAS; Advantages and Disadvantages
• AAS; Maintenance & Troubleshooting
  • Routine Maintenance
  • Problem and troubleshot
  • Safety requirement for running
  • Interferences (Spectral, Chemical Ionization )
  • Background Correction
    • Deuterium lamp correction
    • Zeeman correction
• Comparing Instrumental Techniques
• FAT Factory Acceptance Test & SAT Site Acceptance Test
• AAS; Advantages and Disadvantages
• Chemical laboratory measurement evolution
• Analytical Method validation

Day 4

• Automating Calibration, and Standardization
  • Instruments Calibration and Traceability
  • Reference Standard Materials
  • Correction of errors and improving Blank
  • Correlation Coefficient & Residual analysis in regression
  • Measurement Uncertainly in testing and calibration
• Applications of AAS
  • Water analysis
  • Organics and hydrocarbon analysis
  • Environmental analysis
  • Metallurgical analysis
  • Agricultural and food analysis
• The Evaluation of Results and chemical measurements
• Type of errors in chemical measurements
• Establishing the traceability of measurements
  • Principles of traceability
  • Traceability: The International Definition
  • International System of Quantities and Units (SI)
  • Establishing Traceability
  • Choice of the Reference
  • Reporting Traceability

Day 5

• Laboratory Instrumentals validation
• Laboratory Instrumentals Maintenance and troubleshooting
• Routine & Preventive Maintenance
• Troubleshooting, Corrective and Preventive Action
• Characteristic of Method validation in Instrumental Analysis
  • Specificity
  • Linearity
  • Range
  • Accuracy & Precision
  • Robustness
  • Reputability, Reducibility
  • Detection Limit (IDL, LOD, LOQ, LOL, ….)
•  Quality Control and Quality Assurance
• Practical application

RECTUS certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 75% of the total tuition hours of the WORKSHOP.