KEMS3265 ICP Engineerings (3 cr)

The course focuses on elemental analyses using ICP-OES and ICP-MS instruments. During the course, the student will become familiar with the special features of working in ICP-laboratories as well as planning basic ICP-analyses. Special focus will be on the selection of appropriate operating conditions as well as identification and correction of interferences.

After completing the course, the student is familiar with the appropriate working habits in ICP –laboratories and understands the basics in planning elemental analyses for ICP-instruments. The student also understands how different operating conditions and possible interferences affect the reliability of the results.

Working life skills

The student knows how to plan basic elemental analyses for ICP-instruments and is capable of working in ICP-laboratories. In addition, the student can verify and report the obtained results.

Recommended: KEMS3240 Advanced Studies in Analytical Methods. Also KEMS6880 Advanced Laboratory Excercises of Analytical Chemistry (or KEMS6800 Advanced laboratory exercises in renewable natural resources and chemistry of living environment) is recommended.