Course unit title Level of course unit Course unit code Type of course unit Semester of course unit Local credit ECTS credit Syllabus
CHEMICAL INSTRUMENTATION First cycle KİMS438 7 3.00 3.00 Print
   
Description of course unit
Prerequisites and course requisities Without Precondition
Language of instruction Turkish
Coordinator Prof.Dr. Ahmet ÜLGEN
Lecturer(s) Prof.Dr. Ahmet ÜLGEN, Prof.Dr. Uğur ŞAHİN
Teaching assitant(s) No Required
Mode of delivery Face to face
Course objective The aim of this course is to inform the students about a general instruments design, and to introduce the applications of modern instrumental&analytical techniques and to orientate the students to use of instruments as combined.
Course description General instrument properties and modules, Basic electronic and symbols, Signal/Noise ratio and its optimisation, Waveforms, RMS concept, Modulation/Demodulation, Lock-in amplifier and its applications. FM (Frequency) and AM(Amplitude) modulation, Modulation of radiation sources, Glow discharge lamp-Optical emission spectroscopy, Developed source modulation techniques, VIS-Laser diodes and its an industrial application, IR-Laser diodes and its applications in medical field. New horizons on the dielectrical permittivity and its applications in analytical chemistry, Dielectrical permittivity and its industrial applications, Solid-State LED source “Direct Reading Bilirubinometer”. A brief description of 120 instruments which were constructed in the department of chemistry, Exclusive instrumentation by using science and experience.

Course contents
1 Measurements and General Instrument Properties and moduls
2 Real time concept, on-line and off-line monitoring
3 Basic Electronic and Symbols,Discrete device identification
4 Signal-to-Noise Ratio and its optimisation, Waveforms, RMS concept
5 Electrical Circuits, Semiconductor components, diodes, transistors, Operational Amplifiers
6 Modulation/Demodulation, Lock-in Amplifier and its Applications;
7 Glow Discharge Lamp-Optical Emission Spectroscopy (GDL-OES); Various Modulation techniques applications
8 MID-TERM EXAM
9 VIS-Laser Diodes and its industrial applications, IR-Laser diodes and its medical applications
10 New Horizons on the Dielectrical Permittivity and its Applications in Analytical Chemistry
11 A “Direct Reading Bilirubinometer Design with hemoglobin corrected" using blue-yelow LED Sources
12 Flow-injection analysis (FIA) and its devices
13 An instrument construction: On-Line monitoring of indigo concentration in dyebaths during denim production using a Laser Diode
14 An Application: In-situ monitoring water content of crystal and cubic sugar by LIA - Dielectrical Permittivity Measurements (TEYDEB Project)
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
1 Competency to interprete the exclusive place of chemical instrumentation in technology.
2 Competency to spread the industrial applications of this field
3 Ability to make approach for general instrument designs
4 To have skills to produce solution for process control systems in industry
5 To have competency to know the instruments and to set a relation between the instruments and measurement problems
6 Skill to set a synchronisation between chemical sensors and suitable instrument selection or electronically design
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*Contribution level of the course unit to the key learning outcomes
1 Have the ability to apply knowledge of mathematics and science to the engineering problems.
2 Have the ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems.
3 Have the ability to design a system, component or a process.
4 Have the ability to use the techniques and tools for the engineering applications.
5 Have the ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret the results.
6 Have the ability to work as a part of a team.
7 Have the ability to work as an individual.
8 Have the ability to communicate by using oral and written methods.
9 Have the ability to recognize the need of and also get motivated in life-long learning.
10 Have the ability to recognize the need of and also get motivated in life-long learning.
11 Have skills about management subjects as leadership, organization, time and risk management, quality awareness, productivity, etc.
12 Have the ability to use the time in the best effective way.
13 Have the ability to find non-traditional solutions to the problems.
14 Have skills about management, professional self-confidence and taking initiatives.
15 Have the awareness of protecting the national benefits when searching solutions of problems.
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Number of stars refer to level of contribution from 1 (the least) to 5 (the most)

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and ECTS work load
  Quantity Time (hour) Quantity*Time (hour)
Lectures (face to face teaching) 13 2 26
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class) 13 2 26
Homework 13 2 26
Presentation / seminar 2 2 4
Quiz 2 2 4
Preparation for midterm exams 9 6 54
Midterm exams 1 2 2
Project (term paper) 0 0 0
Laboratuar 0 0 0
Field study 0 0 0
Preparation for final exam 7 6 42
Final exam 1 5 5
Research 5 2 10
Total work load     199
ECTS     8.00

Assessment methods and criteria
Evaluation during semester Quantity Percentage
Midterm exam 1 100
Quiz 0 0
Homework 0 0
Semester total   100
Contribution ratio of evaluation during semester to success   40
Contribution ratio of final exam to success   60
General total   100

Recommended and required reading
Textbook Chemical Instrumentation, H.A.Strobel, Addison-Wesley,1973.
Additional references 1) Principles of Electronic Instrumentation, A.J.Diefenderfer, 2nd Edition, W.B.Saunders Co. 1979. 2) Instrumental methods of Analysis, H.H.Willard, L.L.Merritt, J.A.Dean, F.A.Settle, 6th Edition, 1981, D.Van Nostrand Co. 3) Course notes, Ahmet ÜLGEN, Ali Gökmen

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